Oberon Posted June 22, 2004 Posted June 22, 2004 Well, this is my third one of these motherboards, which should tell you that I really want to get this to work. I bought a used mobo off of ebay after killing my first one in a watercooling incedent. THe mobo wouldn't boot and the diagnostic leds indicated that the mobo was checking the CMOS batter and checksum. After messing with the bnoard for a while I gave and bought a new one from Monarch Computers. I got the motherboard in, set everything up... and I get the same problem. I'm using 512Mb of Corsair DDR433 RAM and an AthlonXP 2500+. Anyone have any suggestions beyond sending it back? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted June 22, 2004 Posted June 22, 2004 oberon please read the important info sticky up top, specifically the second post about adding specs to your sig and giving us as much info as possible. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberon Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 Sorry about that, was just about to leave for work and was getting one last post off beforehand. All of my specs are in my sig, but here you go anyways. AthlonXP 2500+(Mobile Barton) Watercooled DFI Lanparty NFII Ultra (Rev. A) On board Sound 512Mb (2x256) Corsair XMS DDR433 RAM (2-2-2-5 T1) ATi Radeon 9700 Pro Two Western Digital WD400s(40Gb, PATA) in RAID 350w Sparkle PSU Right now I don't know what version BIOS I have because I haven't been able to get that far :sad: As before I tried to boot the PC and all I get is the last diagnostic LED staying lit (meaning the board is checking the CMOS battery and checksum). Obviously the system doesn't POST and I get no beeps whatsoever out of the board. I have checked to make sure everything is seated correctly and checked both jumpers on the board. I have also exchanged the CMOS battery with a known good battery and tried booting without a battery as well. I think that's jsut about everything, so if anyone has any idea about what to do, please help. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberon Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 ANd now everything's in my sig... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberon Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 *bump* Just had a thought, could the system not be booting because of the processor? I had the exact same motherboard before and everything worked fine. The only difference in the system was that the CPU wasn't a mobile chip, it was just the normal desktop Barton. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat4u Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 Same problem here, only that it occured after 2 days and several houres of none problem gaming... I was just going to put prime95 on over the night to test the stabilety, and everything went black cold restart, after that I haven´t been able to get to post. So now im sending mine back (getting a new one) plus that iv´e bought a new board as well in case of any similar probs in the future...Really whant this board to work cause the BIOS kick butt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberon Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 Well, I have a manufacturer direct warranty on this board, so I guss I could send it back if I needed to, but I don't relly want to if I don't have to. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
king of nothing Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 So.... if I understand you correctly, you haven't gotten anything to work since your 'watercooling incident'. Have you checked out all the other parts in your system to make sure nothing else was damaged? I would definitely try a different cpu..... or at least try yours in another mobo to make sure it's not the problem. Have you gotten to the bios on your system? You have timings listed for your ram which makes me think you have. I don't know much about your ram but I know my system doesn't boot with timings that tight. It doesn't surprise me that a mobo bought on ebay doesn't boot. Sadly... it only sorta surprises me that a new one won't boot. But when you put the two together it makes me think your problem is somewhere else. I'd suggest swapping parts in/out and see if anything makes a difference. It would suck to go through the whole RMA thing only to find your problem is elsewhere. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberon Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 I tried the RAM in another one of my systems and ran memtest on it and it all checked out. I just have the stock timings listed (which now that I look at them, I put the wrong ones up there, was thinking of the new XL at the time. Stock timings are 2-3-3-7). I've also replaced the video card with a Voodoo2 I had lying around to play Tribes on. I've also tried disconnecting all of my optical devices and hard drives, but it still hasn't changed anything. I have an MSI mobo in my closet somewhere that I'll dig out to make sure it's not the CPU. Do you think I should hook up the whole system to the other mobo or jsut enough to see if I can make it to the BIOS? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
king of nothing Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 Originally posted by Oberon Do you think I should hook up the whole system to the other mobo or jsut enough to see if I can make it to the BIOS? It's up to you. I'd probably start with the minimum necessary and then add stuff..... just to make sure everything is ok. I guess the main thing to check is that the 'basics' work in another mobo. Then put the same stuff into the LP and see if it works. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberon Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 Well, I don't know now. Put just the basics in my MSI mobo (CPU, RAM, and Vid Card) and same thing. Nothing out of the onboard speaker, no video, nothing. I don't know how the CPU could be bad. Looking it over, the core appears to be in excellent condition. Well, guess it's time to wait for another paycheck so I can grab another processor and see if that's really the problem.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
king of nothing Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 Do you still have your other processor? ......or do you have any friends/family who are leaving town for a while? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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