Abit IC7-Max3

Hi.
I've had an Abit IC7-Max3 mobo for some time now, and up till now, i've had no real problems. After transfering all of my components from one case to another, recently, during startup, i get the message: The CPU is unworkable or has been changed. I have been searching around the internet and I have tried several things to fix it... I have tried pressing delete to get into the bios and then pressing F10 to save and exit but that did not make any difference and the message continued to appear... then i tried tweaking the CPU soft menu settings but that did not work either... i have also tried erasing the CMOS and taking out and putting the battery back in... none of these made any difference.... what can i do? has anyone else had this problem and what did they do to make their computer work? i urgently need my computer for Wednesday and Thursday! Please help!
Thank You, Amit
EDIT- I just tried booting Ubuntu Live CD, Slackware Live CD and Devil Linux Live CD and all of them came up with some error about cd compression when they all work on other machines. hmmm

 

I have the same thing come up on my computer (same board). I'd try re-seating the cpu, if that doesn't work, then try a CMOS reset. If neither of those work, it's probably a bad battery.

 

Mmm.. It's scary what a dicky battery can cause. I've had computers boot fine and work perfectly one day, then fail at POST on the CPU (according to an MSI D-LED) test.

So try swapping that if Twinsen's ideas don't work.

After that.. It may be possible that you've static'd your chip to death somehow? Possible you've got a rogue screw lodged underneat the board that's shorting something -- worth checking.

HTH

 

First, does it boot past the warning? I have the same mobo, it does that every time I unplug the computer from the wall or shut it off at the PSU. Don't know why, but the batteries are sometimes screwy in them.

I'm pretty sure it's a battery issue. Try OCing the chip, then shut down as you usually do and see if the chip is still OCed on reboot. If no, then it's a battery problem.

 

Thanks for the suggestions guys.. i'll try them out later... will get back to you on what happens

 

hi,
i tried everything you have suggested and nothing worked.... any other ideas? otherwise i might have to send it back
thanks, amit

 

You try a battery replacement? Because if that didn't work, then it's RMA to the rescue.

 

the same think happens to me every time i boot, if u press f10 it skips the message and boots to windows with no probs, at least i think it f10, its one of those sorta buttons

 

i had the bog standard ic7 a while back, and got the same problem, tried everything but no luck, so had to send it back, happened after about 2 months of having it, i could also f10 past it no probs, i tried changing the batt and still got the same message

 

I get that alot when i try overclocking etc or reset cmos. Just resit your cpu and then ur bios before u turn it on! Then when u turn it on keep pressing Del till it goes into bios and from there go into cpu options and select your cpu then reboot. It should work fine after that.

Mark