A7N8X-Deluxe

Ok so I bought a A7N8X Deluxe 2.5 yrs ago. It failed 14 months ago so I
bought a replacement (needed the machine to be up ASAP) and sent the
original to Asus for repair/exchange. Six to eight weeks later I got it
back and put it on the shelf. There are 5 Asus boards with Athlon XP's on
them in the house so I figured another will fail at some point. Well it
happened. I went to the cupboard and swapped the boards and it will not
boot up at all. The green LED comes on when the power supply is switched on
but it goes out and comes back on at about half brightness. I tested the
DDR 400 ram and processor in another machine. Both are fine. I tried not
plugging any of the drives in...should still boot just give no OS
message...and still the same. I even tried another power supply. I think I
have tested everything to point at the board being bad. I even reset cmos
and installed a new battery though the one in it still tested fine.

I went to Asus site and they say 3 years (remember this is a replacement so
shouldn't the time start at the replacement?) so at 2.5 on the original
purchase I am nearing that. But they say check with my reseller. NewEgg
points at Asus. I have not phoned or E-Mailed either one as yet. What
would you guys propose I do?

Obviously I have all but a board. I can get another board still, though not
an Asus one and isn't it under warranty so shipping is all I need to pay? I
really want to use the AGP pro Radeon 9800 I have as well as the ddr400 and
3200 Barton processor. Replacing the whole machine with a newer processor
means a newer video card and likely DDR2 ram. Just doesn't make sense right
now.

Thanks in advance...

Kerry wrote:
> Ok so I bought a A7N8X Deluxe 2.5 yrs ago. It failed 14 months ago so I
> bought a replacement (needed the machine to be up ASAP) and sent the
> original to Asus for repair/exchange. Six to eight weeks later I got it
> back and put it on the shelf. There are 5 Asus boards with Athlon XP's on
> them in the house so I figured another will fail at some point. Well it
> happened. I went to the cupboard and swapped the boards and it will not
> boot up at all. The green LED comes on when the power supply is switched on
> but it goes out and comes back on at about half brightness. I tested the
> DDR 400 ram and processor in another machine. Both are fine. I tried not
> plugging any of the drives in...should still boot just give no OS
> message...and still the same. I even tried another power supply. I think I
> have tested everything to point at the board being bad. I even reset cmos
> and installed a new battery though the one in it still tested fine.
>
> I went to Asus site and they say 3 years (remember this is a replacement so
> shouldn't the time start at the replacement?) so at 2.5 on the original
> purchase I am nearing that. But they say check with my reseller. NewEgg
> points at Asus. I have not phoned or E-Mailed either one as yet. What
> would you guys propose I do?
>
> Obviously I have all but a board. I can get another board still, though not
> an Asus one and isn't it under warranty so shipping is all I need to pay? I
> really want to use the AGP pro Radeon 9800 I have as well as the ddr400 and
> 3200 Barton processor. Replacing the whole machine with a newer processor
> means a newer video card and likely DDR2 ram. Just doesn't make sense right
> now.
>
> Thanks in advance...
>

If you are within three years of the date of purchase of the original
A7N8X board, you should do an RMA with Asus immediately.

The symptoms suggest when they repaired the board, that something is
overloading the +5VSB rail. That could be why the green LED is at
half intensity. The green LED on the motherboard surface, should
operate at a constant intensity, and should never blink or waver in
intensity. The +5VSB rail must stay up, for the power supply to stay
powered. If the +5VSB is overloaded, the power supply will shut off
its other outputs.

Paul

"Paul" <> wrote in message news:elsn5l$elh$...
> Kerry wrote:
>> Ok so I bought a A7N8X Deluxe 2.5 yrs ago. It failed 14 months ago so I
>> bought a replacement (needed the machine to be up ASAP) and sent the
>> original to Asus for repair/exchange. Six to eight weeks later I got it
>> back and put it on the shelf. There are 5 Asus boards with Athlon XP's
>> on them in the house so I figured another will fail at some point. Well
>> it happened. I went to the cupboard and swapped the boards and it will
>> not boot up at all. The green LED comes on when the power supply is
>> switched on but it goes out and comes back on at about half brightness.
>> I tested the DDR 400 ram and processor in another machine. Both are
>> fine. I tried not plugging any of the drives in...should still boot just
>> give no OS message...and still the same. I even tried another power
>> supply. I think I have tested everything to point at the board being
>> bad. I even reset cmos and installed a new battery though the one in it
>> still tested fine.
>>
>> I went to Asus site and they say 3 years (remember this is a replacement
>> so shouldn't the time start at the replacement?) so at 2.5 on the
>> original purchase I am nearing that. But they say check with my
>> reseller. NewEgg points at Asus. I have not phoned or E-Mailed either
>> one as yet. What would you guys propose I do?
>>
>> Obviously I have all but a board. I can get another board still, though
>> not an Asus one and isn't it under warranty so shipping is all I need to
>> pay? I really want to use the AGP pro Radeon 9800 I have as well as the
>> ddr400 and 3200 Barton processor. Replacing the whole machine with a
>> newer processor means a newer video card and likely DDR2 ram. Just
>> doesn't make sense right now.
>>
>> Thanks in advance...
>>
>
> If you are within three years of the date of purchase of the original
> A7N8X board, you should do an RMA with Asus immediately.
>
> The symptoms suggest when they repaired the board, that something is
> overloading the +5VSB rail. That could be why the green LED is at
> half intensity. The green LED on the motherboard surface, should
> operate at a constant intensity, and should never blink or waver in
> intensity. The +5VSB rail must stay up, for the power supply to stay
> powered. If the +5VSB is overloaded, the power supply will shut off
> its other outputs.
>
> Paul

That is the problem their website says to contact the reseller. I went thru
Asus the first time as I remember. I'll have to call them on the landline I
guess