ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe - No POST

[ddraig gwyllt]

Hi all

Bought a bit of kit from here last Friday and cant get it to work.

Basically it powers up for a few seconds then powers off. no POST, beeps, nothing.

My Spec :
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe MoBo
AMD 62 X2 6000 cpu
Sapphire HD2900XT Graphics Card
Corsair XMS6400 4GB (4X1GB) 800MHZ DDR2 RAM
FSP Epsilon 700 FX700-GLN - power supply - 700 Watt

The Mobo Driver CD was missing along with the Q connector (a block used to connect the Front Panel stuff to the MoBo)

(Downloaded the latest Nforce drivers for the chipset on my Lappy so not a big headache)

I've gone through the recommended steps in the sticky for POST issues I'm hoping theres something really obvious I've missed before going down the RMA route (surprised if I have to with the quality of kit listed).

Iv'e stripped the system bare, checked for shorts to the case etc and it all looks OK.

I've tested the set up with another PSU (FSP 550W) and get the same issue so I dont think the PSU is the cause.

Got hold of an ASROCK board to run some more tests
(eliminate the Graphics card, CPU, Memory)
Going to fit this and test tonight

I thought ASUS were one of the best manufacturers out there and I dodnt want to put negative feedback on the site without making absolutley sure what the issue is.

Is there something I'm missing here ?

Thanks
DG

[JDowdall]

First of all Grey Dragon its good to see another welshman on here! :P well thats what ur name suggests neways :P Asus is a good make but there aftersales is kinda dreadful lol

[Taxation]

turns on then off a few seconds later, could be a heat problem
Are all fans spinning??
When your comp is off, take the cpu heatsink off then see if it has made a good enough connection
Replace heatsink and try again

Have you tried running the comp with less RAM installed?? Try one stick, then 2, then 3 then 4, thats if they work :roll:

[ddraig gwyllt]

Thanks for the replies guys :D

JDowdall - Yup I am indeed Welsh, deep in the Cynon Valley!
Gwyllt is "wild" Grey is "LLwyd"

Taxation - All the fans Spun OK, the power dropped off after a few seconds which made me think it was the MoBo disagreeing with something

Forgot to do the one stick of RAM at a time, dropped it to one gig
and that Fixed it !!!

Set the Memory Timings to 5-5-5-18, replaced the other 3 gig and presto it's been stable ever since.

Now I've got an "other PCI device" lisred in Device Manager which seems to be linked to the Graphics Card.

I applied the AMD live patch which ASUS say will get rid of it but it's still there. and the setting DM to view devices by connection lists the "?" off the Graphics card.

I'm off to the Graphics Card forum to do some digging.

Cheers
DG

[dilly dally]

HAHA that is very funny because i was just going to ask how well this motherboard goes as it is the only SLI AM2 motherboard that i can find.

Anyone know of any others???

[system7]

PCI device could be anything, but it's likely LAN or audio or USB 2.0.

I learnt this from Coops, but if you right click on a missing device, you can google the Device Instance ID to figure out who makes it.

Then the driver is easy to find.