problem with ASUS A7N8X

[bRiGhTbLuR]

I read on nforcershq.com that some of these boards shipped with batteries that were too weak. So I took the battery out of mine to determine whether it was or not, just to be safe I bought a new battery. Now when I try to start my machine it runs but nothing shows up on the monitor, I tried both the new battery and the old one and it made no difference. I checked my graphics card and it is ok, I reset the CMOS, and that didn't help either, does anyone have any idea what is the problem? Thanks!

 

[Harvey]

Did you set the CMOS so the default monitor is AGP (assuming your vid card is AGP)?

 

[bRiGhTbLuR]

(sorry I am somewhat of a hardware n00b) how do I go about doing that?

 

[rwalterk]

Lol, don't worry about being a hardware n00b. If you're not getting a video signal, I'm not sure how the previous person could expect you to change the BIOS settings. At this point you should just exchange the board if it's been a recent purchase. I just picked one up myself and had no problems, so don't lose hope on this board.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Do you get any error beep codes?

 

[Dogmeat]

I had a similar problem with a A7N8X Delux. Mine gave me a warning by having scrambled graphics when I booted on day, about 3 weeks after I installed it. A couple of days later -- no graphics. I went through the system component by component and determined the M-Board was the problem. RMA'd back to the store (30 day policy) and bought a second one to get going again. Not one problem since with the new one and when the replacement for the dead one came I rebuilt my wifes computer with it and both run wonderfully.

RMA the board for a replacement.