Hello all.
I decided to build my first system for fun and I'm having problems getting to first base. I have an Asus A7V8X motherboard connected to a 400 watt PowMax power supply in a PowMax case with 256 mb DDR pc2100 and an AMD 2100+ cpu. I have all of this connected together and when I powered the thing up for the first time I received a yellow light on the motherboard where a green power light should appear (SB_PWR1) (the cpu fan wans't even running). I shut the thing down and unplugged the power and changed some of my system pannel connectors, turned the computer back on and now the only light that I have on the motherboard is an orange light at the ethernet port (the cpu fan still isn't running). I wouldn't think that just changing my system pannel connections would cause me to loose my yellow light (it is supposed to be green anyway). The system pannel connectors are very confusing for me to connect this PowMax case to the Asus A7V8X motherboard. I even tried connecting my old 250 w. power supply and I received the same results. (I know this ps works)
I looked through my owners manual for the Asus motherboard and it said nothing about the SW_PWR1 light ever being a yellow color. I tried getting on Asus' forums and couldn't access thieir site. I'm at a loss right now. Does it sound like the motherboard might be DOA?
Thanks for any and all suggestions or directions.
If one thinks the mb is DOA, how much luck do you think I will have in getting a replacement from Asus. I bought it from a guy on Yahoo Auctions (retail box). Kinda wish I'd just bought it at the store and paid the extra bucks now.
1dummy
I decided to build my first system for fun and I'm having problems getting to first base. I have an Asus A7V8X motherboard connected to a 400 watt PowMax power supply in a PowMax case with 256 mb DDR pc2100 and an AMD 2100+ cpu. I have all of this connected together and when I powered the thing up for the first time I received a yellow light on the motherboard where a green power light should appear (SB_PWR1) (the cpu fan wans't even running). I shut the thing down and unplugged the power and changed some of my system pannel connectors, turned the computer back on and now the only light that I have on the motherboard is an orange light at the ethernet port (the cpu fan still isn't running). I wouldn't think that just changing my system pannel connections would cause me to loose my yellow light (it is supposed to be green anyway). The system pannel connectors are very confusing for me to connect this PowMax case to the Asus A7V8X motherboard. I even tried connecting my old 250 w. power supply and I received the same results. (I know this ps works)
I looked through my owners manual for the Asus motherboard and it said nothing about the SW_PWR1 light ever being a yellow color. I tried getting on Asus' forums and couldn't access thieir site. I'm at a loss right now. Does it sound like the motherboard might be DOA?
Thanks for any and all suggestions or directions.
If one thinks the mb is DOA, how much luck do you think I will have in getting a replacement from Asus. I bought it from a guy on Yahoo Auctions (retail box). Kinda wish I'd just bought it at the store and paid the extra bucks now.
1dummy