680I motherboard won't post
I have a computer with a 680i motherboard. all of a sudden, the system no longer posts. on the built in post code displiay, only 2 horizontal bars appear. What does this mean?
PUNKY
Try other monitor see if it works?
Change the memory module!!!
Any beeps? If none, try removing the RAM. Any beeps now?
Reseat the RAM and re-try. If still no good then do as whatboy suggested and repolace the RAM
Reseat the RAM and re-try. If still no good then do as whatboy suggested and repolace the RAM
Could be a code 11 which points to a memory controller issue, Try some know good ram, if you dont have any but have 2 or more sticks installed try 1 stick at a time. If know good memory or all the sticks fail its probably a bad motherboard.
ASKER
I tried removing the ram and also reseating the ram, all without any success. There are no post beeps at all. So this just leaves me with a bad motherboard then?
That is possibility.
Sounds like it, but just to make sure do you have another power supply to test with?
Is this the same 680i evga board you've been having other problems with?
If you get no beeps when you remove all RAM then the motherboard is the most likely culprit...
disconnect all devices, and boot with only mobo + cpu + 1 ram stick, video card, keyb + mouse. any display now? if yes , add devices one by one; if no, it is one of the connected
...and replace then ram, or video card.
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what is the best 680i motherboard to replace it with, another evga or move to another brand?
I recommend Asus and MSI (heard there tech support is great but i have never had a failure so no reason to call).