Decided it was time for an upgrade so I bought an i7 860, some RAM and a Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4P. I have had the machine setup for a few days and all has been well. Got everything installed happily.
Today, I come back after lunch and the machine is running and there is no video. I reboot, nothing.
I removed every plug and connector except power and video. Nothing. No video, no beeps, nothing.
I tried switching and reseating RAM, nothing.
Can anyone give me some insight into what might be wrong or what I can try next?
Try building outside the case with cpu, beeper and power. Listen for beeps.
Keep adding components and listening for beeps. When you get no beeps there is the problem.
Try building outside the case with cpu, beeper and power. Listen for beeps.
Keep adding components and listening for beeps. When you get no beeps there is the problem.
Are you getting 'phase LEDs' on the MOBO when you try to power up? Do you have a case speaker installed? (I've run into lots of people who expect the 'bootup beeps' to come through their Log1 5.1 speakers on the audio plugs - don' work that way!) Does the CPU fan spin at all?
Are you getting 'phase LEDs' on the MOBO when you try to power up? Do you have a case speaker installed? (I've run into lots of people who expect the 'bootup beeps' to come through their Log1 5.1 speakers on the audio plugs - don' work that way!) Does the CPU fan spin at all?
No LED's are lighting up. The manual says that they have to be turned on in the BIOS. I do have a case speaker hooked up. I pulled it out of another case. The CPU fan spins briefly then stops, the rest of the case fans stay on.
Try building outside the case with cpu, beeper and power. Listen for beeps.
Keep adding components and listening for beeps. When you get no beeps there is the problem.
OK, I will try this next.
Maybe I will pull the HSF off too and see if there is anything interesting going under there.
I also think it is strange that it ran for two days without issue.
Message edited by dalto on 09-18-2009 at 08:39:56 PM
I have a GA-EP45, and i had a similar problem...my conclusion: something was making a short-circuit, because, with all components outside the case it worked. I believe that the boards with 2 oz cooper are more likelly to have this kind of problem, because the extra cooper conducts more eletricity...
What i have done to solve the problem: i have used a non-conductive material to isolate the case from the motherboard( i put only on the mounting holes)...