Asus A8N SLI DELUX Fried or not????

jbell002 · 11-16-2006, 07:35 PM

I bilt the computer about one year ago, it is an Asus A8N-SLI DELUX mobo with an AMD 64 bit 2.0, with an ATI Radion X800 XL Grafix and a 480 wat atx 12V V2.0 Antec Neo Power. I am running Windows XP pro, and 2 250 gig hd's in rad 0. The system was running perfect with only a few bill gates glitches untill a couple of weeks ago. The computer froz up thought nothing about it, tried to bring up the task mgr or shut it down and nothing so I switched of the power on the back at the powersupply waited a few switched it back on and have not gotten the computer to do any thing since. It will not turn on at all no fans no beep no nothing. The mobo does have the standby light on so it is getting power but the lights are on but no one is home. I called up asus and ended up sending it back to them. They "fixed" it but when I got it back still the same thing. So I thought maby it was the power supply so I went out and got a cheep 300 wat which is enough and the same thing> I dont know what to do, how to test the power supply, or any other ideas
Any help would be apreaceated

Tumbleweed36 · 11-16-2006, 07:43 PM

Hi,

I have that board and I can tell you that a 300 watt (especially a cheap one) will not run that board if you have most anything on the darn rig at all. Therefore, if it is the power supply, you need a better one to test to see if that is it.

You need to take off the off/on wires and short across (only for an instance) the two pins (front panel header) and see if maybe your case off/on switch has gone bad. If it comes on, then the switch has left this world and you will need a new one.

Make sure you have the 12 volt molex plugged into this motherboard also or it will not work. Also, the Heatsink fan connected to the motherboard as well as the 24 pin ATX plug.

Addendum: I hate to be the bearer of not so good news, but those Neo-Power 480 power supplies have not been the most reliable through the years, so that could be an issue....it might have died. Just make sure you have a known good electrical outlet, a known good cord from the wall to the power supply, and the thing turned on correctly on the back of it.

Post back with questions/concerns.

11-16-2006, 07:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
jbell002 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5 OS: xp	Asus A8N SLI DELUX Fried or not???? I bilt the computer about one year ago, it is an Asus A8N-SLI DELUX mobo with an AMD 64 bit 2.0, with an ATI Radion X800 XL Grafix and a 480 wat atx 12V V2.0 Antec Neo Power. I am running Windows XP pro, and 2 250 gig hd's in rad 0. The system was running perfect with only a few bill gates glitches untill a couple of weeks ago. The computer froz up thought nothing about it, tried to bring up the task mgr or shut it down and nothing so I switched of the power on the back at the powersupply waited a few switched it back on and have not gotten the computer to do any thing since. It will not turn on at all no fans no beep no nothing. The mobo does have the standby light on so it is getting power but the lights are on but no one is home. I called up asus and ended up sending it back to them. They "fixed" it but when I got it back still the same thing. So I thought maby it was the power supply so I went out and got a cheep 300 wat which is enough and the same thing> I dont know what to do, how to test the power supply, or any other ideas Any help would be apreaceated

11-16-2006, 07:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 18,021 OS: XP Professional	Hi, I have that board and I can tell you that a 300 watt (especially a cheap one) will not run that board if you have most anything on the darn rig at all. Therefore, if it is the power supply, you need a better one to test to see if that is it. You need to take off the off/on wires and short across (only for an instance) the two pins (front panel header) and see if maybe your case off/on switch has gone bad. If it comes on, then the switch has left this world and you will need a new one. Make sure you have the 12 volt molex plugged into this motherboard also or it will not work. Also, the Heatsink fan connected to the motherboard as well as the 24 pin ATX plug. Addendum: I hate to be the bearer of not so good news, but those Neo-Power 480 power supplies have not been the most reliable through the years, so that could be an issue....it might have died. Just make sure you have a known good electrical outlet, a known good cord from the wall to the power supply, and the thing turned on correctly on the back of it. Post back with questions/concerns. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread. Last edited by Tumbleweed36; 11-16-2006 at 07:49 PM.