Hi all, I'm been reading these forums for a while anonymously, but as of today a new member looking for some assistance.
I’ve just purchased a X8DTL-iF board, and attempted to set it up with two X5670 cpus. I’m getting a flashing light in the bottom left corner of the board by the PCIe sockets, and fans spin for about 3-4 seconds then the cycle repeats. The PSU doesn’t appear to fully start during this time and is reasonable quiet.
I get no beeping from the board to indicate a fault. Both EPS12v are plugged in, and the 24v main power strip also.
If I remove the RAM sticks, I get the usual RAM beeping on POST. When they are in, just the activity mentioned above. Have attempted to unplug, remove CMOS battery, and short the two soldered parts on the board responsible for a CMOS CLEAR operation and this doesn’t change things.
I don’t know what version BIOS I have as I cannot boot to check. Have ordered a 5502 CPU for £5 so I have another CPU to test this with. I have 3 RAM sticks to test, but only a single PSU (XFX P1-750G-TS3X)
Anyone got ideas on what could be going wrong or how to continue testing? I’m out of ideas.
I’ve just purchased a X8DTL-iF board, and attempted to set it up with two X5670 cpus. I’m getting a flashing light in the bottom left corner of the board by the PCIe sockets, and fans spin for about 3-4 seconds then the cycle repeats. The PSU doesn’t appear to fully start during this time and is reasonable quiet.
I get no beeping from the board to indicate a fault. Both EPS12v are plugged in, and the 24v main power strip also.
If I remove the RAM sticks, I get the usual RAM beeping on POST. When they are in, just the activity mentioned above. Have attempted to unplug, remove CMOS battery, and short the two soldered parts on the board responsible for a CMOS CLEAR operation and this doesn’t change things.
I don’t know what version BIOS I have as I cannot boot to check. Have ordered a 5502 CPU for £5 so I have another CPU to test this with. I have 3 RAM sticks to test, but only a single PSU (XFX P1-750G-TS3X)
Anyone got ideas on what could be going wrong or how to continue testing? I’m out of ideas.