nforce2 driving me nuts

RichBa5tard · 6th March 2004, 19:15

Okay, since my 4th nforce2 motherboard (a chaintech) died suddenly without warning last week, i had to buy a new one. The dude who wrote this review recommends an nf7-s, so i bought me one of those.

I've put a fairly virgin (as in barely ever overclocked/overvolted) XP1700+ juihb together with 2*Mushkin BH-5 and a R9700Pro in it, and it refuses to boot.

Mmm'kay, maybe it's a compatability issue, so I replaced the radeon with a GF2. No boot either. Hmmm.... maybe just one stick ram would help? No boot either. I retry to boot and halelulia it boots fine. I checked the settings in the bios, save&exit and... it refuses to boot. Aah!

30 attempts to boot later, i figured it might be the BH-5 sticks, so I replaced it with twinmoss 60B. No luck either.

WTF is wrong? I've got two motherboards, an untampered, intact XP1700+, 3 sticks of ram, 2 PSU's and 2 videocard, and no combination wants to work!

5 Nvidia Nforce2 motherboards and not a single one working.

Next time I buy a Dell with a Intel Celeron.

Any tips, except smashing it with a sledgehammer?

jmke · 6th March 2004, 20:26

RMA ...

RichBa5tard · 6th March 2004, 21:15

Which piece? : )

DUR0N · 6th March 2004, 21:35

like poitke said on other forum: cpu is most likely the pain in the ***, as it is the only part that remained unchanged.

jmke · 6th March 2004, 21:46

I would RMA the mobo though, if the CPU works in another system but not in the NF7.

RichBa5tard · 6th March 2004, 21:54

I can't check which part doesn't work, as no possible combination works with the parts I have.

I'll try to get a second cpu somewhere. If the cpu died after two months without upping vcore...

The Senile Doctor · 7th March 2004, 11:38

I had an nforce 2 epox refuising to boot, giving a led error of OC this weekend.
Searched the manual, no explanation.
got a new asus a7n8x-x (only 70 euro) and replaced it all : no boot.
got the 2600+ out which was in it and replaced it with a 1800+ I still had : perfectly ok.

this is the 2nd 2600+ dying on me, none of them was very overclocked (this one did 2200 mhz 11*200 on standard voltage, so that's hardly extreme overclocking as it was cooled with a slk900...). CRAP
these things are unreliable.

RichBa5tard · 8th March 2004, 08:42

Yeah, I'm getting disappointed to about the reliability of the NF2+XP combo. : /

Never the less, A64 is still too expensive and XP's are dirt cheap, so i ordered a Duron appaloosa and a XP Thorton to work with in the meanwhile.

DUR0N · 8th March 2004, 16:42

€200 for a A64 3000+ and €150 for a motherboard.
that's like... NF7-S + your old XP + the appaloosa and the thorton

jmke · 8th March 2004, 17:01

0wned :grin:

6th March 2004, 19:15	#1
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	nforce2 driving me nuts Okay, since my 4th nforce2 motherboard (a chaintech) died suddenly without warning last week, i had to buy a new one. The dude who wrote this review recommends an nf7-s, so i bought me one of those. I've put a fairly virgin (as in barely ever overclocked/overvolted) XP1700+ juihb together with 2Mushkin BH-5 and a R9700Pro in it, and it refuses to boot. Mmm'kay, maybe it's a compatability issue, so I replaced the radeon with a GF2. No boot either. Hmmm.... maybe just one stick ram would help? No boot either. I retry to boot and halelulia it boots fine. I checked the settings in the bios, save&exit and... it refuses to boot. Aah! 30 attempts to boot later, i figured it might be the BH-5 sticks, so I replaced it with twinmoss 60B. No luck either. WTF is wrong? I've got two motherboards, an untampered, intact XP1700+, 3 sticks of ram, 2 PSU's and 2 videocard, and no combination wants to work! 5 Nvidia Nforce2 motherboards and not a single one working. Next time I buy a Dell with a Intel Celeron. Any tips, except smashing it with a sledgehammer? __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp)*: E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

6th March 2004, 20:26	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	RMA ... __________________

6th March 2004, 21:15	#3
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	Which piece? : ) __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

6th March 2004, 21:46	#5
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	I would RMA the mobo though, if the CPU works in another system but not in the NF7. __________________

6th March 2004, 21:54	#6
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	I can't check which part doesn't work, as no possible combination works with the parts I have. I'll try to get a second cpu somewhere. If the cpu died after two months without upping vcore... __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

6th March 2004, 21:35	#4
DUR0N Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 1,543	like poitke said on other forum: cpu is most likely the pain in the ***, as it is the only part that remained unchanged.

7th March 2004, 11:38	#7
The Senile Doctor Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: wherever the doom is Posts: 3,171	I had an nforce 2 epox refuising to boot, giving a led error of OC this weekend. Searched the manual, no explanation. got a new asus a7n8x-x (only 70 euro) and replaced it all : no boot. got the 2600+ out which was in it and replaced it with a 1800+ I still had : perfectly ok. this is the 2nd 2600+ dying on me, none of them was very overclocked (this one did 2200 mhz 11*200 on standard voltage, so that's hardly extreme overclocking as it was cooled with a slk900...). CRAP these things are unreliable. __________________ OC-2-the-death Where the Reverend is doing his Magick, all mortals be silent Doom over the world

8th March 2004, 08:42	#8
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	Yeah, I'm getting disappointed to about the reliability of the NF2+XP combo. : / Never the less, A64 is still too expensive and XP's are dirt cheap, so i ordered a Duron appaloosa and a XP Thorton to work with in the meanwhile. __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

8th March 2004, 16:42	#9
DUR0N Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 1,543	€200 for a A64 3000+ and €150 for a motherboard. that's like... NF7-S + your old XP + the appaloosa and the thorton

8th March 2004, 17:01	#10
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	0wned :grin: __________________

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