My ASUS MB will not POST now. I got it to boot once, changed the settings and now nothing. Cleared the CMOS/removed the battery many times, still nothing. Any ideas???
Posted by Hauserdaddy (Member # 50) on :
Do the LED's come on showing you that you have power to the board? Is there something like a screw grounding it maybe? I had a soyo that was being a bugger POST'ing and it turned out it was being grounded on the case funny...
Posted by Klaus (Member # 66) on :
I agree with Hauser. If you are trying to boot with just one sitck of memory and the vcard nothing else and it won't work - take the board out of the case and try it. I had a case that grounded one of my A7N8X out and it wouldn't work.
Did this happen after a change in the BIOS settings? The early version of the board had a glitch where if you changed something in the BIOS and rebooted it would never boot again. The fix was to RMA the board (which Steve did with one of his boards). I heard they took care of that with the later boards tho - so it's probably a bad ground.
Do a google search on the board model number using the "groups" feature in google - you will find hundereds of responses on usenet to the problem.
Posted by Cremator (Member # 8) on :
Thanks kids, but unfortunately I think my CPU fried. I put in my old 900 and that works, so the 2600 looks like it took a shit on me. Why, I don't know, but this fucker has been flakey ever since I got it when I try to use it at 166 (333) FSB. I think I'll go with General Nanosystems again and skip the Internet sites as I'm beginning to have more and more problems with them...
Posted by Klaus (Member # 66) on :
Strange - the 2600 has the overheat protection on it.
I would at least stick to newegg if you stay with online - they will RMA anything. Even sending out the new product without receiving the old. I sent back a motherboard with no accessories and got back a brand new one with all the accessories.
I find Nano good for pretty much everything (+-10) except mouthboards where they are pretty high compared to Newegg.
Posted by Hauserdaddy (Member # 50) on :
There peripherals and chip fans are a bit more expensive also. Being able to bring it right down there and get a new one is worth it on some things...
Posted by Cremator (Member # 8) on :
I went down there for lunch and they confirmed the CPU was dead on two MBs, so I know now that was the problem, so I coughed-up for a Barton 2500 and a DVD-ROM. Speaking of which, where can I get the software necessary to play DVD movies on my PC (preferebly FREE)?
My CPU is only ~45 days old, but the OEM warranty was for 30 days only. You guys think of any recourse I might have (with AMD itself maybe)?
Posted by Klaus (Member # 66) on :
I assume this was a OEM and not retail CPU? If so I think you are screwed unless the vendor is nice and takes it back. Otherwise AMD will honor a retail chip for 3 years.
I use PowerDVD XP to watch movies on my PC - look around you might have a copy that came with a video card or the dvdrom itself.
Posted by Matress (Member # 71) on :
I have a few copy's of Power dvd if you want I can try to copy it to disk or possibly even just give you one of the few couple's I have. Let me know if your gonna be down this way any time soon. I'll have to take a look in my bag of pc shit
PS just looked I have a copy of PowerDVD version 4.0 that you can just have if you want it. I got it as part of a sony bundle that came with my dvd-rom, but sence I have xp 4.0 as well I've been using that copy. its yours if you want it. or I could possibly drop it off at brad's sence its right down the road from me. Let me know
[ 07-06-2004, 21:12: Message edited by: Matress ]
Posted by Cremator (Member # 8) on :
Thank you for the offer, but Klaus was right I have a copy of somethingDVD 5.1 that I will use. Mostly I got the drive for games as they are getting bigger and bigger (multiple CDs) and DVD will start to become the norm...
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(which Steve did with one of his boards). I heard they took care of that with the later boards tho - so it's probably a bad ground.