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I think I bricked my Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus

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obeseotron

Golden Member
I've been running a P5N32-E SLI Plus (The 650i + MCP55 hybrid) motherboard for about a month, and I think I just killed it. I'm running a Q6600 that was Orthos stable at 3GHz and would get through 3D Mark 06 at certain settings up to 3.2GHz. AutoGK was giving me issues even at 3.0, so I upgraded from the 803 to 805 BIOS through the Windows flash utility (possibly the source of my problems). Anyway, it rebooted with default settings in the BIOS, so I impatiently went in and tried it at 3.15Ghz - No POST. So I tried pressing the reset button a few times which is usually enough to reset the CMOS without messing with the jumper. That didn't work, and neither did the jumper and I'm now stuck with a dead system. I can't get any video at all, and I have no idea what to do. Any ideas or should I jump on one of the new Asus Blitz boards when they are available (I can get by on my old A64 for a week or two)? I don't have the box and would probably have trouble finding all the odds and ends of the board to RMA it, I've never even tried to RMA a mobo. How long does Asus usually take?

Thanks in advance.

System config:
Intel Q6600 (non-G0)
2x2GB Patriot DDR2 800 5-5-5-12
eVGA 8800GTX
Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus (805 BIOS)
Audigy 2 ZS
PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750 Quad
Seagate 750GB SATA
LiteOn 20X DVDRW
 
Try the Asus crash-free BIOS feature by putting the CD that came with the mobo in the drive and then reboot. I killed one of them too with a BIOS flash, and the crash-free BIOS feature didn't work, but it's worth a try.
 
I've bricked my P5W DH twice already 😀
I've discovered that I can't update the bios while in Vista64... just call the 1-800 number and ask for the bios department... you can get a new chip for $10 with an exchange
 
Well turns out I accidentally dislodged the BIOS chip. A little pressure snapped it back into place, q6600 is now humming along at 3.11 GHz rock stable under an older BIOS. A warning to others not reset a jumper by feel when you've had a few.
 
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