Lanparty nfII Ultra B - Won't POST, Stuck on LED 4 - Page 3

firemachine69 · 02-17-2005, 04:30 PM

It would post, I've done that mistake before. All you'd get tho is a message on your monitor along the lines of 'please plug in the power connector to your video card'.

PC Bliss · 02-17-2005, 06:18 PM

whenever i would forget to send power to one of my cards, the board would just beep.

layedback247 · 02-17-2005, 08:01 PM

Well that makes me feel better. The jackass factor has been eliminated. So it really was two DOA Lanpartys.

When i started up the Abit a message flashed on the screen that said, Plug in your video card knucklehead. And then everything was fine from there.

Well, i've got two more of those new DFI beauties sitting downstairs in their Fedex boxes. I'll have to benchtest them this weekend to see if they're any good. I got them from Newegg and they only repair Lanpartys. So i'd have to take the return policy up with DFI. I've never dealt with DFI directly but i can only imagine it would be easier to just sell the boards on ebay than to try and get my money back from them.

We'll see.

PC Bliss · 02-17-2005, 09:27 PM

i guarantee newegg did not actually repair any board they sent you. if you rma one, they just send you a new one.

layedback247 · 02-19-2005, 01:12 PM

I should have put the word, repair, in quotation marks.

Yeah, Newegg doesn't really repair anything, they just send you a new board.

I'm going downstairs to benchtest the boards now and see if Newegg "repaired" them.

Has anyone dealt with DFI in trying to get a refund?

layedback247 · 02-19-2005, 04:38 PM

Well, guess what's back.

Yep, it's the jackass factor.

I got the Lanparty's out and benchtested them to see if they'd post and they both worked like a charm. And guess what else, when i unplugged the power to the video card they wouldn't. So there it is.

If you fire up the Abit NF7 without power to the video card, in my case an ATI 9800 All-In-Wonder, it flashes up a message on the screen that says your video card power is not plugged in.

But if you start up the DFI Lanparty without power to the video card it won't post, and as it's working it's way through the diagnostic LED sequence it will just hang on LED 4. But it doesn't flash a message on the screen. It may in fact beep, but i didn't have a speaker hooked up so i'm not sure. Although, now that i'm thinking about it, when i previously had the boards installed in the machine and i started it up, it would do what i have just described but then if you hit reset it would start beeping.

Hopefully this will help somebody else out

jenious · 02-19-2005, 04:41 PM

Good to know. Moving to problems solved.

02-17-2005, 04:30 PM	#21
firemachine69 hCw~junkie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 13,839	It would post, I've done that mistake before. All you'd get tho is a message on your monitor along the lines of 'please plug in the power connector to your video card'. __________________

02-17-2005, 06:18 PM	#22
PC Bliss Truly HARDCORE Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Italy Posts: 7,410	whenever i would forget to send power to one of my cards, the board would just beep. __________________ My PC sucks now, thank god

02-17-2005, 09:27 PM	#24
PC Bliss Truly HARDCORE Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Italy Posts: 7,410	i guarantee newegg did not actually repair any board they sent you. if you rma one, they just send you a new one. __________________ My PC sucks now, thank god

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02-17-2005, 08:01 PM	#23
layedback247 softcore Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 12	Well that makes me feel better. The jackass factor has been eliminated. So it really was two DOA Lanpartys. When i started up the Abit a message flashed on the screen that said, Plug in your video card knucklehead. And then everything was fine from there. Well, i've got two more of those new DFI beauties sitting downstairs in their Fedex boxes. I'll have to benchtest them this weekend to see if they're any good. I got them from Newegg and they only repair Lanpartys. So i'd have to take the return policy up with DFI. I've never dealt with DFI directly but i can only imagine it would be easier to just sell the boards on ebay than to try and get my money back from them. We'll see.

02-19-2005, 01:12 PM	#25
layedback247 softcore Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 12	I should have put the word, repair, in quotation marks. Yeah, Newegg doesn't really repair anything, they just send you a new board. I'm going downstairs to benchtest the boards now and see if Newegg "repaired" them. Has anyone dealt with DFI in trying to get a refund?

02-19-2005, 04:38 PM	#26
layedback247 softcore Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 12	Well, guess what's back. Yep, it's the jackass factor. I got the Lanparty's out and benchtested them to see if they'd post and they both worked like a charm. And guess what else, when i unplugged the power to the video card they wouldn't. So there it is. If you fire up the Abit NF7 without power to the video card, in my case an ATI 9800 All-In-Wonder, it flashes up a message on the screen that says your video card power is not plugged in. But if you start up the DFI Lanparty without power to the video card it won't post, and as it's working it's way through the diagnostic LED sequence it will just hang on LED 4. But it doesn't flash a message on the screen. It may in fact beep, but i didn't have a speaker hooked up so i'm not sure. Although, now that i'm thinking about it, when i previously had the boards installed in the machine and i started it up, it would do what i have just described but then if you hit reset it would start beeping. Hopefully this will help somebody else out

02-19-2005, 04:41 PM	#27
jenious Paid Loafer Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: McAdam, New Brunwsick, Canada Posts: 9,244	Good to know. Moving to problems solved.