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Replaced EVGA MB and no power!

Post Date: 2008-11-08
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    Posted: 08 Nov 2008 at 3:30pm
The D.S. crew sent me a replacement MB (nForce 680i SLI)  for my Digital Storm Comp. #2459. The old MB would not boot initially, I'd have to do a "soft boot" to get it to load the entire O.S..
I took pictures of the old board because I wanted to get all the plugs back in correctly. Placed the new  MB in and all I got for power was a smalll blue light that came on near the CPU plug. No fans, nothing. Took the new MB back out and loaded the old one back in....nothing!
Called tech. support and told 'em I'd try to redo the plug connections and they said they'd "escalate" the prob. Haven't heard anything yet so I thought I'd ask here for smoe ideas of what to do next.
Do I for sure need a new 600W PSU ?
Will D.S. send me a replacement PSU, or am I dead in the water with the warranty? Looks to me like it's a 2 yr. warranty. I bought it in 1-04-07 so I think I'm under the wire.
Ideas?
Thanks.
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Thanks harleyman waiting is the one thing I didn't do...panic well, yes.
Give it a shot tonight.
 
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harleyman,
 
Well, the shot didn't work.
 
Got nada, nothing, zilch.
 
 A small Blue light up by top right of  the memory sticks, the MB as the computer sits on it's base, is all I get.
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[QUOTE=harleyman]That mobo will need two power cables to it.....
 
Checked'em, they're plugged.
 
Must be a problem with one of the cards (or chip?) as I get the same "blue light on only" from the old board as well.
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harleyman, sounds like the 680i MB I have has some bad raps on it concerning power issues to the Memory sticks.
 
Hope if it is not the MB then the replaced MB doesn't cause problems down the road for us.
 
Maybe I can pay some extra $$$ to DS get an upgrade to the next model MB that will support the dual 7900 SLI or just do a trade up for a slicker sys.? Does the DS team ever do that for warrantied customers? Got 2 months to go on my warranty.
 
In closing, I had the old 680i board do exactly the same thing. It had previously worked great (excepting stubborn boots at times).
Hope you are right about the PU being it.
 
Thanks for the help.
 
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Harleyman, looks like I'll go with choice #1, upgrade sounds like the best way to go. After all DS has been good to me so far. Just want this rig to run strong for my family.
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