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GA7N400 Pro 2

pompeyrodney

GA7N400 Pro 2
« on: July 29, 2010, 09:37:53 pm »
Hi everyone, could someone help me with this old board please? I am having issues with it not showing video on boot until I remove the cmos battery, when I then adjust the settings and save and exit, I then go back to where I was ie no video. I  have changed the cmos battery for a new item but I can't think where else to look, it's like the settings cannot be written back to the bios. Where should I look next anybody? Thanks a lot in advance.

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Re: GA7N400 Pro 2
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2010, 09:01:10 am »
Can you check you motherboard number and post back please as I can't find any refernce to the board number you have given.
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Re: GA7N400 Pro 2
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2010, 10:20:26 am »
Hey DM there are two revisions of this Mobo.

Rev 2.x here: http://www.giga-byte.co.uk/products/product-page.aspx?pid=1756&dl=1#ov
Rev 1.x here: http://www.giga-byte.co.uk/products/product-page.aspx?pid=1678#ov

pompeyrodney:
have you tried to re-flash BIOS. Clearing CMOS doesn't always have the desired result and i have found that it is sometimes easier just to re-flash, whcih can quite often cure such problems.


Updated links for UK site.
« Last Edit: July 30, 2010, 11:47:24 am by absic115 »
Remember, when all else fails a cup of tea and a good swear will often help! It won't solve the problem but it will make you feel better.

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Re: GA7N400 Pro 2
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2010, 10:25:09 am »
Thanks absic, I don't know what went wrong but it just kept coming back with "not found".

In that case we need to know what revision the board is please, pompeyrodney?

« Last Edit: July 30, 2010, 10:26:49 am by Dark Mantis »
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy

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Re: GA7N400 Pro 2
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2010, 10:27:41 am »
No problem. Just think yourself lucky you're not using this Japanese laptop. I had to get my wife to translate the pages, to make sure it was the right board as this thing is displaying 感じ very frustrating and I will be really pleased when i can get back onto my own rig!
Remember, when all else fails a cup of tea and a good swear will often help! It won't solve the problem but it will make you feel better.

pompeyrodney

Re: GA7N400 Pro 2
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2010, 09:16:52 pm »
Thanks absic, I don't know what went wrong but it just kept coming back with "not found".

In that case we need to know what revision the board is please, pompeyrodney?


Thanks for the response everybody, much appreciated. As far as the revision I cannot see any rev1 or rev2 on the mobo itself, are there any differentiating features I should look for? In the pictures mine looks more like a Rev1 as the chipset orientation is different. Would it be easier for me to switch to the other bios chip and try that? Is there not a better way of clearing the bios without removing the battery?
Thanks a lot

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Re: GA7N400 Pro 2
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2010, 09:19:32 pm »
The motherboard revision is printed on the left hand side of the board near the slots.
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy

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Re: GA7N400 Pro 2
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2010, 09:20:20 pm »
Hi,

You should find the Rev No printed on one of the edges of the motherboard. Usually it's the bottom left corner.

Removing the motherboard battery isn't difficult and it is the best way of guaranteeing there is no residual current in the motherboard when re-setting CMOS/BIOS.
Remember, when all else fails a cup of tea and a good swear will often help! It won't solve the problem but it will make you feel better.