peabody Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Hi Couldn't get an initial boot up with AMD 3000 Venice Looked here for help, saw 'Clear CMOS' Ran down stairs and looked at manual. All it had was a picture of a jumper setting to change Changed jumper setting and turned computer on Left it running for 10 seconds or so and turned it off Reverted jumper setting Motherboard does not power on anymore. No leds nothing Things I've tried: Clearing the CMOS the "DFI way" (~10 minute clear) Fiddling with Power/Reset buttons on motherboard Anyway what do I do from here? If the motherboard is ******, will it just be the motherboard or will other bits (CPU, 7800gtx, 1gb stick of RAM) be ****** as well? Is it possible that I only need a replacement BIOS chip or something? Cheers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenC Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 OK, First create a signature. See my signature for link. Did you set the cmos jumper back to normal? Is the standby led on? It is below lowest pci slot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peabody Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 OK, First create a signature. See my signature for link. Did you set the cmos jumper back to normal? Is the standby led on? It is below lowest pci slot. Wow very quick! I've fleshed out the story a little more. CMOS jumper is back to normal, there is no standby led. Will create a signiture but it is probably irrelevant in this scenario . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peabody Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Signature... hopefully appears Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayse Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 oh you'd be surprised what a signature can do for you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 The signature is always important. It allows us to see exactly what hardware and BIOS version you are running. What may seem unimportant to you could be critical to your problem. If you are getting no lights on the motherboard when the PSU is plugged in but not powered up, I would leave the rig unplugged from wall power for half an hour then try again. EDIT: OK you beat me with the sig update. lol Now get that sig built so we can offer some advice. Wow very quick! I've fleshed out the story a little more.CMOS jumper is back to normal, there is no standby led. Will create a signiture but it is probably irrelevant in this scenario . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Looking at your sig... Make sure all four power connections are complete... http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showpost.p...70&postcount=10 I would start trouble shooting by following this after removing one stick of RAM... http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showpost.p...04&postcount=24 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peabody Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 The signature is always important. It allows us to see exactly what hardware and BIOS version you are running. What may seem unimportant to you could be critical to your problem. If you are getting no lights on the motherboard when the PSU is plugged in but not powered up, I would leave the rig unplugged from wall power for half an hour then try again. EDIT: OK you beat me with the sig update. lol Now get that sig built so we can offer some advice. OK I have unplugged the thing from the wall, removed the motherboard battery, and shifted the jumper setting to clear CMOS. I will wait until 12pm (~40 minutes from now for me). At the moment I have 1 stick of ram, the PSU, the video card, the hard drives and the case power connectors plugged into the motherboard. I will disconnect the hard drives and the case connections. Please note that I do not know what BIOS version I am running because I never got into the BIOS. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peabody Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Looking at your sig... Make sure all four power connections are complete... http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showpost.p...70&postcount=10 I would start trouble shooting by following this after removing one stick of RAM... http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showpost.p...04&postcount=24 I didn't have the Hard drive and Floppy drive things plugged in to the motherboard, so I will definately try that after I complete that "proper" clear. Thanks. As a sidenote, I have read the manual. Mine consists of 2 chapters (in my language): "Quick Setup Guide" and "English". I think I have been jibbed out of a real one or something. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenC Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 No that's it. You have a copy of the full manual in pdf format on the cd that came with your motherboard. Or you can download it from the dfi download site. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frallan Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Also if u have the MoBo Mounted U need to check for rouge crosscircuits. i.e. that something that conducts power touches something it shouldn't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peabody Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Thankyou to all. I did an 8 hour "proper" clear and plugged all the power cables into the board correctly and not only did it power on, I got into BIOS for the first time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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