8KDA3+ dead...again?

[Saffire]

Aight, this is my 2nd one of these boards. The first one died for no reason at all, and this one was giving me a whining sound by the capaciters by the PS/2 ports. I disconnected my fans temporarily to see if it was the fans, no go, and it was definately coming from that area.

So I try to update the bios to see if thats the problem, and it hangs while updating (booting from floppy). I wait 20 min or so, nothing. I turn it off, turn it back on, and the bios freezes at "6d" (LED indicator).

I clear cmos, remove battery, remove extra stuff, try it again a few times, still hangs at the same spot.

So I guess the bios is messed up on this one? Any help or should I get a replacement (gonna get the DFI when it comes out...but I need a computer!)? Couldn't stand the whining noise anyway, it got quite loud sometimes (whenever some cpu intensive type thing came up it whined, and no it wasn't the hard drive)

[ZhaoYun]

Whiny caps can only be resolved by either replacement or RMAing the motherboard. Whichever way you choose, good luck. By the way, which psu are you using with that system?

[Saffire]

I'm on a Fortron 530, I switched it out with a Antec 430 to see if that was the whining, and it wasn't.

Eitherway, board is botched :\

[YoupY]

You can replace the cap if you can identify which one it is...

But most likely you bios is dead. Have you tried hotflashing??

I have to say those bios chips are held very strong by the bios socket, but you can get them out...

Chip is the same as for a nf2 Ultra 400 board, so if you have one laying around you can use that one for hotflashing.

[Saffire]

I think I'm just gonna get another RMA *grumbles*

It just kinda perturbs me when I don't even get to fool with the overclocking options, or mod it, and a piece of hardware dies!

[NivLac]

wow that sux man.... hope you have better luck next time! RMAing blows.... lol i spent like an entire month without my nf7s cuz i fried it 3 times one right after another... LOL hehehe