FFh then no power on EP-4PEA+

This is a finnicky board. It has wonderful features and runs well, but it's
finnicky.

I've had issues similar to yours (board seemingly dead) and rectified them,
but I never knew for sure what exactly the problem was or what of the many
things I tried that brought it back to life. I started by removing the CMOS
battery for a day (24 hour period to let the caps drain) and unplugged
everything except CPU, RAM and video card. Then try to boot. If you're
successful, plug in one piece of hardware at a time and boot the machine
after each time.

Also, by removing the CMOS battery, you've in effect cleared the BIOS so
you'll have to reconfigure it when you re-insert the battery. Keep us
posted.

--
Robert J. Salvi, Ambiance Acoustics
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ambianceacoustics.com" target="_blank">http://www.ambianceacoustics.com</a>
San Diego, CA USA
(858) 485-7514

"Jones" <jones.TakeThisOut@justjones.org> wrote in message
news:c2p6009uk4n0bgq0jeh4itc0shihehvbd9@4ax.com...
 > Working Pentium IV system based on EP-4PEA+
 > found off this AM --won't power on. Post LED doesn't
 > get past "FF" The CPU fan just jiggles for an instant,
 > but if I hadn't noticed the LED flash "FF" very briefly, I
 > wouldn't have had any indication it had power. Power
 > leads test 0 volts. How do I tell if I have a dead ATX
 > power supply or if the MB is telling it to turn back off.
 > . . .give me an ATX power supply that can't know if
 > it's on or off, and I go back to being a newbie. Enermax
 > 550W PS BTW. All I know to do is pull the cards out
 > in case of dead shorts . . .don't have a spare PS to
 > test it with.
 >
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Thanks. no success. power supply tested good. left battery out
for a day, but still won't start. Ordered asus replacement, because
I've had good results with some of their older socket 7 boards. I'll
have to try the epox again when I have more time to troubleshoot.
expect replacement under warranty.


On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 15:19:38 GMT, "R. J. Salvi" <nospam.RemoveThis@ambianceacoustics.com> wrote:
 >This is a finnicky board. It has wonderful features and runs well, but it's
 >finnicky.
 >
 >I've had issues similar to yours (board seemingly dead) and rectified them,
 >but I never knew for sure what exactly the problem was or what of the many
 >things I tried that brought it back to life. I started by removing the CMOS
 >battery for a day (24 hour period to let the caps drain) and unplugged
 >everything except CPU, RAM and video card. Then try to boot. If you're
 >successful, plug in one piece of hardware at a time and boot the machine
 >after each time.
 >
 >Also, by removing the CMOS battery, you've in effect cleared the BIOS so
 >you'll have to reconfigure it when you re-insert the battery. Keep us
 >posted.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: FFh then no power on EP-4PEA+