Power Supply issues with 9NDA+ and Venice

[Rebel50]

I am just setting up my new 9NDA3+ and 3200 Venice, but my first efforts to get the system to post were met with a small flick of the fans and FF code on the LED. I was starting with a minimal setup - Board, RAM, CPU Video card etc.

I decided to try something different so I held down the start button and switched on the power supply. The new board kicked into life straight away. Thinking it was a bios problem I was able to flash to the latest version - but the problem still exists. I should point out that I am using and old 350 Watt Codegen PS as a test.

Am I right in blaming the PS and if so what are other 9NDA3+ owners using with this setup.

Thanks in advance

 

[Celeryman]

I am not very happy with my 9nda3+. The packaging and features made it look like a great board, but I can't get my ram clock stable on anything above 200mhz with my patriot XBL. According to others results I should be able to get up to around 230mhz without backing down to much on the timings. After I flashed with the latest bios, I had to back it down to 190mhz to keep it stable. I have some corsair XMS and a Venice 3000+ on the way to see if it makes a difference.

To answer your question though, I would highly recommend picking up a more powerful power supply. A good 350w is considered barely usable anymore with high power components.

 

[Fallengod]

350watt is too low. Not to mention ive never heard of that brand psu, which makes it even worse. Most people have 500watts+ these days.

 

[Rebel50]

Thanks for the input - I kind of thought that was the problem, it seems strange that it just would not start. I can understand having stability problems after starting up - especially when overclocking.

I will pick up an new PSU tomorrow and try again. It seems people are getting mixed results with this board - Epox usually has a reputation for building good overclocking boards and I have been happy with their prducts in the past.

Celeryman, I have 2 sticks of Corsair XMS - once I get the PSU issue sorted I want to try some overclocking with the 3200+ so I hope a new PSU fixes the problem.

 

[Green Man]

OP - I'm using an OCZ Modsource 520.

Celeryman - try using DIMM slots 3 & 4 instead of 1 & 2