Curse

Snograt · May 16, 2008, 01:23 AM // 01:23

Hehe - I was trying to avoid saying that, Ad ^^

As a matter of interest, are the 2 vid cards in PCI_E2 and PCI_E3 (the two blue slots) or is one of them in PCI_E1, which would appear to be a PCI Express 2.0 slot?

And, er, would that make a difference any way, Admael?

my2cent · May 16, 2008, 01:32 AM // 01:32

the two card is sitting on a pci-e 2.0 slot. Just find it werid that its was working greatly then this thing happened.

Snograt · May 16, 2008, 01:38 AM // 01:38

I like the manual - very good info in there, even if it does suffer from a bit of Japlish (or Chinglish, I suppose as MSI are Taiwanese)

Quote:

Originally Posted by MSI

NForce chipset is very sensitive to ESD (Electrostatic Discharge), therefore this
issue mostly happens while the users intensively swap memory modules under S5
(power-off) states, and the power code is plugged while installing modules. Due to
several pins are very sensitive to ESD, so this kind of memory-replacement actions
might cause system chipset unable to boot.

Just as a final thing, read page 3-22 of the manual. This deals with failed overclocking, which you haven't done, but just in case...

Quote:

Reboot
1. Press the Power button to reboot the system three times. Please note that, to
avoid electric current to affect other devices or components, we suggest an
interval of more than 10 seconds among the reboot actions.2. At the fourth reboot, BIOS will determine that the previous overclocking is failed
and restore the default settings automatically. Please press any key to boot the
system normally when the following message appears on screen.
Warning !!! The previous performance of overclocking is failed,
and the system is restored to the defaults setting.
Please press any key to continue...

Lord Sojar · May 16, 2008, 03:01 AM // 03:01

Did you reset your BIOS via the button I described before we continue this insanity?

my2cent · May 16, 2008, 03:57 AM // 03:57

yea i pressed the cmos button 4 times, adding to that my mobile phone just got washed in the washing machine. What a bad day for me.

Lord Sojar · May 16, 2008, 04:30 AM // 04:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by my2cent

yea i pressed the cmos button 4 times, adding to that my mobile phone just got washed in the washing machine. What a bad day for me.

It sounds to me like your motherboard is shot. RMA it via manufacturer. Go to their website and request an RMA.

Dark Kal · May 16, 2008, 08:15 AM // 08:15

I'm staying with my original opinion CPU is damaged.

Dono · May 16, 2008, 08:17 AM // 08:17

I very much doubt it is a CPU problem, I mean they are probably the thing that is least to break in a computer. Your whole mobo could blow up and the cpu would still work. Does your computer have any diagnostic lights on the front of it?

Admael · May 16, 2008, 08:49 AM // 08:49

It's not the CPU.

If it's the CPU it would POST. From the symptoms described, I know for sure the board is borked.

Dark Kal · May 16, 2008, 12:34 PM // 12:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Admael

It's not the CPU.

If it's the CPU it would POST. From the symptoms described, I know for sure the board is borked.

Nope, PC can't POST without a CPU. Although the motherboard is just as likely but I've no experience with MSI mobos, and I've never ever had problems with mobos.

my2cent · May 16, 2008, 12:44 PM // 12:44

my mum just took it back to the shop, hopefully ill get it back tommorow and not pay a cent.