Ben!
Standard Member
Hey! It's been a little while since I posted on here, but the help I've recieved in the past has always been great, so here I am
So I upgraded my PC to i7 around 6 months ago now, part of which included a new Asus Rampage II extreme board purchased from Overclockers. I installed it along with an i7 965, Blaze RAM etc, all went very smoothly, it ran perfectly.
However, around a month ago I boot up one morning to recieve a Northbridge temp warning (it was very hot, the temp had jumped by around 40-50 degrees if I remember correctly). I should point out here that there was no overclock of any kind on the Northbridge; I changed none of it's settings (although the CPU was overclocked, but rock stable). After about two minutes of me fiddling around with settings/trying to understand what had happened, the PC self powers down. I boot up again, this time it lasted about 30-40 seconds. Another few times & it will no longer POST - it now literally powers on for one second before shutting itself down!
So, is my motherboard fried? There is definitely power to it, so it's not a power supply issue. I have tried re-sitting the heat sink, re-fitting the motherboard, changing/swapping out the RAM, etc etc. Nothing has made any difference. I can think of/find nothing else to try.
It looks like an RMA is on the cards - if so, what is the best way to go about it? Contact Asus directly or go to Overclockers.co.uk for a replacement? Anyone with experience when it comes to ASUS & an RMA?
Thanks for reading, any help would be appreciated!
So I upgraded my PC to i7 around 6 months ago now, part of which included a new Asus Rampage II extreme board purchased from Overclockers. I installed it along with an i7 965, Blaze RAM etc, all went very smoothly, it ran perfectly.
However, around a month ago I boot up one morning to recieve a Northbridge temp warning (it was very hot, the temp had jumped by around 40-50 degrees if I remember correctly). I should point out here that there was no overclock of any kind on the Northbridge; I changed none of it's settings (although the CPU was overclocked, but rock stable). After about two minutes of me fiddling around with settings/trying to understand what had happened, the PC self powers down. I boot up again, this time it lasted about 30-40 seconds. Another few times & it will no longer POST - it now literally powers on for one second before shutting itself down!
So, is my motherboard fried? There is definitely power to it, so it's not a power supply issue. I have tried re-sitting the heat sink, re-fitting the motherboard, changing/swapping out the RAM, etc etc. Nothing has made any difference. I can think of/find nothing else to try.
It looks like an RMA is on the cards - if so, what is the best way to go about it? Contact Asus directly or go to Overclockers.co.uk for a replacement? Anyone with experience when it comes to ASUS & an RMA?
Thanks for reading, any help would be appreciated!