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Thread ID: 85647	2007-12-17 09:27:00	Motherboard Problem or What?	Norseguy (12873)	Press F1

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622025	2007-12-17 09:27:00	So I bought all of the parts to build a new pc, consists of: Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 Allendale 1.8GHz LGA 775 Processor. OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply. EVGA 122-CK-NF63-TR LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard. CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory (four sticks totaling 4g ram). EVGA 256-P2-N625-AR GeForce 7900GS 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card. This is the first computer I've put together. I've a fair amount of knowledge, enough to set up this pc, at least so I thought. I've it all in my case, power to the processor, power to motherboard, hardrive connected, cd rom drive connected, graphics card connected. Power and data cables to everything. Came down to the headers, I've power switch connected, I've reset switch connected. The HDD Led is connected, but the Pwr Led is not connected because it is three pronged or so. I didn't think that mattered to start the computer up anyway. So I'm confused here, and asking for some help please, as to why my system won't boot up, it starts up for one second then shuts down. I found out my problem was the screw risers, I had way too many put on and it was touching the motherboard, which explains why it came on and shut off like a second later. Now I have the right screw risers connected correctly and only using which ones I need, it comes on, fans all spinning and on the led error it just says -- which means I'ts not passing POST according to a EVGA customer support member, but I've connected a video card and seem to be getting no connection through my monitor the screen remains blank/black. HDD is not connected as it is not needed, nor is the floppy or cd rom drive. I shipped my motherboard back to where I bought it from because I believed the motherboard was the source of the problem, later they emailed me back after they recieved it saying there was not a problem with the motherboard that would stop it from working. They also said upon recieving the motherboard I could send it back and recieve a replacment board if I still couldn't get it to work. A friend said I should try to get a replacement board through EVGA and I would get better service out of them. I'm not exactly sure what I should do, anyone know what could be the problem, and/or what I should do to go about getting this problem fixed? Thanks.	Norseguy (12873)
622026	2007-12-17 09:41:00	I found out my problem was the screw risers, I had way too many put on and it was touching the motherboard, which explains why it came on and shut off like a second later. This would more than likely short the board which would damage it. Whats sounds strange is the comment They also said upon recieving the motherboard I could send it back and recieve a replacment board if I still couldn't get it to work. Was it actually tested correctly - if it was then thats a strange comment to make ? To me it sounds like it may not have been tested ? if they are will to send yo a replacement I'd suggest you take them up on their offer - a board thats been shorted by incorrect placement of risers is suspect. HDD is not connected as it is not needed, nor is the floppy or cd rom drive. While these are not needed to get into the BIOS, they are required - this may also be causing some of your your problems as the POST looks for these items - the HD at least. Even if it got past POST - it would simply halt - no HD to boot from. Just how were you intending on running an OS with out these ? Being in to much of a hurry to boot it up with out being complete can cause all sorts of problems.	wainuitech (129)
622027	2007-12-17 10:05:00	It seems I have an 800 Fsb cpu and a motherboard requiring 1066 Fsb is this the cause of my problem?	Norseguy (12873)
622028	2007-12-17 10:06:00	You maybe right, as one site says its 1066/1333 fsb. Nothing about supporting 800 fsb CPU's.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
622029	2007-12-17 10:18:00	Well you can do lots of things without a HD, I can't get it to post... thats the first issue.	Norseguy (12873)
622030	2007-12-17 10:20:00	Well, if it doesnt support 800 fsb cpus it wont post either.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
622031	2007-12-17 15:17:00	Hi, This post is very informative, however I would like some specific information. If someone can help me then please send me a private message. Best Regards,	Sabir (13171)
622032	2007-12-17 19:56:00	Well ask here. Thats what its for.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
622033	2007-12-17 20:10:00	Sabir, ask in the thread, no need to use PM's to gain information. Don't expect any Private messages. Also, your signature looks suspiciously like spam and will be removed.	Jan Birkeland (4741)
622034	2007-12-17 20:20:00	While these are not needed to get into the BIOS, they are required - this may also be causing some of your your problems as the POST looks for these items - the HD at least. Even if it got past POST - it would simply halt - no HD to boot from. Every board i've seen, provided it's working and you give it power, ram, cpu and video, it will POST - but likely complain about the keyboard. EVGA's website is useless, they don't have a CPU support list for their boards, but they do say this: Question / Issue When I boot my 680i motherboard I get no video and the LED reads two dashes (--). What does this mean? Answer / Solution When you get two dashes it means the motherboard is not starting the POST cycle. This can be caused by either a power, grounding, or a defective board. Make sure you have both the 24 pin ATX power and 8 pin power connected. Try booting the board outside of the case in a minimal configuration on a bench or desk to make sure it is not a grounding issue. If you still get two dashes most likely the board is defective and needs to be replaced. (Or, perhaps incompatible CPU - but they won't tell us that...) Just to add, if you want to get your 3 pin power LED working on the 2 pin header, do this: www.antec.com	Agent_24 (57)
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