Boot-up Quirk 1

[wooglin]

Brand new box, my foray back into desktop computing after a couple years of laptop experience.
ASUS P4R800 mobo
256mbx2 Samsung DDR-400 ram
Celeron 2.66
WD 80gig HD (master)
Maxtor 120gig HG (slave)
no video card (onboard only)
new Enermax 375W PSU
CD/RW, 3.5" floppy

Problem is, that only 1 time out of 10 the system will boot when I press the power button.

The other 9 times everything will spin up, but it will never get to the point of 'Searching for' or 'Finding' IDE devices. I've updated to the most recent BIOS. The master HD is jumpered as Master. The slave drive is jumpered as cableselect.

I appreciate any suggestions that you might have
w00glin

 

[cdogg]

Might not need to keep it disabled if you get a higher-quality fan!


Expect to pay $10-15 at the least for a decent one.

http://www.newegg.com

is a great place to start.


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[wooglin]

Or go the radically overkill route and drop in a Zalman flowerpot. Quiet, plus it comes with an inline adjustment pot to vary the voltage.

Not sure why I didn't figure this out earlier... ironically with every update or roll back of the BIOS, the first thing I changed was enabling the QFan.... live and learn.

 

[IBACFII]

WOW. Thanks For the post I am or was having the EXACT SAME prob with a p4r800 MB. I will change this setting right now. I just love when I do a search and find the exact same prob with a solution.

IBACFII

 

[wooglin]

Congratulations! Good to see the search button works!

I never thought I'd see this post awakened again. I started reading it and had to read the thread all over again to remember what the solution was.

funny, since that time I've upgraded the drives to a 2x200gb sata raid(mirror) with the 2 ide drives as storage/backup, Q-Fan does not exhibit the same funky behaviour anymore.

 

[IBACFII]

Wooglin,
Just out of curiosity Did you change the CPU FAN?

IBACFII

 

[wooglin]

Yes, I'm using a Zalman AlCu7000 in place of the stock intel cooler. I've also since upgraded to a Northwood core 3.06 GHz processor.