Intel® Desktop Board DH67BL powerup or startup issue

[willbeale]

I have an Intel® Desktop Board DH67BL.
When I turn the machine on, the standby light (on the board) comes on,
Audibly all other components run.
No beeps and no POST nor any monitor output of any kind.
I've added a graphics card to see if the fault may lie with the on-board graphics.
No difference in startup.

Other specs:
CPU Intel Core i3-2100 3.1GHz (I've reseated the CPU)
RAM 2x 4Gb Transcend DDR3 1333MHz (I've reseated them, one by one into DIMMs 1 & 2)
PSU Inwin Powerman 550 Watt (I tested another PSU aswell Thermaltake TT-350NL1NK-A)
HDD Seagate Barracuda (500Gb)
BIOS Battery is still good, tested it and reset the CMOS

 

[weberdarren97]

Do you live in the United States? If so, please make sure that your power supply is set to 110 Volts and not 230 Volts.

Your power supply is listed as unrated. Since I have no personal experience with that brand, I cannot say with guarantee that it's good quality.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

 

[willbeale]

Do you live in the United States? If so, please make sure that your power supply is set to 110 Volts and not 230 Volts.

Your power supply is listed as unrated. Since I have no personal experience with that brand, I cannot say with guarantee that it's good quality.

Hi Weberdarren97

Thank you for your response.
Our power grid here supplies a standard of 230V and as I said, I've tested this board with another PSU the Thermaltake TT-350NL1NK-A

It's sad as I don't think these Intel boards are bad.
Now socket 1155 is already on its way out and yet the components I have on this system (apart from the PSU) aren't bad quality or cheap to come by either and they're not old, now I'm going to have to replace the board and CPU.

 

[weberdarren97]

Please try only one stick of memory at a time. Try each slot on the motherboard with each stick.

Try this without a GPU. Only insert a GPU if you get the RAM working.

 

[willbeale]

This too I have done.

I stripped the board bare, I blowed it out. Then with a tiny art brush I cleaned the DIMMs. Then I reseated the CPU, (thermal pasted it so on duh). Wired up the PSU to the board, Double checked the front panel pins (consulted latest 2 PDF Manuals on the board)
Added 1 RAM Module in DIMM 1 (of 4)
then I added the BOIS Battery, I plugged in power. Turned it on, attempt 6,
(attempt 1-5 was as I took it apart from whole PC to barebox)
Again all I saw ON was the standby light on the board.
then I tried another 4 RAM Modules in DIMM 1, each time removing the BIOS Battery and power cable and leaving it for 10 second +.
Then I moved on to doing this all over with DIMM 2 then again with DIMM 3.
I did not bother with DIMM 4 even DIMM 3 was just as a incase, I didn't actually expect any different results.

now then your all caught up.....

 

[weberdarren97]

Okay, thanks for the info.

At this point, it could be the CPU, the MOBO or the PSU.

You've tried multiple PSUs, but are you sure that they worked in other machines?

Assuming the PSU is working properly, please try the CPU in another compatible machine, or try a compatible CPU in this machine. This will eliminate the CPU as the source of the problem.

 

[willbeale]

Yes, I borrowed the PSU I tested with from another machine that works just fine. (And it is still in operation)

I do not however have another (socket LGA1155) board available to test the chip with

Do you think the Board is still working

 

[weberdarren97]

I will message some users with more experience in this topic. Please wait for their responses.

Do you think the Board is still working

I cannot say for sure.

 

[BadActor]

After the steps you have already taken, I would just look for a used motherboard. The CPU rarely fails and those Intel motherboards had a number of no post issues.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Do you have a PC speaker hooked up? Any beep codes?

 

[willbeale]

Do you have a PC speaker hooked up? Any beep codes?

There is a speaker hooked up. NO beeps tho.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Ok and I know you did a lot of testing already have you tried the board outside of the case?

 

[willbeale]

Ok and I know you did a lot of testing already have you tried the board outside of the case?

No I have not done that.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Ok so yes breadboard it, by that I mean remove the board from the case, and install just the processor with cooler, 1 stick of ram and the PSU and see if it POSTs. If it does you have a short between your board and the case, you need to check your standoffs (motherboard mounts). Make sure they all align with the board and would have a screw in them. If not, then remove the ones that don't.

 

[willbeale]

I will post my results as soon as I completed the task

 

[willbeale]

Ok so yes breadboard it, by that I mean remove the board from the case, and install just the processor with cooler, 1 stick of ram and the PSU and see if it POSTs. If it does you have a short between your board and the case, you need to check your standoffs (motherboard mounts). Make sure they all align with the board and would have a screw in them. If not, then remove the ones that don't.

So I've done that and I still got the same result!
I'm "afraid" of purchasing another 1155 board and then finding out it's the cpu.
I don't have another 1155 board I can test the cpu with.
Why is the standby light coming on at all if the board has failed, I would like to make doubly sure, somehow. Any advice?

 

[Rogue Leader]

Its highly unlikely the CPU is bad, they just simply do not fail. Without some way to test it though there is no other way to tell.