colonel_sanders Posted February 10, 2006 Posted February 10, 2006 (fluff)Hi, i've been a happy user of my dfi motherboard ever since i've had it, but tonight i ran into some big problems. Tonight i got a 3200+ from a friend and went to upgrade to it from my 2200+. Did everything then booted up and immediately turned off, i knoew from experience this meant improper heat sink seating, so i removed it and redid the as5 and yadaa... (good stuff)Then tunred it on and nothing happened. Looked and all my diagnostic lights were red, usually a good thing. Reset it then i noticed all lights were red from push of the power button. Not a good/normal thing. This is all happening w. my profile rig btw. I tried Everything. Different power supply antec (380w true power). different video card (ati radeon 9800pro) and rearranged all memory into different slots and just 1 module at a time. Fearing a short i completely removed the mobo from case and laid it on carpet floor and it does the exact same thing. I have no clue where to go from here... any info woul be great and more than appreciated. Thanks in advace you guys. Some other factoids: activity light for network goes on no video output at all hard drive lights up and stays lit Keyboard show sign of life Thanks again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darien Posted February 10, 2006 Posted February 10, 2006 Hi! welcome to the forums... it's a known issue that the xp-m 3200's don't work that great with the LP B... but it sounds to me like you hosed your BIOS...you need a hot flash my friend.. hope you have an extra chip or an extra NF2 mobo to flash it in... if not you need to get a BIOS savior. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel_sanders Posted February 10, 2006 Posted February 10, 2006 Hey i got an m7ncd here, not sure which chip nb us but south bridge is and nforce2 mcp. is that good news? i see a: phoenix bios d686bios chip w/ some other numbers under it... other than that only via chipsets. woulnd't i know this would happen the night before the biggest lanparty here in MI, damn you... damn you... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darien Posted February 10, 2006 Posted February 10, 2006 Hey i got an m7ncd here, not sure which chip nb us but south bridge is and nforce2 mcp. is that good news?i see a: phoenix bios d686bios chip w/ some other numbers under it... other than that only via chipsets. woulnd't i know this would happen the night before the biggest lanparty here in MI, damn you... damn you... well the I thought the chipsets were either nVidia nForce or VIA... I've never used a VIA DFI board... but still sounds like a hosed bios... have you tried putting your old cpu back in and seeing if that works? EDIT: check this link http://www.logan.eclipse.co.uk/dfi_ui___lpb_faq.htm#Sata Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel_sanders Posted February 10, 2006 Posted February 10, 2006 yes, the m7ncd is a biostar and i have some via chips on a funky off brand board (mach speed). yes, i have tried putting in the old chip and to the same result. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loggan26 Posted February 10, 2006 Posted February 10, 2006 TRy long cmos clear as in the Faq link above, if you have a stick of 2100 this might help as well. Or a hotflash, or a bios saviour, or try the insert key trick, all covered in the Faq, long cmos clear i think is your best shot. ANd yes you have the 4 led's of death scenario. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthesist Posted February 10, 2006 Posted February 10, 2006 Insert key trick? What is the insert key trick? Syn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loggan26 Posted February 10, 2006 Posted February 10, 2006 Read the Faq, there is a knack to it. I apologise its not there i must have forgot to update it............No matter here you go 1. Power off system at wall. 2. Hold down the Ins key on your keyboard, do not release it. 3. Power on at wall, turn Pc on as normal, still holding down the Ins key. 4. Continue holding Ins key till you here a beep or the Monitor powers on. 5. Hit the Del key and get in to your bios and load Optimal or Default settings or any you think will sort you out. 6. This if it works should set your bios to defaults. A few shots to get it right, its amazing how many users think that they can just push the Ins key and it should work. LOL hope it helps, saves me doing the cmos jumper inside the case all the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthesist Posted February 10, 2006 Posted February 10, 2006 Huh???? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darien Posted February 10, 2006 Posted February 10, 2006 Huh???? right, the insert key trick... I think it sets your default FSB to 100 if I remember correctly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel_sanders Posted February 12, 2006 Posted February 12, 2006 Okay , back from lan party now!!! Had to use my stupid old m7ncd but at least got me going. Tried hotflashing bios by putting chip into m7ncd and using tmod's boot cd to no avail. all the memory i have here is pc-3200 so i'll look around. insert key trick didn't work, bios/cmos was clearing the whole time i was gone (48hours)... now what's next rma? do i just e-mail tech support and wait... i assume so, that's aboout al i can find on dfi support site. how long will this take to return.... thanks in advance. oh and about the insert key thing, does it need to be ps/2 or usb keyboard, i know sometimes my board doesn't like the usb logitech g15 in bios. also, when beeps/monitor powers on do i release insert or keep it held down? this sounds like it may reqiure <1 person to pull off.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loggan26 Posted February 12, 2006 Posted February 12, 2006 PS2 helps but USB works as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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