I have just bought an Asus P5ND2 SLi board and used it to construct a base system:
* Asus P5ND2 SLi
* Intel P4 3.4 650/775
* ThermalTake copper based fan
* GeCube Radeon X800GTO DDR3 256Mb PCI-X video
* 1 x 1Gb PC4200/667 DDR2 memory (I have 2 but only used one so far)
* ColorSit 550W PSU
First of all, I am aware of some stability issues that requires drivers and patching to be done in the correct order but it doesn't (as someone on another forum suggested) sound logical that there is a generic fault with the motherboard not only because it has had some superb reviews but because ASUS has (to my mind) a fairly good name and I sincerely doubt they'd release a board in that state.
Anyway the system won't boot (I've never successfully started the system, I only put the system together 3 days ago) ... it does nothing for about 10 seconds, gives 1 long beep (5 to 10 seconds at a guess) and then does nothing else. Despite the fact that fitting the ThermalTake fan to the board was a pain (I had to disassemble the fan to do it, probably more an issue of case design than anything else) I'm fairly sure the CPU must be working as the fan starts up and the system issues some kind of POST beep code and I would have though that implied the CPU was fitted OK.
I've tried looking up the POST beep code and can't find this particular one but I suspect that the memory is the problem for several reasons (in my defence I bought the memory before I had the board and manual):
* If I remove the memory from the system I get the same beep code.
* The manual says the following, "This motherboard does not support memory modules made up of 128Mb chips or double sided x16 memory modules" and the memory I have has 8 chip either side so I'm guessing that would be a problem.
Although the video doesn't work yet I'm guessing that's just because the system never got that far.
So I'm posting this to ask if anyone has any better ideas as to what the problem is?
If I am right (the board won't have damaged the memory will it?) the situation is entirely recoverable as the memory was purchased at a very reasonable price from the US and with luck I should at least make enough to come out even, perhaps even ahead and get myself closer to buying the 4 SATA2 drives I want.
Any advice or guidance greatly appreciated.
* Asus P5ND2 SLi
* Intel P4 3.4 650/775
* ThermalTake copper based fan
* GeCube Radeon X800GTO DDR3 256Mb PCI-X video
* 1 x 1Gb PC4200/667 DDR2 memory (I have 2 but only used one so far)
* ColorSit 550W PSU
First of all, I am aware of some stability issues that requires drivers and patching to be done in the correct order but it doesn't (as someone on another forum suggested) sound logical that there is a generic fault with the motherboard not only because it has had some superb reviews but because ASUS has (to my mind) a fairly good name and I sincerely doubt they'd release a board in that state.
Anyway the system won't boot (I've never successfully started the system, I only put the system together 3 days ago) ... it does nothing for about 10 seconds, gives 1 long beep (5 to 10 seconds at a guess) and then does nothing else. Despite the fact that fitting the ThermalTake fan to the board was a pain (I had to disassemble the fan to do it, probably more an issue of case design than anything else) I'm fairly sure the CPU must be working as the fan starts up and the system issues some kind of POST beep code and I would have though that implied the CPU was fitted OK.
I've tried looking up the POST beep code and can't find this particular one but I suspect that the memory is the problem for several reasons (in my defence I bought the memory before I had the board and manual):
* If I remove the memory from the system I get the same beep code.
* The manual says the following, "This motherboard does not support memory modules made up of 128Mb chips or double sided x16 memory modules" and the memory I have has 8 chip either side so I'm guessing that would be a problem.
Although the video doesn't work yet I'm guessing that's just because the system never got that far.
So I'm posting this to ask if anyone has any better ideas as to what the problem is?
If I am right (the board won't have damaged the memory will it?) the situation is entirely recoverable as the memory was purchased at a very reasonable price from the US and with luck I should at least make enough to come out even, perhaps even ahead and get myself closer to buying the 4 SATA2 drives I want.
Any advice or guidance greatly appreciated.