Must RMA something- but what?

[congo]

Chances are it will somehow work, I've seen so many similar posts about these conroe systems not firing up for one reason or another, but most seem to get solved eventually.

Stand on a street corner with the PC next to you and wear a placard that says, "Free Pizza for Geeks", but be careful, they can be vicious if the pizza runs out.  

[beaky]

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Stand on a street corner with the PC next to you and wear a placard that says, "Free Pizza for Geeks", but be careful, they can be vicious if the pizza runs out.

[NicksFXHouse]

ah geez... that really sucks.


and you have tried to clear the CMOS again before installing the new memory?

[congo]

...you and that damn pig...

Hey! , He's the one with the brains...  :P

[cheesegrater]

If you tried different RAM and it didn't work I would guess either motherboard or CPU. I would suspect the mobo since it is much more unlikely to get a DOA CPU. I would ask on the Asus forums, people over there should be more familiar with this type of thing.

[congo]

Take the board somewhere where they have a variety of DDR2, it doesn't matter what speed it is....... see if it will post, there must be somewhere close by to you.

If you can get it to post, flash it with the latest BIOS on a floppy, you can get that prepared ahead of time and bring the floppy with you. You basically need a BOOTABLE floppy with the bios flash utility and the bios file on the floppy, there won't be room for anything else.

Usually you type something like this at the DOS prompt....

C:\>awdflash newbiosfilename

and the update program will prompt you if needed or it will just flash the bios.

There will be instructions usually either in the bios download or on the webpage where you get it.

Then try your RAM in the machine.

Without re-reading the entire thread to find out if you did, ..... make sure you call the supplier and report a DOA system now! At least it will be on the books as DOA and they should replace it immediately if required.

Returns other than DOA may be subject to warranty work, and you DON'T want that   :-/