I have bought an Intel Media series board DG45ID.
I installed a Pentium D (775 socket) with a Corsair 2GB DDR2 (800 Mhz) mem. stick (in working condition from another system), connected a LCD monitor to the DVI port. The on-board green LED comes on when I connect the SMPS to the board.
When I boot, the cpu fan turns on but there is no video at all. I don't get any beep codes either. I have put in PCI-e video card thinking the on-board video is bad. Same problem - no video, no beep code. I have swapped the mem. stick but the problem persists.
The above testing done with only the bare minimum installed i.e. SMPS, CPU, Memory installed on the board.
I have checked Intel web site for cpu compatibility and my cpu is listed there.
I have come across DoA boards in wherein the board is simply dead - nothing comes works when powered ON.
What could be the problem; the cpu or the board?
Thanks for your help. Regards, -- Arun Khan
When I boot, the cpu fan turns on but there is no video at all. I don't get any beep codes either. I have put in PCI-e video card thinking the on-board video is bad. Same problem - no video, no beep code. I have swapped the mem. stick but the problem persists.
The above testing done with only the bare minimum installed i.e. SMPS, CPU, Memory installed on the board.
I have checked Intel web site for cpu compatibility and my cpu is listed there.
I have come across DoA boards in wherein the board is simply dead - nothing comes works when powered ON.
What could be the problem; the cpu or the board?
from your description, - memory is not a problem - video card appears to be working as well - your cpu/motherboard are compatible
imho in this case, its the motherboard that you should be looking at. I have seen this happening with one of my desktop machines. It took us a while to get to the real cause as there were no beeps, things appear to start normally, except for the display. We changed display cards, memories cpu's and at the end came to the conclusion that part of the motherboard circuit has gone kaput.
Also I suggest you do a small test to eliminate that CPU is not the problem - start the machine, power it down after a few mins, remove the cpu fan and touch the cpu just for a fraction of second. If you feel the heat, CPU is working. Be careful while doing it as cpu's tend to get real hot really quick.
Thanks Gourav
On Monday 21 December 2009, Gourav Shah wrote:
- your cpu/motherboard are compatible
An update: I checked with my vendor, he suggested to check the FSB rating of my older Pentium D cpu (socket 775). He thinks it must be rated @ 533 Mhz whereas the board is rated for min. 800Mhz. The same cpu worked with a Gigabyte (G31 chip set) board with a min. 800 FSB spec. which made me think it would work with this board as well.
I tried the heat check, the cpu is cold.
Arun Khan wrote:
On Monday 21 December 2009, Gourav Shah wrote:
- your cpu/motherboard are compatible
An update: I checked with my vendor, he suggested to check the FSB rating of my older Pentium D cpu (socket 775). He thinks it must be rated @ 533 Mhz whereas the board is rated for min. 800Mhz. The same cpu worked with a Gigabyte (G31 chip set) board with a min. 800 FSB spec. which made me think it would work with this board as well.
If it is listed on Intel's website with the correct code for your processor, it should work. What happened at the dealer's place?
On Monday 21 December 2009, Rony wrote:
Arun Khan wrote:
On Monday 21 December 2009, Gourav Shah wrote:
- your cpu/motherboard are compatible
An update: I checked with my vendor, he suggested to check the FSB rating of my older Pentium D cpu (socket 775). He thinks it must be rated @ 533 Mhz whereas the board is rated for min. 800Mhz. The same cpu worked with a Gigabyte (G31 chip set) board with a min. 800 FSB spec. which made me think it would work with this board as well.
If it is listed on Intel's website with the correct code for your processor, it should work. What happened at the dealer's place?
It turns out I was *mistaken* about the model number of my Pentium D cpu, which led me to believe the motherboard was DoA -- pilot error :(
I ended up buying a Core 2 Q8400. The board boots fine now, it recognizes the full complement of RAM (6GB RAM) installed in it. The DG45ID/Q8400 combo supports Intel VT-x virtualization, so I can KVM some desktop OSs :).
Thanks to all who pitched in to help.
On Monday 21 December 2009, Gourav Shah wrote:
- your cpu/motherboard are compatible
An update: I checked with my vendor, he suggested to check the FSB rating of my older Pentium D cpu (socket 775). He thinks it must be rated @ 533 Mhz whereas the board is rated for min. 800Mhz. The same cpu worked with a Gigabyte (G31 chip set) board with a min. 800 FSB spec. which made me think it would work with this board as well.
I tried the heat check, the cpu is cold.
sorry, replied to your previous mail before seeing this. Glad you got it figured out :).
All the best, Sanjay
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Arun Khan knura@yahoo.com wrote:
I have bought an Intel Media series board DG45ID.
I installed a Pentium D (775 socket) with a Corsair 2GB DDR2 (800 Mhz) mem. stick (in working condition from another system), connected a LCD monitor to the DVI port. The on-board green LED comes on when I connect the SMPS to the board.
I had the same problem with Pentium D(not really the issue), but on a different board. The problem for me was that the motherboard's RAM slot had an issue. Got the motherboard replaced :) Thanks
Question is not clear Are u trying to install inux....... then some bootoptions may help u to overcome comethe probs.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:38 AM, sudheer k muhammed sudheerkmuhammed@gmail.com wrote:
Question is not clear Are u trying to install inux....... then some bootoptions may help u to overcome comethe probs.
Er... I think Arun is just trying to power up his system which so far refuses to do power-up and POST :P
-idg
Thanks for the quick responses. I too suspect the motherboard.
I will be taking the board to the dealer later this afternoon.
On Monday 21 December 2009 10:48:13 Arun Khan wrote:
I have bought an Intel Media series board DG45ID.
I installed a Pentium D (775 socket) with a Corsair 2GB DDR2 (800 Mhz) mem. stick (in working condition from another system), connected a LCD monitor to the DVI port. The on-board green LED comes on when I connect the SMPS to the board.
When I boot, the cpu fan turns on but there is no video at all. I don't get any beep codes either. I have put in PCI-e video card thinking the on-board video is bad. Same problem - no video, no beep code. I have swapped the mem. stick but the problem persists.
afaik you will need a monitor on the vga, to reconfigure bios for dvi.
On Monday 21 December 2009 21:37:30 Arun Khan wrote:
On Monday 21 December 2009, jtd wrote:
afaik you will need a monitor on the vga, to reconfigure bios for dvi.
Not necessarily, this board has only DVI and HDMI video out; I am presuming that DVI is the default video out.
Ok. I purchased an asus M4A78em/1394. HDMI Works like a charm.
On Monday 21 December 2009, jtd wrote:
afaik you will need a monitor on the vga, to reconfigure bios for dvi.
Not necessarily, this board has only DVI and HDMI video out; I am presuming that DVI is the default video out.
if you disconnect any external video cards and try and boot, do you get the start-up beep? If no start-up beep, I would suspect RAM more then video being the issue? If you remove all RAM, do you get the missing RAM long beeps?
Not sure why you've diagnosed video as being the problem .. ?
Hope it works out. -Sanjay
Arun Khan wrote:
I have bought an Intel Media series board DG45ID.
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The above testing done with only the bare minimum installed i.e. SMPS, CPU, Memory installed on the board.
I have checked Intel web site for cpu compatibility and my cpu is listed there.
I have come across DoA boards in wherein the board is simply dead - nothing comes works when powered ON.
What could be the problem; the cpu or the board?
Its too late now but the SMPS unit should also be cross checked by replacing with one from another brand. Some SMPS units can be real weirdos.
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