Abit NF7-S wont post

itsonitson
edited July 2003 in Hardware
i just bought Abit NF7-S nForce2 SocketA ATX

i got AMD Athlon XP 3000+ 2.16GHz

i put it togather,
got ram in properly,
got video card in properly
i have 400w pw supply.

i konw the ram and video card works perfect, i was using it in another system...

the cpu i guess is fine..


the mother board wont post when i turn it on.

the red light is alwayz on, as its suppose to be on NF-7
when i turn the computer on, the green light turns on.

but it wont post. it shows nothing on the screen.

any help?

anyone else had this problem??

Comments

  • AgeekAgeek
    edited July 2003
    Sometimes powering everything off, taking cards out after disconnecting PSU from mobo, leaving PSU disconnected, and resetting CMOS works after you reconnect mobo and put only video card back in (leave RAM in all the time). Every once in a while board gets staticed or battry gets left on before mobo is fastened into case. If anything gets shorted as mobo is put in place a CMOS reset might be very helpful.
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited July 2003
    try switching off the PSU, unplugging it, and plugging it back in. i think my cheapo 450w was causing some kind of short. hope that helps
  • itsonitson
    edited July 2003
    im gona return it, get another one.

    im also gona buy another power supply.. i think, just maybe that there is something wrong with this power suply.

    hope i dont have this problem with the new motherboard.
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited July 2003
    Take it out of the case and see if that's the problem.

    If it boots outside of the case, then take some electrical tape, or some pieces of a static-bag, and cut them to size to keep the mobo from touching the stand-offs or the screws from touching the mobo.

    I just recently had to do this w/ an El-Cheapo case I got . . . get what you pay for.
  • itsonitson
    edited July 2003
    yeah, i called abit, and they asked me to do that, i did that, it didnt work..

    :(


    they told me that i should just return it.
  • Cyber13Cyber13 Virginia
    edited July 2003
    If so, could be somethine else.
  • itsonitson
    edited July 2003
    omg, u konw what the problem was,
    it was my power supply
    in the back, it was set to 2something insted of 115..

    man, i dont konw why they would set it to 2something,

    i could have had my system running 3 months ago. returning and wasting money shiping.. god damn it..
  • LIQuidLIQuid Raleigh, NC
    edited July 2003
    hahahah, where did you get that PSU from?
  • itsonitson
    edited July 2003
    i bought the tower thermaltake from newegg.com.

    they were really nice at returning and exchaning mother board and cpu and stuff,.. but i hit some BAD luck there,

    who would have guessed that it was the power supply, ,,

    I EXPACT the powersupply to WORK properly IN USA standard..
    so i just figured that it was the mother board or the cpu..

    bha.. whatever, it works not,

    i dont even wana complain about this comptuer, just glad that it works,

    my sound is kinda &(*&ed up. it like echos
    and it reboots out of no where sometimes..
    ( i dont think its running too hot , i changed the settings on the bios when it should reboot, )
    newayz, i have anymore probs ill prob find my self here..
  • AMD-FanAMD-Fan Virginia Beach
    edited July 2003
    Hi
    Newegg would not change the factory setting on your power
    supply it was probably done at the factory that built it. Thats why
    you should always read the directions and double check settings
    on all hardware. Glad you found the problem and all is well. I have
    made numerous purchases at Newegg and always get excellent
    service and products. I even RMA ed a IBM hardrive to them and
    they replaced it no trouble at all.
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