Urok Posted October 8, 2006 Posted October 8, 2006 Firs of all, I apologize for making a new thread, if it wasnt the right thing to do. But its not in regards to the watercooling. Now on to the show...Feel free to smite me down whenver. Specs of new system... Same as below except 700W GamesXtream, and Swiftech Apogee CPU block, and their chipset and VGA waterblocks too, Thermaltake Mozart Tx Case. After starting from scratch, using stock air coolers on everything, bare minimums, it posted as far as I could tell. All the LEDs counted down to the one left on before OS gets loaded. I've got a cold boot issue (I think... Can only power on from cold boot) but thats not really my main problem right now. I put everything back into the case, but upon cleaning up the 7900GTX, I noticed one of the tiny resistors in the upper rightmissing (One of the _really_ tiny ones. Perhaps someone has a quick fix to that? Anyways, I figured out that the 4 LED no post problem was my reset button was stuck down. Fixed that right away, and the LEDs count down to one. Figuring it's working, I clean up my room and hook up some of the bare stuff to the computer like monitor and PS/2 keyboard. The LEDs count down to one, I get a healthy system beep, and the mainboard logo comes up. Thats it. It won't progress any further than that. I tried both the new opteron and the old 938 pin one (Missing ground pin), didnt work. I tried a PCI gfx card I had lying around, and the BIOS chip on that melted :cool:. I've tried a CMOS clear with no avail. Held down insert as I powered up, no luck there. This doesnt look like this will be as easy to fix as a stuck reset button... On an unrelated note, does anyone know where I can find the coils you wrap around liquid cooling tubes of 3/4" OD? Swiftech has 5/8" OD coils but I dont know if that will work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3stars Posted October 8, 2006 Posted October 8, 2006 On an unrelated note, does anyone know where I can find the coils you wrap around liquid cooling tubes of 3/4" OD? Swiftech has 5/8" OD coils but I dont know if that will work. thicker guage springs work even better if you can find them best to google for a local supplier Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidk21770 Posted October 8, 2006 Posted October 8, 2006 Have you tried another video card just to make sure? (Can you borrow one?) Have you gone through the full CMOS clear process exactly as in the post, or just the step of holding down the ins key? Are you building outside the case or in? If in, are you sure that there are not shorts (mounting posts in the wrong place shorting out the MB or something sticking out under the MB shorting it out? (Or, have you been through that already ?) Are you sure that you had no drips of coolant on the MB, video or any other cards while installing the cooling? Even one drip in the wrong place can bring everything to a halt (I know from experience ). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urok Posted October 8, 2006 Posted October 8, 2006 I'm trying to get my hands on a 3rd video card. The battery and ac power is all disconnected while clearing. Inside the case. There are no shorts. I'm wise enough not to do that. I had to fix a friend's mistake when he did that. Fried the mobo and PSU. No leaking coolant. I already re-wrapped the threads once now with a more liberal layer of teflon tape just in case. No leaks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urok Posted October 11, 2006 Posted October 11, 2006 Well now, it isn't the video card. Got a PCI GeForce 4 MX4000, same issues. But, I had done a second no battery cmos clear and plopped in the new opteron. It posts and I can get into BIOS settings. The memory is EXTREMELY flaky though, running at DDR200 XAS3-4-4-8 2T so it gets through the windows install. I'm hoping a BIOS update can fix some of my memory issues. As for the CCBBE Opteron, I might need someone to resolder a replacement for the missing ground pin since it doesnt post further than the logo. Changing CPUs makes the CMOS reset so I can't tell whats happening with that logo in the way. Myah... Biostar had no-logo and logo BIOSes, why doesnt DFI? <_< At least I can see where its hanging if I got it to avoid the logo altogether. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPDMF Posted October 11, 2006 Posted October 11, 2006 The 406 and the E704-2BT both have the bios logo disabled by default.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urok Posted October 12, 2006 Posted October 12, 2006 Wait, you can flash bioses not exclusive to the expert board to the expert board? I always thought that would render my system useless. In any case, PC is fixed finally. Running back at 3006 MHz and CPU/14 CAS2-3-2-0 2T. VGA at 725/1720 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPDMF Posted October 12, 2006 Posted October 12, 2006 Those are expert bioses. Notice the "E" I wouldn't recommend a bios not for your board dude, especially considering I have owned a few experts.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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