Can't boot

[Coors]

I'll start at the beginning to let you know exactly what I did. I was running a dual boot setup with Windows xp Pro and windows Server 2003. I was done toying around with server 2003 so I was going to do a fresh install of xp pro over everything. Then I saw a thread about people having problems with their sil raid controller. I've always used the nvidia raid so I thought I'd try out the sil and see how it worked out for me. Well during the install I actcidently installed the nvidia drivers instead of the sil drivers and I got an error when it tried to intsall saying something like "No disk drives were detected." So I rebooted and now all I get is 4 LEDs and thats it. I've tried clearing the cmos and still nothing. I even took everything out of the case and completely rebuilt it to make sure all of the connections were good. And I swapped cpu's and I still get the same thing. Any suggestions?

[ReelFiles]

Lowboy explains the Diagnostic LEDs here;

 

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showpost.p...348&postcount=2

[Coors]

Yeah, thats why I swapped CPUs but it still freezes at 4 leds

[ReelFiles]

Have you tried booting with a minimal configuration? 1 GPU, 1 stick of RAM in the top orange slot, No drives connected?

[Coors]

After I took it apart I tried rebooting with just cpu, then just cpu and memory, then cpu memory and vid card, then with everything and all with the same results.

 

Before putting it back together I waited like 18 hours while I slept and went to work. But when I get back I'll try clearing the cmos from a no boot condition step by step like from exroadie's directions.

 

Is it possible that the bios got corrupted?

[Coors]

Ok, I did a cmos clear step by step as stated on Exroadie's "no boot condition guide" and when I press and hold "insert", it doesn't beep. Could this be because I have a wireless keyboard? The cord that plugs in the keyboard is a PS/2 cord. Also, I did the 24 hour cmos clear.

 

EDIT: Ok, I swapped keyboards to a plain old PS/2 one and it still doesn't beep when I hold insert. Has anyone else had this problem?

[Never_enough]

I'm having the same problem now, trying eveything from this site but nothing so far is helping. How does one RMA this board "best way" "LanParty SLI-DR" Bought it from Newegg, but site says i must deal with DFI for RMA's.

 

thanks

[Coors]

Well, I'm thinking it could be PSU related. I'm not sure as this PSU has been rock solid but you also have the same one and a lot of people here seem to of have had problems with their Antec PSU's. I'm going to try swapping with a friend and see if it fixes it.

[tasr]

Check these two links for testing your PSU.

 

HOW TO JUMP A PSU

 

 

Testing Your PSU Voltage Rails

[Coors]

Thanks for the links. I'll try that when I get home.

[Never_enough]

Well, checked PSU, all voltages are in specsas far as start up voltages goes. still 4 leds stay on. tried everything here except the 24 hours of clearing the CMOS. I really don't think that it's the slove'er here. tried it for 4 hours.

Since i didn't get any answer on how to RMA this board, I'll just have to go to DFI site i read up...

[Coors]

Well my psu started when I jumped it so i'm guessing its still good. But I have a OCZ GSX 700 watt on the way anyways. If the new PSU doesn't fix it is my only other option RMAing the mobo?