Re: P5N-E SLI crapped out

David M wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:21:18 -0400, Gary Dale rearranged some electrons to
form:

David M wrote:
After 7 days, my ASUS P5N-E SLI crapped out. I came home tonight and
found the computer non-responsive. Pressing the reset button had no
effect. Pressing the front panel power switch had no effect. Only
unplugging the power supply shut it off.

Power supply voltages appeared to be OK (+5, +3.3, +12) when measured
at the ATX power connector. CPU cooler appeared to be cold...?
HDD activity light on all the time, even with HDD unplugged.

Did this M/B byte the big one? Any thoughts?


P5N-E SLI
1GB x 2
Core2 Duo 2GHz
Fedora 7


I'm assuming that the symptoms you describe are after restarting it.

Unplug everything that you can (including removing all memory) except
for power to the mainboard, then try starting the computer. You should
get some beeps complaining about there being no memory. If not, you have
a hardware problem. It could be the MB, CPU or power supply.

If you get that, then put some memory back in and try to get to the BIOS
screen. If you can do that, then start adding things back in one at a
time until something breaks again.

Good luck.

Did that. No beeps, nothing. All voltages from PS seem ok (+5,
+3.3, +12, -5).

I did find through a search that some people have had trouble similar to
mine and it turned out to be a defective MB. I have requested an RMA
on the MB. I bought it mail order, I may pick one up locally today and
try it.

The CPU chip is cold, even when I put power to the MB. I guess it could
be the CPU also.



Perhaps but it is more likely that power isn't getting to the processor. Again, that could be the MB has a problem or it could be the power supply.

The ATX connector specifies multiple power connectors for most voltages and includes a -12 as well. Plus it has a check for good power. There's a lot that can go wrong in a power supply these days that won't show up in voltage tests.

If you can find another supply (another computer that you can borrow for 30 minutes), swap it in to test it before sending your MB away.
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