Comments on: Little Valley 2

By: Spencer

Spencer — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:43:19 +0000

Hey all,

I’m having a very different set of problems with my Little Valley and most who’ve post and would love some feedback.

I’m running the mobo with a 1GB stick of Kingston PC2 4200 and the picoPSU 90.

I’m able to POST consistently with 0 problems but when I go to install XP, I’ve hit BSOD after BSOD. I’ve swapped out the HD and still no luck. I’m currently running memtest86 (several times) to check the RAM integrity.

The odd part of the problem is that the system crashes or BSODs at very different times and has so far reported different error messages every time. At some points the system crashs (no BSOD) during the setup of Windows when its preparing to install XP and other times I’ve crashed at various times during the installation of XP (from the setting of the date and time all the way to the finalization steps).

I’d really appreciate any suggestions as to what the problem might be. Thanks!

By: Seb

Seb — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:39:58 +0000

To all: I finally got the D201GLY2A working with PW-200-M mini PSU (bought from shortcircuit which I can only but recommend) and 12Vx6.6A AC adapter. It powers fine a 2.5″ HDD and 3.5″ 500GB Green Power HDD at the same time, as well as USB keyboard and mouse.
It is slightly bigger than PicoPSU, however, it fits perfectly the board, and would even leave some room for changing the northbridge heatsink, which I may do sometime later.

Brandon: Have you tried to boot from a Live Distro CD (Linux or Rescue CD)?

By: brandon

brandon — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:17:28 +0000

I have sort of the same issue as others. I have a D201GLY2A and I can get it to boot through the BIOS, but after the BIOS screen disappears I get nothing but white lines at the top of my screen.

When I first fired it up I was able to get to the Windows HDD format screen, but then the video froze and that was it. Since then I haven’t been able to get anywhere after the BIOS. I can go in a edit the BIOS settings and view the type/amount of RAM. I have also updated the BIOS through the recovery BIOS option, removed the battery and cleared the CMOS to no avail. Any suggestions?

By: Seb

Seb — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:40:13 +0000

Hello,
I have had the same problem as everybody else. My D201GLY2A only starts with a powerfull PSU. My Travla C138 case seemed to have the perfect PSU (19Vx4.7A=90W AC adapter + 120W DC-DC converter in case with P4 connector). It actually worked fine for a few times, but not anymore! I only have PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse connected to it (no HDD), and I haven’t made any changes. It still outputs +12V,5V,3.3V ..etc and the fan spins. Howewver, I’m not sure about the current (amps) values. So I’m afraid the PSU is dead.
I can still power and start the board with a 220W ATX PSU. So the board is fine.
So I’m now struggling to find the right replacement PSU. It seems that the PicoPSU 90W (with 12Vx6.6A=80W AC adapter) would work, however, does anyone currently have this PSU working with this board? Isn’t the PicoPSU 120W safer (it would require a Molex to P4 adapter though) with a 12Vx8.5A AC adapter?
Any feedback would be welcome!

By: Kristina

Kristina — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:09:16 +0000

Hi Jon,
It seems very likely that it could be a memory problem. Just to be sure, the P4 power connector on the picoPSU is connected to the mainboard? Sometimes this gets overlooked…

I would try Transcend memory. Make sure it is unbuffered, Non-ECC RAM. I know in the past other memory brands (such as Kingston) have given us issues.

If it isn’t the memory, then try an alternative power supply. You can even use a standard ATX power supply if you don’t have another picoPSU.

If it isn’t the PSU, try clearing the CMOS as the last step.

I hope that helps! Otherwise, it could be a faulty board in general.