thegroover wrote:

Hi,

Can anyone shed any light on this problem?, full description
below...I'm tending to think the board is seriously faulty, but maybe
I'm missing something fundamental....any help/suggestions greatl
appreciated...

snipped for brevity

4] Final screen:

Entering SETUP...
Press F8 for BBS POPUP
DDR Frequency 333MHz, Dual Channel, Linear Mode
Checking NVRAM...

512MB OK

Auto-Detecting Pri Master..ATAPI CD-ROM
Auto-Detecting 3rd Master..IDE Hard Disk
Pri Master..SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-616Q F403
Ultra DMA Mode-2
3rd Master: ST380013AS 3.05
Ultra DMA Mode-5, S.M.A.R.T. Capable and Status OK
Auto-detecting USB Mass Storage Devices ..
00 USB mass storage devices found and configured.

Fatal Error... System Halted.


Other symptoms a

Floppy not detected
CDROM is detected
HDD is detected
Keyboard is detected but inactive i.e. Ctrl-Alt-Del has no effect once
the 'Fatal Error...' mesage is seen.

Action taken:
Floppy and floppy cable replaced - no difference
Keyboad replaced - no difference
Video card replaced - no difference
Can't boot from floppy or flash the bio as floppy does not respond

The fourth screen probably provided the hint. There may be a problem
with the USB port, even though it does detect a device. Is there 1
beep for the external USB device? Remove the USB external drive (or
mass storage device). If computer boots, then delete and re-install
the USB drivers from the P4C800 installation cdrom via Device Manager.