ECS Motherboard Help

[screwballl]

yes good luck

[Pandora]

Originally Posted by stinger608

Whew, finally found the damn thing

Ok, first thing first. Click start, run, then type in regedit.

In regedit find this key :

HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG > SYSTEM > CURRENTCONTROLSET > ENUM

You simply Delete the entire ENUM key close regedit and shutdown your PC

right there and move the HDD to you new Rig. Boot the system. When

Windows begins to load it will start detecting your new hardware and

build your new hardware profiles ( this may take more than one restart

of the OS) .

When it says to delete the entire ENUM key, that includes the original

folder ENUM!

Note: as soon as you get this deleted, you have to shut down the computer and not start it up again until the drive is in the other system!!!!!
That means, as soon as you save the edit just shut it down! Do not go back to the windows main system or it will start finding new hardware on the old system!!! This is very, very important!

Good luck mate

I appreciate the suggeston dude but as I said earlier I have decided to get a new HDD and do it that way, what I need help with is on how to install the drivers and then bios i.e simple step by step instructions on how to accompolish this that I can print off and follow to the letter!!!!

[Elysium]

The BIOS is already on the mobo, no need to worry about that. First install the OS and then the mobo/networking drivers then the graphics, etc. It's really pretty simple.

[screwballl]

Look at the board you bought. There is always a "Rev" or "Ver" or sometimes just v3.1 somewhere on the board.
Also look at the name, is it just "K7S5A"? or "K7S5A Pro"? or "K7S5A+"? or K7S5A2? If so the drivers are slightly different for each of these and each board is slightly different.
As for the drivers themselves, download them to a thumb drive or burn it to a CD on another (or old) computer. These are the regular K7S5A (not Pro or + or 2) drivers:

Motherboard v3.1B Drivers

Motherboard v3.1 Drivers (note lack of "B")

Motherboard v1.1 Drivers

If it is Pro or + or 2, check this page. On the left under Product Search, choose motherboard, then socket 462, the model of yours, then your version number from the board itself. On the next page choose drivers to the lower right.

[Pandora]

Originally Posted by screwballl

Look at the board you bought. There is always a "Rev" or "Ver" or sometimes just v3.1 somewhere on the board.
Also look at the name, is it just "K7S5A"? or "K7S5A Pro"? or "K7S5A+"? or K7S5A2? If so the drivers are slightly different for each of these and each board is slightly different.
As for the drivers themselves, download them to a thumb drive or burn it to a CD on another (or old) computer. These are the regular K7S5A (not Pro or + or 2) drivers:

Motherboard v3.1B Drivers

Motherboard v3.1 Drivers (note lack of "B")

Motherboard v1.1 Drivers

If it is Pro or + or 2, check this page. On the left under Product Search, choose motherboard, then socket 462, the model of yours, then your version number from the board itself. On the next page choose drivers to the lower right.

Ok Thanks I will have a look p.s does this help ECS K7S5A MOTHERBOARD MOBO AMD SOCKET A / SKT 462 DURON

[screwballl]

ok then just look at your board itself and usually below the PCI slots has a Revision or Version number (1.1, 3.1 or 3.1B) and just follow the link I posted above.

[Pandora]

Hi hello I just wanted to update you on my computer re-fit I completed it today and it won't turn on and I have no idea why I have checked all the connections to all the components within the case i.e. dvd drive etc and I have had a friend who is a sparky and he has no ideas either, he tried for a ages to try and figure out what was wrong. So can anyone help me please. Also before anyone asks yes I did plug into the mains power supply lol.

[gvblake22]

Does the computer do anything at all? Do any fans spin up? Lights come on? Any beep codes? If it just doesn't respond at all (absolutely nothing) when you hit the power button, double check the connection on the power button its self and the connection to the front I/O pin-outs on the motherboard and make sure the power button connectors are seated correctly on the right pins. If you suspect the power button might be bad (which I've had happen before) you can pull the power button header off and short the two pins on the motherboard for the power button with a paperclip or something. Also make sure the rocker switch on the back of the PSU is flipped to the on position (side with the single line).

[Pandora]

No it does not do anything at all to answer your question but I will have a look though.

[Reloadron]

Originally Posted by Pandora

No it does not do anything at all to answer your question but I will have a look though.

OK, first things first. I would carefully follow up on Blake's suggestions. Make sure there is power to the machine. Make sure the rear PSU switch is On. Then carefully as Blake suggested jumper (short) the PWR_ON pins of the motherboard header. Make sure per the owner's manual you have the correct two pins.

Now if all of that produces no results the next logical step would be to look closely at the main motherboard power connector, the large 24 pin connector. There will be a Green wire in the bundle and there should only be a single Green wire. Carefully using a paper clip or small jumper wire slide it down into the connector to make contact with the socket down there. Jumper (Short) the Green wire to any Black wire on the connector.

What we are doing with that last step is trying to force a PSU On. Just see if things begin spinning and starting. Do not leave things jumpered. We just want to see if the PSU starts.

Additionally look at your motherboard manual. Most of today's motherboards have a power LED on the board. That LED should be illuminated anytime the rear PSU switch is On and power is applied to the system. Do you have such a LED and is it on?

Ron