AN7 Died

Zardon · Feb 17, 2004, 09:04 PM

Well an interesting day...... as some of you know ive been running an AN7 successfully at 240-245fsb for quite a while - today I got home to try some Corsair XMS 3700 ram. Hit post - started fine. tested ram. took it out, put back in the OCZ4200. hit power up. no post. no boot, nothing. checked error message, some weird ass "AF2 error message. so went down the usual root of, clearing CMOS. turning off power etc etc. no luck. put in old ram. no luck. tried some kingston DDR2700. DEAD.

luckily I still have my NF7s, so after a 30 minute changeover. hey presto. boots fine - the AN7 is dead, looks like the BIOS is buggered.

so after my initial love for this board and the high FSBs I have to say its really quite unreliable (I occasionally got post errors before with reset bios for no reason - which was a warning sign), and certainly going on the other threads ive read on other forums, dont purchase. Stick with the NF7s Rev 2.

time for an RMA methinks.

RIV@NVX · Feb 17, 2004, 09:09 PM

Are you sure you didn't somehow destroy it phisically when changing RAM? Electricity maybe?

Dunno, it seems kinda weird to me to see board dieing for no reason.

Zardon · Feb 17, 2004, 09:21 PM

yes ive been doing this for many years, as I said - there were warning signs beforehand. its a pity because I know if they sorted this board out it would be an awesome performer. perhaps like the Nf7s you will see a rev2 soon with stability issues resolved.

check out some of the threads on the abit forums with the problems. its not an isolate event - mores the pity

zerodamage · Feb 17, 2004, 09:22 PM

Time for an RMA..... have fun. Good luck.

Edit: Let me expand on my fun with Abit today. I was told 3 weeks ago I would get a different board due to my problems with my current board. I was told I would get an e-mail with my options for board upgrade. I never received the e-mail. I called today, got some woman who talked 10 times too fast and with very poor English. She tells me I can not get an upgrade, i ask for supervisor, she says he is not there. I then get an e-mail telling me my board is now out of warranty (this is a board I received via RMA in the first place) and it will cost me 25 dollars for repair (not counting shipping costs). A supervisor actually calls me back and tell me the same thing and that I can not get a newer board. Now this little episode doesn't include the multiple E-mails and other phone calls I've made about this without response or being told I would get a response and never did. Their support doesn't live up to their product quality at all.

Zardon · Feb 17, 2004, 09:42 PM

well that sucks Zero. This will be my first ever Abit RMA ill see how it goes. ive heard their support sucks from you and a few other people so for curiousity im going to use my home email addy to request a replacement just to see how they treat me. if they treat me like shit then ill reply from the driverheaven.net email address ive always seen it works wonders when they know im from here. hopefully not come to that but im going to see how they respond.

zerodamage · Feb 17, 2004, 09:46 PM

I was using my work email but decided to give my DH email and it didn't faze them at all. I hope your experience with them is much better than mine. I've never ever had such horrible service. DirectTV customer service is a close second.

Zardon · Feb 17, 2004, 09:58 PM

yes but im famous !

Judas · Feb 17, 2004, 10:47 PM

man... that board was smoking..... and i guess it ended up in smoke.... i've seen a bios go funny while in windows.... lol... trying to get anything to recognize was funny.... it finally died an hour later....

dipstick · Feb 18, 2004, 12:45 PM

Man that suxs, hope you're still under warranty

But if it makes you feel any better I've had good luck with Abit's RMA service. Used it twice and both times my replacement was at my door within a week.
Good luck

***Veridian3*** · Feb 18, 2004, 12:51 PM

I see you have some spare ram then... *awaits package arriving in the post*

Zardon · Feb 18, 2004, 02:22 PM

you are all heart.

Feb 17, 2004, 09:04 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	AN7 Died Well an interesting day...... as some of you know ive been running an AN7 successfully at 240-245fsb for quite a while - today I got home to try some Corsair XMS 3700 ram. Hit post - started fine. tested ram. took it out, put back in the OCZ4200. hit power up. no post. no boot, nothing. checked error message, some weird ass "AF2 error message. so went down the usual root of, clearing CMOS. turning off power etc etc. no luck. put in old ram. no luck. tried some kingston DDR2700. DEAD. luckily I still have my NF7s, so after a 30 minute changeover. hey presto. boots fine - the AN7 is dead, looks like the BIOS is buggered. so after my initial love for this board and the high FSBs I have to say its really quite unreliable (I occasionally got post errors before with reset bios for no reason - which was a warning sign), and certainly going on the other threads ive read on other forums, dont purchase. Stick with the NF7s Rev 2. time for an RMA methinks.

Feb 17, 2004, 09:09 PM	#2
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,476 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Are you sure you didn't somehow destroy it phisically when changing RAM? Electricity maybe? Dunno, it seems kinda weird to me to see board dieing for no reason.

Feb 17, 2004, 09:21 PM	Thread Starter #3
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	yes ive been doing this for many years, as I said - there were warning signs beforehand. its a pity because I know if they sorted this board out it would be an awesome performer. perhaps like the Nf7s you will see a rev2 soon with stability issues resolved. check out some of the threads on the abit forums with the problems. its not an isolate event - mores the pity

Feb 17, 2004, 09:22 PM	#4
zerodamage HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,478 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Time for an RMA..... have fun. Good luck. Edit: Let me expand on my fun with Abit today. I was told 3 weeks ago I would get a different board due to my problems with my current board. I was told I would get an e-mail with my options for board upgrade. I never received the e-mail. I called today, got some woman who talked 10 times too fast and with very poor English. She tells me I can not get an upgrade, i ask for supervisor, she says he is not there. I then get an e-mail telling me my board is now out of warranty (this is a board I received via RMA in the first place) and it will cost me 25 dollars for repair (not counting shipping costs). A supervisor actually calls me back and tell me the same thing and that I can not get a newer board. Now this little episode doesn't include the multiple E-mails and other phone calls I've made about this without response or being told I would get a response and never did. Their support doesn't live up to their product quality at all.

Feb 17, 2004, 09:42 PM	Thread Starter #5
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	well that sucks Zero. This will be my first ever Abit RMA ill see how it goes. ive heard their support sucks from you and a few other people so for curiousity im going to use my home email addy to request a replacement just to see how they treat me. if they treat me like shit then ill reply from the driverheaven.net email address ive always seen it works wonders when they know im from here. hopefully not come to that but im going to see how they respond.

Feb 17, 2004, 09:46 PM	#6
zerodamage HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,478 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I was using my work email but decided to give my DH email and it didn't faze them at all. I hope your experience with them is much better than mine. I've never ever had such horrible service. DirectTV customer service is a close second.

Feb 17, 2004, 09:58 PM	Thread Starter #7
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	yes but im famous !

Feb 18, 2004, 12:45 PM	#9
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Man that suxs, hope you're still under warranty But if it makes you feel any better I've had good luck with Abit's RMA service. Used it twice and both times my replacement was at my door within a week. Good luck

Feb 18, 2004, 12:51 PM	#10
*Veridian3* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cloaked Posts: 5,028 Rep Power: 181	I see you have some spare ram then... awaits package arriving in the post

Feb 18, 2004, 02:22 PM	Thread Starter #11
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	you are all heart.