nategr8ns

ok guys, urgent help needed (I'm gonig to go to bed after this post to give you time to answer me )

So I hooked up my new DFI board, and it hasn't fired up
Processor went in, memory went in. Put the board in the case, screwed it into all standoffs, it fit in
plugged in IDE cables, plugged in 24pin+4pin power, plugged in molex power (with 2 fans daisy-chained before it), plugged in video card.
plugged in all molex cables to hardware/fans
plugged in I/O panel cables and video cables to monitors
pushed the power butten (yes i plugged in front panel stuff) and no power!
so I plug in the SLI power (floppy cable) and still, no power
I tried both with the onboard button and the case button


is there an LED on the board that will light up if the board is receiving power?
is there anything important that I may have come wrong on the board? like jumpers? (I set all jumpers to let all items wake the computer, RAM jumper is set to default, and GFX jumpers are all set to "single")

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blitz6804

Have you turned the power supply on? Some power supplies have a switch.

If so, the next step is to unscrew it from the case and see if it will turn on sitting on the mobo box. It is possible you picked up a short on one of the standoffs.

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SerenityKill3r

Is the board new, or used??

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nategr8ns

its used, unfortunately
blitz, in the morning I'll take it out of the case.
and since I keep forgetting if "On" is "open"(the O symbol on the switch) or "On" is "Closed" (The l symbol), I tried it in both positions and nothing.

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txtmstrjoe

"ON" is indicated by "l"; "OFF" is indicated by "O."

On the PCB, towards the bottom-rear (near the lowest PCI slot) is a bank of LEDs. There should be four. When you power-on the board, all four LEDs should light up, and each will go off in sequence as the POST process progresses. Each LED indicates a part of the POST procedure, so if it hangs on POST you'll know what part of the process is causing the hang-up.

Keep us posted, nate! And good luck with that board.

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nategr8ns

thanks joe. I actually just got it to turn on (in the case) but no video signal.
I noticed a little orange LED (LED5?). I assume that signifies power.
I'll check the diagnostic LEDs and tell you guys what I find out.

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nategr8ns

the only one that turns off is the far right one.
I also found another orange LED under the last PCI slot that is on.

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txtmstrjoe

nate, how many RAM DIMMs do you have installed right now?

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blitz6804

I would assume two. Check which slots you have them in Nate; make sure they are in the preferred positions as per DFI's instructions.

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txtmstrjoe

nate, these DFIs have a peculiar procedure when it comes to first firing them up. The board will not pass POST if you do not first put just one DIMM in the second orange DIMM slot.

First clear CMOS (using just the jumper is fine). Then try firing the board up with just this one DIMM in this slot, and it should fire up. Afterwards, the board can accept two DIMMs.

(I still haven't figured out why DFI would specify such a strange initialization procedure for their LANParty boards, but there you go.)

Let us know what happens, nate!

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