Using cardboard as an insulator

[boulard83]

dead mobo .. or faulty bios

 

[ehanger]

OK is there anyway I can RMA it? I got it off Newegg in early January. If the BIOS is faulty is there anything I can do about it?

 

[alvine]

you can contact manufacturer to rma the MB

 

[kyeana]

manually increase ram voltage to max and try with both DIMMs in before you go RMAing it

 

[EAZY-E]

manually increase ram voltage to max and try with both DIMMs in before you go RMAing it

😱 what?! Im fairly certain that if he maxes out the voltage his ram will FRY.

if i were you i would just RMA the mobo , if you got it in jan then its certainly still in warranty. No sense in starting from scratch, since there is really no where to go from and i7 😉 .

P.S. glad to see that the rest of your rig is still alive

 

[kyeana]

Not MAX max voltage, the maximum safe voltage.

It could be that your ram is just not getting enough juice, in which case increasing the ram voltage could fix the issue entirely


...or it could be that your mobo is fried. However it would be better to check the ram voltages to be sure before you go off RMAing a potentially fine mobo.

 

[ehanger]

I tried to increase the reset the CMOS again and increased the RAM voltage to 1.55v but still no go. I did manage to boot into windows with 1GB of RAM though.Im probably going to try to return the Cooler Master V8 and RMA the motherboard. Ive never RMA'd anything before, how easy is it? Do I need some sort of proof of purchase or receipt?

 

[bill1024]

On the ram it should say what the voltage is.
Some boards need it bumped up a notch with 2 or more sticks.
What ram is it, and what is the rated voltage?

Give us some detailed specs on this rig please.
Make, model# of, memory, motherboard, PSU, CPU, video card.
Can you try 2 sticks at once in another computer?

Did you put the stock cooler on?
That maybe the short, not showing up out of the case.
Maybe shorting stick to stick, then to case when installed?
Worth a try at this point.

And yes you will need a receipt to RMA it.

 

[ehanger]

Before I did all this I put the stock cooler on, cleared the CMOS, and swapped memory modules. All sticks work if put in the first Orange slot on the board which I think is A2 but will not work anywhere else.

I have 3GB (3 x 1GB) of Corsair XMS DDR3-1333 RAM rated for 1.5V, a Core i7 920, ASUS P6T (non deluxe) which is on BIOS revision 0112, an XFX 8800GT alpha dog edition, and a Corsair TX 750W PSU. My OS is windows XP 32bit