jeez my abit ip35-e is outof wack. I cannot get it to post. I put in an e8400, but i ddont have any other chip to try in it, like a cheapo celeron.
it turns on then fans spin for 5-8 seconds, no post beep, then restarts, fans spin 5-8 seconds, no beep restart, repeat, repeat forever. If i try to boot with just 20 pins or a 4pin power instead of the 8, it turns on, but never post beeps, just keeps running, fans are spinning, and i can feel the cpu heating up. WTF is going on. Does anyone know why this is happening. I cant see a post screen or boot or anything, so i dunno whats happening, ive tried it in the case, out the case, no heatsink, no ram, 1 stick of ram, power in/out of 8800gt at boot, clear cmos/remove battery for 2 mins. GYAH i cannot get this thing to power up. i know all my other components besides the brand new e8400 work, because i had all them running on my old 965p-DS3 r3.3. What do you fellas recommend i try before i RMA this piece of dog shit. I almost picked up something heavy and smashed it inot my case on the floor because i had spent 2 hours perfecting the ultra 120 installation and everything, had all the cables/wires hidden fans all plugged in. turned it on and nothing, continuous reboot. I kicked a hole through the side of the fucking case
im so f'n mad. i bet the beta bios for the 965p is already out, and i sold mine to by this DOA piece of junk. Any pointers anybody?
I'm not sure, but is this scenario the "double boot" i keep hearing about. btw my ambients were 70F