New (?) problem with A8N-SLI

[bellang]

Not exactly the kind of thing that inspires you with confidence. I think I'll be moving away from ASUS and RMA'ing my boards.

 

[mrscintilla]

What are you talking? I take the Asus message as thoughtful and thorough. You would expect that routine to check for problems with any board.

I RMAed my a8n-sli board with Asus without much problem or delay. And the new one works w/o any problem. My old one died probably because I shorted something by not putting washer on the board. So I believe that 99% problems are caused by users not the board.

 

[bellang]

Thanks for that. I've had two boards from ASUS, one didnt work, the other one caught fire. So as mentioned previously, it doesnt inspire me with confidence and I'll be RMA'ing my boards....

 

[Spamela]

Originally posted by: Spamela
i just bought an A8N-SLI & the thing won't even come
close to booting up. i did a search & didn't find anything.

i have an Antec 550 watt PS (i use a 20-24 pin converter)

here's what happens:

(configuration: main PS is connected, 12v 4 pin connector is connected,
CPU & memory installed, speakers connected)

i turn on PS: powersupply fan, cpu fan, and chipset fan all start & run for about 1 second,
then turn off. motherboard LED is green. speakers don't say a word.

tried booting w/o cpu (only cpu fan), no memory, resetting CMOS - same result.
tried different power supply (350 watts), but no go.

the power supply works ok with a different (older) motherboard.
i don't have another MB to test CPU & memory.

suggestions?

FINALLY got a new board via RMA. i assembled the system over the weekend
& it's working great, so far (crosses-fingers).

 

[blustori]

hey! thats the same thing that happened to me... im still waitng for my RMA.

 

[Spamela]

Originally posted by: blustori
hey! thats the same thing that happened to me... im still waitng for my RMA.

mine took almost 4 weeks.

i had to phone ASUS to check RMA status - the online status checker never
had my board in the system🙁

 

[jose]

I also got a DOA a8n-sli . I ordered it on Feb 28 & rma'd it back to ZZF, I might see a return in 2 weeks.

I talked to Asus tech support and the most basic thing you could do is test the mobo outside the case w/ only a cpu & speaker plugged in.

The speach reporter is enabled by default, so in my case the mobo was dead, not even a memory not installed error. I did test my cpu in a DFI mobo and it worked fine.

BTW where did you get you mobo ?? I think so far 2 ppl got a DOA from ZZF..

From now on I won't deal w/ a vendor who refuse's returns or refunds. It's crazy to have to put up w/ crap like this. Pay for a product and wait 4 - 6 weeks for it to work .....

Regards,
Jose

 

[Spamela]

Originally posted by: jose
I also got a DOA a8n-sli . I ordered it on Feb 28 & rma'd it back to ZZF, I might see a return in 2 weeks.

I talked to Asus tech support and the most basic thing you could do is test the mobo outside the case w/ only a cpu & speaker plugged in.

The speach reporter is enabled by default, so in my case the mobo was dead, not even a memory not installed error. I did test my cpu in a DFI mobo and it worked fine.

BTW where did you get you mobo ?? I think so far 2 ppl got a DOA from ZZF..

From now on I won't deal w/ a vendor who refuse's returns or refunds. It's crazy to have to put up w/ crap like this. Pay for a product and wait 4 - 6 weeks for it to work .....

Regards,
Jose

i got mine from Axent Micro - i have no complaint about them,
except their 7 day return policy seems way too short - i ordered
other parts from different vendors & didn't have a complete system that
i could assemble until after the 7 day period, & so i had to
deal with ASUS directly.

OTOH, after this experience i decided that paying a vendor to burn-in
as many parts as possible is a good investment.

or maybe i should've got a Dell?😉

 

[squonk]

Is there a power connector on the video card itself thatmay have forgotten to plug itself in 🙂

 

[Spamela]

Originally posted by: squonk
Is there a power connector on the video card itself thatmay have forgotten to plug itself in 🙂

i wish it had been that simple!

 

[pchu]

You need to remove the VGA card and the EZ selector card then reset CMOS. It worked on my A8N deluxe.

 

[npapanik]