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  1. 07-21-2008, 09:27 PM #26
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    hmmm but the exact same system worked before, and now it doesnt, right?
    so then it sounds like something is def damaged... and you tried all other boards besides the board and switched them for known to work parts right?
    so then the board must be damaged.. but how? dont ask me... i have no clue... i can only suspect that since you said there wasnt much pressure from the heatsink it must have shorted the board somehow... or maybe you kicked off one or a few smd parts from the pcb somehow?
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  2. 07-21-2008, 10:25 PM #27
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    Quote Originally Posted by saaya View Post
    lots of short beeps hmmmmm
    could be memory... have you tried another stick or set of memory and tried another slot?

    blindfitter hmmm weird... so with that videocard the molex plug on the board causes problems?
    only with that card right?
    Will do some more testing and let you know saaya
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  3. 07-21-2008, 10:48 PM #28
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    that would be great, if its def a bug of the 9800gx2 with the mars board then i can add this to the FAQ thread, and i can tell our engineers to make sure we wont run into such a bug again in future, provided it is a bug on our side...
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  4. 07-22-2008, 01:59 AM #29
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    Quote Originally Posted by HDCHOPPER View Post
    good info to know blindfitter

    Drizzit been racking my brain for ya ... not to insult ya but have ya tried something simple like another psu ?
    ( sometimes the little things slip right past me too)
    Yes I tried with another PSU its in my first post "After trying to clear cmos I have tried starting with my old cpu, another psu, another graphic card, new memory and with or without a HDD connected."

    Quote Originally Posted by saaya View Post
    hmmm but the exact same system worked before, and now it doesnt, right?
    so then it sounds like something is def damaged... and you tried all other boards besides the board and switched them for known to work parts right?
    so then the board must be damaged.. but how? dont ask me... i have no clue... i can only suspect that since you said there wasnt much pressure from the heatsink it must have shorted the board somehow... or maybe you kicked off one or a few smd parts from the pcb somehow?
    It all worked fine till I decided to change cpu and cooler... after that it havent started again. I'w tried all my other parts in another system and nothing else seem to be damaged as far as I can find so I more or less gave up and declared it dead.

    I still dont know how tho and thats whats bother me most as I might do it again without knowing lol. Would be good to know if I somehow broke it with the clooler or if I cracked it or w/e happened. As I said the heatsink kinda wiggled like people have posted before about the TRUE so I really doubt it was bolted on too tight but you never know... would be nice to know if the cooler shorted it out somehow cause then i dont know if i dare put it in again on next mobo

    Oh and for the record starting without that molex like Blindfitter said didnt help me sadly still same never ending short beeps right after fans spin up.
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  5. 07-22-2008, 05:55 PM #30
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    one of our bios engineers uses the TRUE on one of his boards without any issues, and he only uses two bolts to hold it down, not all four... and it sits on the board really tight... so maybe mounting it with all 4 bolts and clamping them tight was really too much and cracked the pcb... :/

    and yeah, i know that feeling when you killed or damaged some hardware but dont know how it happened, its really annoying and hard to move on
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  6. 01-27-2009, 09:04 PM #31
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    Hey, i'm having the same problem, lots of short beeps and fans going/nothing on screen etc. but when i went to change the ram around and i turned it back on it wouldnt turn on at all? just the blue led turned on and nothing else??? does this mean my Mars is truely dead??

    Thx.
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  7. 01-31-2009, 03:57 AM #32
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    offtopic - hey when i pushed the power button on MY pc casing all the fans starts spining and then it stops , then after 1 sec it started the fans again and booting Why is that ?

    ontopic :P - beep came to me coz of the ram probs
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  8. 02-04-2009, 01:33 AM #33
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thenura View Post
    offtopic - hey when i pushed the power button on MY pc casing all the fans starts spining and then it stops , then after 1 sec it started the fans again and booting Why is that ?

    ontopic :P - beep came to me coz of the ram probs
    it is normal, mine does same
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  9. 02-04-2009, 08:04 AM #34
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    Quote Originally Posted by OMFGROFLMAO View Post
    Hey, i'm having the same problem, lots of short beeps and fans going/nothing on screen etc. but when i went to change the ram around and i turned it back on it wouldnt turn on at all? just the blue led turned on and nothing else??? does this mean my Mars is truely dead??

    Thx.
    check with some different ram 1 stick at a time
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