Xazer

I seem to be having quite a troublesome problem with my new K8NS Ultra-939 Motherboard. I believe the problem is that the system fails to POST.

Here at my system specs:
AMD 64 3000+ Winchester 939 socket
Lian-Li PC-60USB B2 Case
GA-K8NS Ultra-939
Mustang 450Watt Power Supply
PNY Geforce FX 5700 Ultra
Seagate 40GB IDE Hard Drive
Western Digital 120 GB IDE Hard Drive
2 x 512mb DDR-333 RAM (one is PQI brand and the other is BRAVO)

I've installed my motherboard correctly because it will boot. However ANY monitor that I attach to my video card will NOT display any information on the screen. The Monitor's LED light that lights up when the monitor is on, just keeps blinking (it doesn't have the "amber" appearance like some monitors do when they're not connected). I tried two different power supplies and I received the same result (the one I've been using is a 450W and the other one I tried was an older 250W). I also tried another video card (Radeon 9600XT) and the predicament still remained. I've examined all the cords and whatnots of my motherboard and I have yet to find anything that would lead to my particular problem. I couldn't obtain the BIOS version as I couldn't very well SEE any information that would be displayed upon my monitor.

I've tried switching around the IDE cables I use for my DVD-Rom drive and my two IDE Hard Drives (I should probably upgrade to a SATA soon). I've even tried simply connecting ONLY my primary Hard Drive (an older Seagate 40GB) and that didn't help. I only mention this because I found a thread in a forum elsewhere on the web and one of the moderators suggested that the IDE cables could be causing a problem like this.

Unless I'm completely blind, I've gone over the motherboard connections with a fine-comb and I haven't found any mess-ups I may have caused. If ventilation is one of your suggestions then you should be relieved that my nice Lian-Li case came with 4 installed fans that are all running perfectly (so I doubt that any part of my Motherboard or my CPU is overheating [my CPU heatsink IS installed correctly]).

My only guess is that my motherboard could be faulty (wow, how many times have I had that happen?). There could also be an issue of the motherboard failing to recognize ANY AGP card. I don't have a PCI card that I can obtain and use to test that theory, but I honestly don't see why it would be an issue.

I have cleared the CMOS with a jumper I obtained (where I placed it on the two pins and left it attached for approximately 20 - 30 seconds). I ALSO removed the battery for about 40 seconds (the manual recommended leaving it unattached for at least 30 seconds). I also don't think that the problem lies elsewhere within my computer. The CPU is running because the system will boot up, there's just no display on my monitor. As of right now, I took out the battery and it's been removed for about 15 minutes, so I'm seeing if an extended amount of time like that can make a difference.

As I've just said, I tried this new rig on a different monitor that runs another computer in my household (and obtained the same results), so I can root out the theory of a problem with my monitor.

I've also tried using a PCI video card, but that yielded the same results. I've tried using one RAM stick and switching the sockets they were in, but yet again that didn't make a difference. Keep in mind here that I don't hear any BEEPs after turning on the power, and I obviously don't hear that single BEEP to let me know everything is running properly.

I've posted this thread on a few forums now and I've also dispatched a "help" letter to Gigabyte (they don't botherer having support forums [this is the last time I'm buying from them it looks like]), and I still haven't had any luck.

Thank you very much in advance for any help you will bestow upon me.

linderman

being that is a freshly installed mobo / I would remove the mobo and run it outside the case / bare bones / one stick of ram / vid card / no hard drive

dont forget to use a "jumper" to connect the pins normally occupied by the case switch (on & off button)

then see if it posts and lets you see the screen


many shorts are easily over looked


let us know



regards

joe

Xazer

RESOLVED!!!!!

After reading a few threads on this message board and others, I saw a suggestion to put some spacers between the motherboard and the case. I also thought about taking it completely out of the case (which would have also worked in this scenario).

So, after unscrewing my motherboard, I booted up and everything came up as normal! I obviously screwed the mobo down too tightly, but I would have never thought that it could alter the conduction and currents of it.

linderman

I am happy to hear that your system is running again / I would however caution you that I have never heard of over tightening a mobo causing a short / I would look into isolation spacers or plastic stand-offs


regards:



joe

SW17CH

I read you post and could'nt believe how similar the problem was... i did everything that you did but i still dont have video... i have the same hw setup as Xazer. and pulled everything out of my case and still no resolve on the viedo card. im going to pull apart another pc and shoot the video card some more. if you have any idea of something i may have over looked please let me know.
thanks

dai

have you connected the extra power lead to the m/b
is your power supply big enough to run the system
post your system specs

Xneph

Darned if I didn't just experience the exact same thing today. This post was a great help!
Xneph