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EPoX 8RDA3+PRO Error "E8" when trying to boot.

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EricW

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Hi all,

My mother's machine I built for her a few years ago died a couple days ago. Stopped booting (8RDA+), would get to "CF" and that's it. It had orange fuzz coming out of a few capacitors so I decided to just get a new mobo, and so I got the closest match I could find, the 8RDA3+PRO.

I tore it apart, put it back together (with a new heatsink/fan from thermaltake just to make sure, I had the stock AMD junk one before).

Well, I hit the power button and it instantly hits error code "E8", which, of course, is not mentioned in the manual, or seemingly, anywhere online. I unplugged as much as I could (left the video card/mouse/keyboard) and tried again, no dice. Moved memory around, no dice. E8 instantly, and every time.

Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.
 
Please help!

I have a ticket (I hope) into Epox for this, but their website is... not the best. I registered my product with them, but they can't seem to remember it.

 
Tried changing the battery, no dice.

Pulled out memory, everything except CPU, still error code e8.

I happened to order 2 of the mobos (one to replace my broken mother's one, and my sister's machine is acting wacky, it is the exact same set up as my moms).

I popped in the 2nd one, same code... Only if I remove the CPU does it change, and when I do that, it merely sticks at "FF" and doesn't do anything.

The chip looks fine to me, no bent/missing pins. Even a new heatsink/fan combo for it.

I could try to remove the chip from my PC and bring it over (since I plan on replacing my machine soon anyways)... is this advisable?

Does it sound more like a chip problem than a motherboard problem since both boards do the exact same thing?

Looking at the spec's for the board it SHOULD take the 2400+ Athlon, I can't see why it wouldn't. I tried changing the FSB speed jumper, no change. Both power connecters are plugged in (20+4) (antec 400W power supply).

Any further advice?
 
Ok, tried to put in an old AMD 1800+ chip, and it boots to error code "1D" now...

Initial EARLY_PM_INIT switch

is all the manual says of this...

No idea what it means.
 
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