20 Most Recent Abit AB9 Pro Motherboard Questions & Answers

It could be the hard drive or any usb devices plugged in when booting up the computer. Try unplugging the hard drive and remove any USB devices and then try turning on the PC.

have to select suspend mode s1 or s3 in BIOS power management to check the support mode, also check with hibernate, also need to free space in hard drive system partition for hibernating

Check CPU core voltage. Carl

Here you go..... You can see it on the very first page on the pdf here: http://static.tigerdirect.com/pdf/Abit_ab9_series_Manual.pdf

Here you go... You can see it on the very first page on the pdf here:http://static.tigerdirect.com/pdf/Abit_ab9_series_Manual.pdf

For the Abit AB9 pro motherboard?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127004A) Motherboard installed in the computer case;Processor to the Top, Ram Memory slots to the Right, white long PCI slots at the bottom;The Front Panel header on the motherboard, is at the Bottom/Right corner.[The plastic front of your computer is the Front Panel.The area of contact pins on the motherboard, that the main wires from the Front Panel go to, is the Front Panel header ]The Front Panel header is a plastic rectangular block, with TWO rows of pins.20 pins. 10 on the Top row; 10 on the Bottom row.The pins on the Top row are numbered EVEN.The pins on the Bottom row are numbered ODD.TOP row; starting at the LEFT side going towards the RIGHT;Pins 2, 4, 6, 8, No pin 10, No pin 12, No pin 14, 16, No pin, 20.{4 pins, blank space where 3 pins would be, 1 pin, blank space, 1 pin }BOTTOM row; starting at the Left side going towards the Right;Pins 1, 3, 7, and 9. No pin, 13, 15, 17, and 19.( Top row: 2,4, 6, 8, X, X, X, 16, X, 20Bottom; ..1, 3, 5, 7, 9, X, 13, 15, 17, 19X = No pin, or blank spot )A) Pins 1 and 3 are for the HarDDrive activity LED light.Pin 1 is for the Positive ( + ) wire.If the HDD LED is dim when the harddrive is active, and in use, switch the wires around.B) Pins 5 and 7 are for a Reset switch, IF a Reset switch is used.(reset button)C) Pin 9 is N/C. Not connected. (It was for factory use)D) Pins 13, 15, 17, and 19, are for a Speaker. The small speaker is used so you can hear BIOS Beep Codes. The computers way of telling you something is wrong, and an area to look into for it.Pin 13 is for the Positive ( + ) wirePin 19 is for the Negative ( - ) wireE) Pins 2 and 4 are for a Suspend Power On LED light.Pin 2 is for the Positive ( + ) wire.Ignore.F) Pins 6 and 8 are for the Power On switch.G) Pins 16 and 18 are for the Power On LED light.Pin 16 is for the Positive ( + ) wire.If the Power On LED light is dim when the computer is on, switch the wires around.Motherboard manual. It is a PDF file. The computer you are using now has Adobe Reader on it, which uses PDF files.After you click it may take up to 30 seconds, before the first page comes up.Page 15.http://static.tigerdirect.com/pdf/Abit_ab9_series_Manual.pdfFor additional questions please post in a Comment.Regards,joecoolvette

make sure that the dvd rom is getting enough power test all leads that are attached to the dvd including electrical extensions and make sure they have a secure connection or just replace them there might be bad/faulty or your drivers may have been corrupted or you might have a virus run your antivrus program you might have to physically unplug the leads for this cd/dvd then plug them back in or you might have to uninstall then reinstall your DVD/CD or uninstall the driver then reinstall for this device click start control panel administrive tools,computer management device manager scroll down cd dvd rom drives if you see a yellow question mark? right click you will have options to update driver,roll back driver,or select properties general troubleshoot, select driver click to reinstall drivers click update driver or uninstall then reinstall Click start control panel administrive tools,computer management,device manager scroll down cd-dvd rom drives you might see a yellow question mark ? right click you will have options to update driver,roll back driver,or select properties general troubleshoot, select driver click to reinstall drivers click update driver or uninstall then reinstall if this does not fix the problem it might be a registry problem if you cant see your disk drive in windows explorer Close all open programs

Click on Start, Run, and type regedit and press Enter Click on the plus signs (+) next to the following folders

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

SYSTEM

CurrentControlSet

Control

Class

{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

This folder is the DVD/CD-ROM Drive Class Description in the registry. Look for any of the following names in the right hand column.

Upper Filters

Lower Filters

Upper Filters.bak

Lower Filters.bak

If any of the above keys shown in step 4 are listed, right-click on them and choose DeleteAfter deleting the keys, close the registry editorReboot your computerOpen My Computer and check to see if your CD or DVD drives have returned. You may also want to open Device Manager and verify that the yellow exclamation and error code on the CD or DVD drive is gone. Hope this helps

You can find drivers for your motherboard at the following location:

http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/download/download_driver_detail.php?pFILE_TYPE=Driver&pMAIN_TYPE=Motherboard&pTITLE_ON_SCREEN=AB9+Pro&pSOCKET_TYPE=LGA775

Scroll down and look for: Realtek Gigabit Lan Driver

for your first boot cd/dvd rom, 2nd boot hdd is it serial ide or sata, then you can disable the 3rd boot device, if it freezes and does not save reboot your pc in some motherboard there is key to press for you choose which device to boot first if you find the key sometimes its f12 or f10 when press this it will promt which device to boot first then choose which of those devices you want to boot first

remove the bios battery for 20- 25 mins.small flat round battery on the motherboard then put it back in. start up computer

1. Make sure you have all of the power connectors connected. There may be an additional 4-pin P4 connector and another on your video card.
2. Make sure CPU, RAM and cards are all well seated.
3. Frequently failing power supplies deliver less power before they die completely. It may just have enough power to spin the fan. Try another power supply. They are cheaper than a new MB and you can return it if it doesn't fix the problem.

I hope this helps.

that mobo has no built-in graphics, you just have to make sure that any pcie graphics card that you plug in, is in good condition, check your RAM also.

http://www.bioticaindia.com/pvm7.html

try this link

just press del to enter to the cmos and then change the date and time of cmos and press F10 to save your configeration if you start the cpu again and if you see the message "press F1 to continue and del to enter bios it time to replace your cmos battery inside of cpu is like a coin inside of your computer

Hello seany187,

What I'm doing since your system doesn't want to download from Abit, is creating a zip file with all the drives, manuals, utilities and bios updates for both XP, XP64, Vista, and Vista 64, since I don't what OS your on, and you will be able to download them from this private site HERE. And because the files are so large, I split them into, I'll post the second one as in a comment as soon as it's completely up on the site.. You shouldn't have any problems with these downloads, unless you have your IE settings to high.


Good Luck & don't forget to leave a rating based on my Solution.

Thanks Mark

Stay tuned for the second file!

Sounds like it's going to die or its gone faulty,
Might need to replace it or take it to a computer store and have them check it out.

get the battery out of the socket and reset CMOS by jumper after you unplung the pc's mai power supply

do this test this will tell you if your power supply is good or bad we will do the process of elimination ok.
How do I test if the power supply is bad?
Warning This test is for those with extensive electronics training. Do not try this if you do not have extensive electronics training. Make sure there is enough load connected to the power supply before testing ( at least motherboard and one hard drive)!


ATX power connector layout isshown above. 5VSB constantly provides 5V power to the connector through pin 9. If you have a voltmeter, while the power supply fan does not turn on, you could identify which pin is pin 9. Normally there is a clip on the connector between pin 15 and 16. If one can identify pin 14 (the only green wire goes to pin 14), this is the power-on pin. Onee can use a piece of wire to short pin 14 and 15 (or any other black wired ground pin). If you power supply has power connected to it and power switch on the power supply is on, the fan should be turning by now. Otherwise, your power supply may have problem.