Gigabyte won't post

Fasttazz · February 19th, 2007

I have had several problems with the Giga-Byte GA-7N400-Pro2 motherboard.
The latest was when i plugged in a USB cable for my DCS6000 Digital Camera.
It locked up solid and I had to do a hard shutdown.I then hit the power button thinking all will be fine. NOT

Stupid mobo will not post anything,not even the Bios setup.
I did not notice any static spark and there could not have been one since i was holding the case handle(which is metal too),when i plugged in the cable for the camera.
Stinger and I tried everything we could think of.

Stripped it down to bare minimums:1 stick memory,Vidcard,keyboard.= Nothing,notta.

Tried diff mem modules and slots,=Nothing. Tried to reset cmos,Nothing again.

Does anyone have some ideas?

**Capper** · February 19th, 2007

Have you contacted Gigabyte tech support? I've actually had very good luck with them

Quakindude · February 19th, 2007

Just asking...not accusing, have you made absolutely sure your USB headers are connected properly? If not, you've probably fried the mobo.

Fasttazz · February 19th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capper

Have you contacted Gigabyte tech support? I've actually had very good luck with them

Sent in the situation to tech,waiting for an answer.

**Capper** · February 19th, 2007

K, keep me posted on what they say/do. We've been able to help people out in the past with gigabyte as we have a good working relationship with them

Fasttazz · February 19th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quakindude

Just asking...not accusing, have you made absolutely sure your USB headers are connected properly? If not, you've probably fried the mobo.

Good question! I had the front panel jacks hooked to the correct yellow port.

The specs

I did however disassemble to clean and add new hs/fan to cpu.
I dont know if the connection was off 180*. I will see if it can even be plugged backwards,dont know.

If so what can be done to fix the mobo?

I could not have turned the pins backwards, it has a 9 pin rectangle,solid where the 10th would be.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capper

K, keep me posted on what they say/do. We've been able to help people out in the past with gigabyte as we have a good working relationship with them

They have RMA'd this board three times and this last one lasted little over a year. I hope they will come thru for me.
I do think these boards are very finnicky.Previous boards were picky about memory too.

Quakindude · February 19th, 2007

Usually, I've seen front, case mounted USB wires come as a bunch of wires, not in an all-in-one connector. The back plate USB cables usually have the connector you describe. But then, I certainly haven't seen all the cases out there.

JazzyJake · February 19th, 2007

try disconnecting all of the USB/firewire/sound stuff, and if you're using onboard do that also.

had a few builds where one pin off slightly, or poorly marked onboard-ports were the cause of a non-booting machine

Quote:

Usually, I've seen front, case mounted USB wires come as a bunch of wires, not in an all-in-one connector. The back plate USB cables usually have the connector you describe. But then, I certainly haven't seen all the cases out there.

some of the cooler master cases have the USB access plug-things as a block. The centurion series have them like that.

Fasttazz · February 19th, 2007

The only thing i have not tried is to reseat the cpu.
I spose i will try it.

Fasttazz · February 19th, 2007

That did not do it.
At least i got to practice one more time.

February 19th, 2007	#1
Fasttazz Kill the wabbit Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wyoming Posts: 177	Gigabyte won't post I have had several problems with the Giga-Byte GA-7N400-Pro2 motherboard. The latest was when i plugged in a USB cable for my DCS6000 Digital Camera. It locked up solid and I had to do a hard shutdown.I then hit the power button thinking all will be fine. NOT Stupid mobo will not post anything,not even the Bios setup. I did not notice any static spark and there could not have been one since i was holding the case handle(which is metal too),when i plugged in the cable for the camera. Stinger and I tried everything we could think of. Stripped it down to bare minimums:1 stick memory,Vidcard,keyboard.= Nothing,notta. Tried diff mem modules and slots,=Nothing. Tried to reset cmos,Nothing again. Does anyone have some ideas? Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe. Amd X2 4200 2GB Corsair XMS Extreme. BFG 8800GTS 320 OC2 ThermalTake "Big Typhoon". Audigy 2 ZS. Logitech X-530 5.1 surround. Sceptre X9 LCD WD 2000 HDD. Lit-on DVD R/RW. MGE "Viper"case PurePower RX 500W

February 19th, 2007	#2
Capper I'm Evil Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,675 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Giga-Byte(me) won't post Have you contacted Gigabyte tech support? I've actually had very good luck with them INTEL QX9650 ASUS P5E3 Premium 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Tower-26 (Custom W/C) 5 x Seagate 250GB HDD in RAID5 BFG ES 800W PSU

February 19th, 2007	#3
Quakindude I'm Diggin it! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Rucker, AL. Posts: 2,737 Blog Entries: 7	Re: Giga-Byte(me) won't post Just asking...not accusing, have you made absolutely sure your USB headers are connected properly? If not, you've probably fried the mobo. Q6600@ 3.2GHz w/ CNPS9700 \| EVGA 780i \| 2Gb Corsair DDR2-800 \| EVGA GTX 280 1Gb Video \| 1x WD 640Gb HDD, 2x Seagate 400Gb HDD, 1x250Gb WD \| 2x Samsung SH-203B Opticals \| Antec 900 \| ABS/Tagan BZ700 700W PSU

February 19th, 2007	#5
Capper I'm Evil Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,675 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Giga-Byte(me) won't post K, keep me posted on what they say/do. We've been able to help people out in the past with gigabyte as we have a good working relationship with them INTEL QX9650 ASUS P5E3 Premium 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Tower-26 (Custom W/C) 5 x Seagate 250GB HDD in RAID5 BFG ES 800W PSU

February 19th, 2007	#7
Quakindude I'm Diggin it! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Rucker, AL. Posts: 2,737 Blog Entries: 7	Re: Giga-Byte(me) won't post Usually, I've seen front, case mounted USB wires come as a bunch of wires, not in an all-in-one connector. The back plate USB cables usually have the connector you describe. But then, I certainly haven't seen all the cases out there. Q6600@ 3.2GHz w/ CNPS9700 \| EVGA 780i \| 2Gb Corsair DDR2-800 \| EVGA GTX 280 1Gb Video \| 1x WD 640Gb HDD, 2x Seagate 400Gb HDD, 1x250Gb WD \| 2x Samsung SH-203B Opticals \| Antec 900 \| ABS/Tagan BZ700 700W PSU

February 19th, 2007	#9
Fasttazz Kill the wabbit Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wyoming Posts: 177	Re: Giga-Byte(me) won't post The only thing i have not tried is to reseat the cpu. I spose i will try it. Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe. Amd X2 4200 2GB Corsair XMS Extreme. BFG 8800GTS 320 OC2 ThermalTake "Big Typhoon". Audigy 2 ZS. Logitech X-530 5.1 surround. Sceptre X9 LCD WD 2000 HDD. Lit-on DVD R/RW. MGE "Viper"case PurePower RX 500W

February 19th, 2007	#10
Fasttazz Kill the wabbit Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wyoming Posts: 177	Re: Giga-Byte(me) won't post That did not do it. At least i got to practice one more time. Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe. Amd X2 4200 2GB Corsair XMS Extreme. BFG 8800GTS 320 OC2 ThermalTake "Big Typhoon". Audigy 2 ZS. Logitech X-530 5.1 surround. Sceptre X9 LCD WD 2000 HDD. Lit-on DVD R/RW. MGE "Viper"case PurePower RX 500W

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