20 Most Recent EliteGroup K7SOM Motherboard Questions & Answers

Hello here is the homepage:http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Downloads/Downloads_Driver_Detail.aspx?MenuID=61&LanID=0&detailid=79#Download-2And the + versions:http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/ECSSearch.aspx?menuid=0&lanid=0&keyword=K7SOM+I would say no because the cpu does not exist anymore.The only thing you can upgrade is the harddrive and the ram module.The mainboard uses SDram and DDR ram in there own seperate block.Sdram is hard to find and expensive.DDRram can still be bought. The specifications:PROCESSORS 462 pin Socket A supports the AMD K7 processors Full series of Athlon XP/Athlon/Duron processors CHIPSET SiS 740 & SiS 961/962 Chipset SiS 740 Host/Memory controller with high quality 3D graphic accelerator SiS 961/961B/962 MuTIOL Media I/O Integrated USB 2.0 host controller in SiS 962 LPC I/O -ITE8705F LAN: MAC integrated in SiS 961/961B/962 and PHY on board AC97 Audio Codec: Compliant with AC97 2.2 specification SYSTEM BIOS AMI 2MB Flash EEPROM Supports Plug and Play 1.0A, AMP 1.2, Multi Boot, DMI Support for ACPI revision 1.0 specification MEMORY 2 DDR DIMM Sockets and 2 DIMM sockets support (can not be used simultaneously) Two 184-pin 2.5V DDR SDRAM (DDR266/200) or Two 168-pin 3.3V SDRAM (PC133/PC100) Maximum: 2GB (DDR SDRAM or SDRAM) I/O INTERFACE Hope this was helpfull

On this motherboard you can use:
AMD Athlon (Highest being the Athlon 1400C running at 1.4GHz)
AMD Duron (Highest being the Duron 1800 running at 1.8GHz)
AMD Athlon XP (Highest being the Athlon XP 3200+ running at 2.3GHz)
AMD Athlon MP (Highest being the Athlon MP 2800+ running at 2.1GHz)
AMD Sempron (Highest being the Sempron 3300+ running at 2.2GHz)

If it is a long steady beeps , then it could be a problem with the memory.
try reseating the memory,try swapping the memory slots.try to boot the system with individual memory by doing this we will come to know whether the memory slot or the memory itself is gone faulty or not.
most of the cases reseating the memory will fix the issue.

Hi,
See the image for the SW1 connector's description.



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Regards,
Andras

You can download the user manual for this MOBO from this link.

http://www.ecsusa.com/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_Detail.aspx?CategoryID=1&DetailID=195&DetailName=Feature&MenuID=24&LanID=9

Hello Wongcarlkley, hi, looks like you have memory module problem, need to clean module contacts using pencil eraser, try this fix first and see if it will solve your problem.

Hello james, this is the link for the motherboard manual, you will find here what you are looking for. http://www.ecsusa.com/ECSWebSite/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?detailid=79&CategoryID=1&DetailName=Manual&MenuID=1&LanID=9

CHECK ON THE INTERNET SOME MOTHER BOARDS ARE LISTED WITH PIN OUTS.

Hi

I don't know about those versions like audio driver 2? They don't have such a version. But, you can find the latest drivers available for free HERE.

Good Luck

Mark

Make sure you plug your speakers into the green port of the audio card. One port is aplified and one is non aplified. On some cards they have 5.1 output and usually the green is the front.

high resolution is supported by high resolution monitors or LCD no matter what type of Video card are you using so first check monitor compatibility with the resolution

Here is a link to the motherboard manual

And here is the hook up

not wory windows(xp) will have the drivers in it bank

The SW1 Connector
This panel connector provides a set of switch and LED connectors found on
ATX case. Refer to the table below for information.
Device Pins
HD_LED_P 1
FP PWR/SLP 2, 4
HD_LED_N 3
RST_SW_N 5, 8
RST_SW_P 6, 7
KEY 9, 10

Pins 1-9 are closest to the edge of the board. Pins 2-10 are above 1-9. Number 10 is missing .

check the memory card if the memory card is faulty the system would show no vga if u checked it the problem lies with ur mother board

The ECS website.