This is the second A7N8X I had/have and going to have to RMA this one to ASUS also. Got the second one I RMA'd to ASUS in June 03 and that one did the same thing as the first board. They both ran fine the previous day and next morning they just won't boot, can't even get in the BIOS so think maybe a bad BIOS chip. I know the PSU is good because it's only a few months old, Fortron high quality model and I know the CPU and video card are good because I swapped them out and they work fine in another computer on another MB.
Running a 2100 Athalon B core downgrade 2700 OC'd modestly at 2.0GHz so it shouldn't harm the MB. I have more than adequate cooling in the 'puter so seriously doubt there is a heat problem. ASUS Probe utility shows all temps well below max allowable temps for the CPU & MB.
Unfortunately when you get a RMA'd MB back they don't tell you what was wrong with the board you RMA'd and I thought it strange if two BIOS chips went bad on two different boards.
Wondering if anyone else has experienced similar problems because I hate having to take my computer apart and go through the hassel of RMA'ing and the computer being down.
Thanks for your time and have a nice day. OldBird
Running a 2100 Athalon B core downgrade 2700 OC'd modestly at 2.0GHz so it shouldn't harm the MB. I have more than adequate cooling in the 'puter so seriously doubt there is a heat problem. ASUS Probe utility shows all temps well below max allowable temps for the CPU & MB.
Unfortunately when you get a RMA'd MB back they don't tell you what was wrong with the board you RMA'd and I thought it strange if two BIOS chips went bad on two different boards.
Wondering if anyone else has experienced similar problems because I hate having to take my computer apart and go through the hassel of RMA'ing and the computer being down.
Thanks for your time and have a nice day. OldBird