20 Most Recent EliteGroup ECS PT880Pro-A (1.0A) Via Socket 775 ATX Motherboard / Audio / AGP 8x/4x / PCI Express Lite / 10/100... Questions & Answers

Hi, you can download the bios here:

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_Detail.aspx?DetailID=578&CategoryID=1&MenuID=16&LanID=0

Here you also find drivers.

You have to be 100% sure it the right bios
or you will destroy the mainboard !!!

looks like yes, you have both an AGP slot and a PCI Express x16 slot.
Your specs are here
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135210
And your support page is here http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_Detail.aspx?DetailID=578&CategoryID=1&MenuID=16&LanID=0

Step1:Select first boot dives is HDD in bios
Step2:Select second boot device CD-Rom in bios only
Step 3:After that insert the o.s cd in your cd rom
Step 4:Restart your computer and go to setup menu by pressing the right key on your keybaord (Ex:Del key,F2 key...)
continue this prosses you will get sucess.

reseat RAM, CMOS re-boot.If this results ina no boot, your board might be dead.

Hello.
Have you check if every thing is ok in the setup ?
If you have the documentation of your Hard drive, set the HDD
manually( cilinders, heads, etc), i don't know the difference between 4M and 3M models, but may be significant.
The battery wont have any effect in the BIOS, you should thanks god for that, because if you could erase what is in the BIOS you could say good bye to your PC.
In order to recognize many new devices the BIOS manufacturer make software updates you can download ( if available)from they website an install it ( i don't recommend you to do that unless you have no other option).
The battery is only for the CMOS, a memory that keeps your setup configuration when you turn off your PC.

- Most Probable cause of that problem and possible solution:

You hard drive must be partitioned and properly formated.

You will have to start you computer using a 3 1/2 floppy disk or bootable CD with MS-DOS.
Note: go to SETUP and set the right drive to boot from first( A: in case of floppy, CD in case of CD), save and exit
Make sure the disk have some commands you will need, FORMAT among them.
I suggest you look for totorials about partitioning a hard drive.
Is no big deal but you have to know what you are doing.
Create a partition using FDISK command and activate it
then format the drive.
Now it is ready to be recognized for Windows.
In the process of windows installation( only XP), right before it start it will ask if you wish to format de Drive, answer yes( the fast one) and choose NTFS( a more efficient Partition for windows XP.

I hope this help you.
Good luck

The ECS website.

take the battery out for 30 seconds, then put it back in.

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PRESS F2 or del if you have usb use a an adapter for a ps2 connector from the keyboard will probably help to set your bios settings maybe replace your backup battery when you have lost your settings.

The manufacturer's support page for this motherboard can be found at the following link http://www.ecs.com.tw/website2008/Product/Product_Detail.aspx?CategoryID=1&DetailID=361&DetailName=Feature&MenuID=24&LanID=0 Perhaps the answer to the question you have not asked is found there.

A manual for this motherboard can be found at the following link http://download.ecs.com.tw/dlfileecs/manual/mb/eng/p4/p4s5mggl50eng.zip In the downloads section of the support for this board, there was no "Auto Setup Program". Downloads from the manufacturer for this motherboard can be found at the following link http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_Detail.aspx?DetailID=42&CategoryID=1&MenuID=18&LanID=0#fragment-Download

If you are asking where the CMOS battery is located, you will need to firs provide the model number of the ECS EliteGroup motherboard. Here is a link to help you locate yours http://www.ecs.com.tw/extra/productinfo/MB.htm

The setting in the BIOS for which slot the graphic card is installed is nor correct.

suspect you may need to disable the motherboard built in graphics card and tell it to use PCI graphics adapter otherwise an interrupt conflict in CPU and possible conflict as both devices compete for same computer resources.

Hi, Could you elaborate? I have never heard of this... unless you are talking about the Administrator password Windows asks for during install... which you can typically just leave blank and continue the install...

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