one of my mobos won't boot

[ianm2]

no idea why, it was runnig std.

dfi lanparty expert( have 2) with 2 gigs mixed ram, cheap gigabyte graphics card, amd processor, can't even recall.
(s939)

I was running an enermax 600 watter to power.

Changed all to install the asus MB and it all works.

What happens is that on boot you get that black screen, with a long white bar at the bottom that never finishes.

If this is as clear as muck to anyone, but, is it a knackered Mobo, or just likely a connection problem or even bios? ( It seemed to get rather warm at one time, I think due to me not securing the main cpu heatsink on, but the cpu survived, could this have wrecked it totally?)

I don't currently have the mobo, so can't retest, its at my brothers, but suggestions welcome, I am prepared for the worst!!

[jonnyGURU]

So it posts... but it doesn't boot into Windows... and all of the parts work on an Asus board? Right?

And it was all working initially, right?

Then it sounds like yet another DFI board has gone tits up. :D

[GalvanizedYankee]

And how many personal use DFI boards have you gone through jonny? ;)

[ianm2]

Is this a known trait with some dfi boards?

the other one that works seems a superb board, better than the asus.

yes all parts the same with the asus and no probs., initially seemed ok, I can't recall its a couple of months ago, but yes won't boot to windows, you just get that black screen with white bar at the bottom that never changes.

I duff bios/chip would be so simple, but...

the finger is strongly pointing that the mobo is duff

[jonnyGURU]

Is this a known trait with some dfi boards?

Are you serious?

;)

I had four DFI boards. One doa, one unstable and the other two died after a couple months. Of course, when I take the issue to DFI Street, I'm told that I'm not smart enough to use a DFI board or that my parts are "incompatible."

Yeah... right....

[ianm2]

hmmm....

I only just discovered dfi street 2 day

It seems my impressions of dfi hardcore owners usually a cliquey bunch that tend to favour ocz and look down on the rest of the motherboard world with disdain?

It seems a likeable mobo. itself, the dfi, by a smaller more specialist maker, perhaps a good analogy may be a sports car, but with that perhaps comes reliability issues.

Any other mobo. specific forums out there, or is dfi about the only one?

[Oklahoma Wolf]

I'm starting to get the impression that DFI is to mainboards what Bose is to audio ;)

[Bbq]

and what aspire is to psu's.

zing.