Calling all tpu'ers help Sol out

[Solaris17]

I need your help desperately and here is my story.

1 Month ago my primary system went down for upgrades the upgrades came my WC and GX2's my mobo blew so i bought a 680i LT from someone here but it wont boot everything lights up but nothing starts so i used my server the PSU went it was down for about 2 weeks took mobo's and shit with it i finally got that running with spare parts tonight iv been using my iphone and w/e system i could get my hands on to come to tpu my i7 920 is enroute but x-mas is here its family before rigs so all my money goes to them instead of repairs but im low on $$ so i started a FS thread. this has been my life....i need your help deperately...so my main rig consists of the following also available in my specs

i have

E7200/Q6600/and i used my lil bros P4
8GB mushkin
2x 9800GX's
bunch of HDD's
corsair HX1000

my problem is is that the system starts but no video

i have tried the following

boot on box

boot in case

boot in case with double risers stacked incase of short

air cooling

WC cooling

all in the combinations above

i have tried booting with

all ram

1 stick

varing sticks

1GB 533mhz stick i had (incase of 2GB incompatability)

i have also tried booting with

E7200

Q6600

P4

all incase of a bios issue

1 GX2

the other GX2

old pci banshee

pci FX5200

DVI cable

VGA cable

700w

1KW

i just dont understand im soooo close to my personal limits i know im better than a failed system but iv done everything i can all the system's in the house are on the fritz server blew up laptops are failing megs computer loves to over heat no matter WTF i do to it stck and multiple after market cooling solutions. i just cannot keep up with this if its not 1 its the other im supposed to have another 680i coming from thejesus but it had to go back to RMA and now i have to resave the money to buy it because i had to get an X-Mas present i just dont know what to do iv thought about just quitting taking up knitting or something idfk iv done everything i can mentaly and physically do to get my rig running again and it wont do it...can someone help i need to know what im not doing i can answer any question i actually did so much i wrote down what iv done and its INSANE EVERYTHING i know about computers i have pourn into this and fail i have reveiws i need to do im going to loose my job if i dont have my rig no other system in the house is upto the task i have my DVD and OS to work on my site and other verious projects and in all honestly life has come to a halt because of this so if anyone can help me im screaming PLEADING please help me get this working i will be FOREVER in your debt.

thank you and sorry

-Solaris

 

[erocker]

Have you tried a different monitor or cables yet?

 

[cdawall]

it really sounds like its the mobo...does the BIOS your running support those chips? i thought that 680i was no go for 45nm but then the Q6600 should work but for sure needs a bios update

 

[PaulieG]

it really sounds like its the mobo...does the BIOS your running support those chips? i thought that 680i was no go for 45nm but then the Q6600 should work but for sure needs a bios update

I agree. It seems as though you went through most, if not all the things I would have tried. Even though the 45nm may not work without a bios update, the Q6600 and P4 should have worked. It sure sounds like a dead board. Last thing I'd try is what erocker already suggested...and maybe a different psu. Sorry man.

 

[Solaris17]

Have you tried a different monitor or cables yet?

2

1 DVI

2 diff vga cables

iv shut of the monitor between switches used the source button numerous times (switches between analog and digital display mode)

 

[Solaris17]

it really sounds like its the mobo...does the BIOS your running support those chips? i thought that 680i was no go for 45nm but then the Q6600 should work but for sure needs a bios update

ya but the P4 is 90nm Q6600 is 65nm E7200 45nm

I agree. It seems as though you went through most, if not all the things I would have tried. Even though the 45nm may not work without a bios update, the Q6600 and P4 should have worked. It sure sounds like a dead board. Last thing I'd try is what erocker already suggested...and maybe a different psu. Sorry man.

2 diff psu's

HX1k

and 700w thermaltake

and the LT doesnt have any type of onboard bios speakers or buzzer headers so i cant even hook up my own

is has absolutely no type of post code observation methodes it has 3 LEDS

1 power

1 memory

1 CPU

all are lit


iv searched it their have been 4 pin problems were sometimes it wont work in one way or another well the mobo has an 8 pin cpu power connector


iv tried all 8 pins in

1 4 pin on the left

the same 4 pin on the right

the second 4 pin on the left

the same on the right

multimeter reads correctly

 

[PaulieG]

Sorry man. I think the board is dead. You mentioned the i7 is on it's way. Both the cpu and a board?

 

[Gilletter]

maybe a stupid question but does it post? if so have you tried a different monitor? onboard video if possible?

... ok nvm read that there is no post beeps to go off of...

 

[Solaris17]

Sorry man. I think the board is dead. You mentioned the i7 is on it's way. Both the cpu and a board?

nope only cpu

no $$ for board or ram and no interchangable parts as i use DDR2 currently

 

[Solaris17]

maybe a stupid question but does it post? if so have you tried a different monitor? onboard video if possible?

no idea if it posts no display and no onbozrd video but 4 diff cards idk

 

[PaulieG]

maybe a stupid question but does it post? if so have you tried a different monitor? onboard video if possible?

Sounds like there is no way to tell if the board is posting now. My guess is no, if he's tried numerous monitors and video cards and still gets no video.

 

[Solaris17]

Sounds like there is no way to tell if the board is posting now. My guess is no, if he's tried numerous monitors and video cards and still gets no video.

tried monitor on GF's rig 2 feet away and it looks better than hers the colors are amazing between CRT and LCD

 

[cdawall]

i wish i could send you my ECS but its in use now...got the money for a shitty ECS mobo?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135064

best $35 you will ever spend board supports ALL LGA775 chips

 

[Gilletter]

I would have to lean towards the mobo then... no jumpers have been moved on the board or dip switches?

 

[Solaris17]

i wish i could send you my ECS but its in use now...got the money for a shitty ECS mobo?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135064

best $35 you will ever spend board supports ALL LGA775 chips

total neg on cash like 0 amounts of money is the board really dead it was tested to work before it was sent to me and i refuse to bealive because this seriously cannot be happening to me right now my hours got cut at work so i have x-mas and bills to pay on like $100 every 2 weeks

 

[Solaris17]

I would have to lean towards the mobo then... no jumpers have been moved on the board or dip switches?

nope double checked manual to make sure they were in the proper positions

 

[Gilletter]

try switching the cmos battery out? check all jumpers/ dips (reseat them) I've had stupid little things mess with me that I over looked... check the simplest of things...

 

[Solaris17]

try switching the cmos battery out? check all jumpers/ dips? I've had stupid little things mess with me that I over looked... check the simplest of things...

replaced batt with old mobos battery which i replaced 3 days before it died

 

[Gilletter]

get a flow chart and start from the basics... and work down...

 

[Solaris17]

get a flow chart and start from the basics... and work down...

want me to post one here? i got it all written down i did so much i needed to keep track

 

[Gilletter]

is there good thermal contact between cpu and heatsink?

 

[Gilletter]

couldn't hurt to post it... maybe someone will see a step you may have missed

 

[Solaris17]

is there good thermal contact between cpu and heatsink?

yup and i reapplied so many times now i have no thermal paste left

 

[Gilletter]

yup and i reapplied so many times now i have no thermal paste left

possible that you bent a pin on the cpu???

 

[erocker]

Is there a speaker hooked up to the mobo?