no boot on DFI UT-D

[dennispbell]

My DFI NF4 Lanparty UT-D has quit booting. I was having some BSOD for the past 2 weks then this. have changed power supply (Antec Smartpower 500) and tried Safe Boot (jumper pin switch). What is next logical step - CPU swap? I have power on the board with Diagnostic LEDs hanging on System Startup and not proceeding to Detect CPU.

DFI Lanparty UT NF4 Ultra-D
AMD 64 3000+
1 GIG Geil PC 4000
Windows XP Pro (SP2)
Enermax 420 psu

UPDATE: After having removed the board from the case and reseating everything (even swapped out identical CPU) I now get a boot sequence that halts on detecting VGA. I have tried substituting a PCI graphics card for the PCIE card without success.

 

[LiLithTecH]

Did you check to make sure that PCI was the Primary Video
in the BIOS?

Did you try clearing the CMOS?

 

[dennispbell]

Yes, I have cleared CMOS. No help. I tried changing the memory stick slots and quantity. The baord will boot with one stick, either one, but not with two. have been running these for 10 months. I have read about usere problems installing windaows w/ two sticks but can't find anything about not booting with two sticks.

 

[iamfried]

I am having much the same problem with my board. I emailed DFI (because I couldn't find a tech support number) and this was their reply:

I would suggest to do the best cmos clear as listed below and if that does not fix it then suggest you rma the board back to the purchasing vendor. Thank you.

Here is the 'official' DFI way of clearing the CMOS:
1. pull power *A/C Power from wall outlet*.
2. pull battery
3. clear cmos jumper to pins 2 and 3 for minimum of 30-60 seconds *For Real troublesome systems use 8 hours*.
4. replace cmos jumper to normal position pins 1 and 2.
5. replace battery
6. replace power *A/C Power from wall outlet*.
7. boot to bios and load optimized defaults
8. save and exit
9. boot back to bios and now you can change settings to your liking. *Is what we are trying to get to*.
The above is especially true after some unknown boot failure and after a bios flash or major component change.
Please use *Reply All* option when communicating with tech support.

Please post if this solves your problem. I tried the 30-60 seconds clear and this didn't help. I am now 15 min into the 8 hour one.