Help! Problem with Epox mobo...

[MrTux]

When I press the power button, the fans and everything power up. However, nothing ever shows up on video. I tried swapping video cards, but still no go. This particular mobo (the EP-8KHA) has the little POST LED onboard. The point where it stops is when it is displaying "C1", which according to the manual is "Auto-detection of onboard DRAM and Cache." Any ideas on what the problem might be? The RAM stick is properly seated.

 

[ShallowHal]

It may be properly seated but maybe it's bad. Can you borrow another stick from a friend to test with?

 

[Mem]

Try it in a different slot,also keep trying to install it,I know one guy it took him about 20 times and he too thought he had it seated right first time.

 

[MrTux]

<< It may be properly seated but maybe it's bad. Can you borrow another stick from a friend to test with? >>



I swapped his stick with one from my rig, and still no-go.



<< Try it in a different slot,also keep trying to install it,I know one guy it took him about 20 times and he too thought he had it seated right first time. >>



I've tried it in all the slots and have reseatted it about 3 times. I don't even think the RAM being seated correctly was an issue. I don't know if I made it clear, but this isn't a PC that I am just in the process of building. It has been up and running for at least 5 months, and he just brought it to me today with this problem. Since my original post I've also hooked up his hard drive(he thought it might be causing problems since this all started when he BSOD out of WinXP) to my machine and ran some tests on it. The hard drive checks out with a clean bill of health. One of my theories is that there may have been some sort of power surge from his PS or household electrical grid that killed his mobo. Anyone think that is possible? There's no signs(or smells) of burned material.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

MrTux...test one thing at a time ..PSU,ram(you say you done that and the harddrive),vid card,etc. if all the other components check out ok...try the board(clear CMOS) out of the case..still nogo...dead board...

 

[MrTux]

<< MrTux...test one thing at a time ..PSU,ram(you say you done that and the harddrive),vid card,etc. if all the other components check out ok...try the board(clear CMOS) out of the case..still nogo...dead board... >>



Well, I think I've covered all the bases. I've done the following:

1. Swapped memory stick among all three slots- no effect.

2. Swapped video card - no effect.

3. Swapped memory stick in bad pc with one from a working pc - no effect.

4. Swapped PS from bad pc with one from a working pc - no effect.

5. Put hard drive from bad PC and hooked it up as slave on a good PC. Ran diagnostic to check for errors and bad sectors. Browsed files and directories. Came out with a clean bill of health. Put hard drive back into bad PC - No effect.

6. Took out all PCI cards and booted with just video card, hard drive, floppy, CPU/mobo/memory- no effect.

7. Cursed profanely and glared icily at the bad PC - no effect.

I'm going to clear the CMOS overnight and give it a go again tomorrow afternoon.

If you think there are any avenues I haven't explored (besides kicking it or any other act of physical violence) please let me know. I just want to be 100% certain before I tell my cousin (it's his PC) that he needs to order a new mobo.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

yep...down to last 2 bases...CMOS...and out of the case test...then...a burial

 

[fatwombat]

i have an epox board... and i am having similar problems... but not as severe as mrtux...
like yea sometimes my comp when booting up faces the exact same problems... but however... after i shut off the power switch... wait a while... turn it back (do this about 2-3X) and off it goes... it boots and everything works perfectly...
does this have something to do with the seating of the memory? i have tried all the slots and stuff...

 

[ugh]

Woah there dudes, try this b4 you return the board:

1. Insert the RAM into the slots and make sure you press as hard as you can. The board may bend a bit, but that's ok.
2. Boot up.
3. If the problem is still there, look at the RAM slot again. Make sure that the MIDDLE section of the RAM stick isn't sticking out as much as compared to the sides. If it is, press the middle section of the RAM in and restart.

The 3rd step there made my system boot up again after I changed my HSF although I see no reason why the RAM could have been lose doing that.

Hope that helps.