DFI Lanparty HELP!!!

Im_gumby · 30-June-08, 05:16 PM

Life was good a week ago.
Turned off the computer one night.
Went to turn it on the next day... nothing.
Will not POST. Get one long beep repeating (memory issue).
Swapped out my XMS3200 pair of sticks for one DDR333 512Meg from my old machine.
No luck.
Swapped out the PSU.
Still no luck.
Cleared the CMOS.
Still no luck.

Any thoughts?

DFI Lanparty UT Expert
Opty
1000W PSU
PCI-e Video (not SLI)

vf1000ride · 30-June-08, 05:31 PM

Dang, wish I could help. Seems alot of the older DFI lanparties up and quit resently. I had a nf4 expert that failed and took my cpu with it last month (fx-60). Now yours is having trouble and I seem to think somebody else on the forum just within the last few weeks lost one also. That almost qualifies as bad luck.

You've done the troubleshooting I would have tried before asking for help so I don't know what else to add. Wish you the best and hope it isn't system ending.

Im_gumby · 30-June-08, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vf1000ride


	Wish you the best and hope it isn't system ending.

Thanks. That's my hope too.

j-dogg · 30-June-08, 07:04 PM

Board could be toast. I have a LP NF2 Rev. B and it runs like a swiss watch and I'm about to upgrade it with a free SB Audigy 2 I scored.

Do you have a spare processor to try it with? I think the one long beep is actually a processor issue, I know on mine a RAM issue isn't one long repeating tone, a faulty CPU is one long repeating tone on mine, though you and I are about one or two generations of LP apart they might still use the same fault error codes.

Sn0wMan · 30-June-08, 08:18 PM

Doesn't the board have a diagnostic LED? (Don't know for sure as mine is not the expert version) I have discovered in my infinite troubles with my LanParty, that the LEDs are truly a life saver.

I pretty much agree with j-dogg that it may be the CPU. Definitely something to try before you call it bad. Hope it works out for ya bro!

HigHTecHReDNecK · 30-June-08, 08:58 PM

Got the same board, try clearing the BIOS and leaving the battery out over night, then try booting with only 1 stick of ram and see what you get.

j-dogg · 01-July-08, 12:18 AM

I know my DFI LP NF2 Rev. B has the dignostic LED's soldered onto the board.

Im_gumby · 01-July-08, 07:36 AM

I do have LEDs... I get 3 showing and according to other sites:
4 LED's on = Power applied, checking CPU
3 LED's on = Cpu has been detected ok, checking RAM
2 LED's on = RAM has been detected ok, checking VGA
1 LED's on = VGA been detected ok, entering BIOS
0 LED's on = System has booted to the Operating System

I'll try the battery removal for over 24 hrs suggestion.

TheGreatSatan · 16-September-08, 07:01 PM

My $170 (at the time) DFI Lanparty died too. It hurts.

hobnere · 16-September-08, 09:30 PM

I think my nf4 expert died also tried to start it up and nothing, nothing comes on i know its not the psu so i guess these boards are dieing left and right

.

Im_gumby · 17-September-08, 06:54 AM

I'm going to send it in for repair... just waiting for an RMA #. *sigh*
At least I have a backup.

Im_gumby · 18-September-08, 10:23 AM

$47 to fix it (including return shipping)

Not too bad. Cheaper than getting a new one.

j-dogg · 19-September-08, 01:32 AM

I love my LP NF2. I bought it new from the Egg for my birthday when it had just came out. I haven't had an issue since, and when I was big into overclocking I pulled some wicked air numbers with it.

LP NF2 + unlocked 2400 + Zalman CNPS + Corsair XMS PC3200 XL 2-2-2-5 w/LED's = overclocking awesomeness.

I am doing another build soon, and I think I'll be getting another Lan Party, this one has served me very well.

30-June-08, 05:16 PM		#1 (permalink)
Im_gumby Slightly Silly Moderator	DFI Lanparty HELP!!! Life was good a week ago. Turned off the computer one night. Went to turn it on the next day... nothing. Will not POST. Get one long beep repeating (memory issue). Swapped out my XMS3200 pair of sticks for one DDR333 512Meg from my old machine. No luck. Swapped out the PSU. Still no luck. Cleared the CMOS. Still no luck. Any thoughts? DFI Lanparty UT Expert Opty 1000W PSU PCI-e Video (not SLI)

30-June-08, 05:31 PM		#2 (permalink)
vf1000ride Apex Elite Expert Tech	Re: DFI Lanparty HELP!!! Dang, wish I could help. Seems alot of the older DFI lanparties up and quit resently. I had a nf4 expert that failed and took my cpu with it last month (fx-60). Now yours is having trouble and I seem to think somebody else on the forum just within the last few weeks lost one also. That almost qualifies as bad luck. You've done the troubleshooting I would have tried before asking for help so I don't know what else to add. Wish you the best and hope it isn't system ending.

30-June-08, 07:04 PM		#4 (permalink)
j-dogg Mystical Schwinn Guru	Re: DFI Lanparty HELP!!! Board could be toast. I have a LP NF2 Rev. B and it runs like a swiss watch and I'm about to upgrade it with a free SB Audigy 2 I scored. Do you have a spare processor to try it with? I think the one long beep is actually a processor issue, I know on mine a RAM issue isn't one long repeating tone, a faulty CPU is one long repeating tone on mine, though you and I are about one or two generations of LP apart they might still use the same fault error codes.

30-June-08, 08:18 PM		#5 (permalink)
Sn0wMan Apex Tech Demi-God	Re: DFI Lanparty HELP!!! Doesn't the board have a diagnostic LED? (Don't know for sure as mine is not the expert version) I have discovered in my infinite troubles with my LanParty, that the LEDs are truly a life saver. I pretty much agree with j-dogg that it may be the CPU. Definitely something to try before you call it bad. Hope it works out for ya bro!

30-June-08, 08:58 PM		#6 (permalink)
HigHTecHReDNecK Sophist'Hoe"cated ReDNecK Reviewer	Re: DFI Lanparty HELP!!! Got the same board, try clearing the BIOS and leaving the battery out over night, then try booting with only 1 stick of ram and see what you get.

01-July-08, 12:18 AM		#7 (permalink)
j-dogg Mystical Schwinn Guru	Re: DFI Lanparty HELP!!! I know my DFI LP NF2 Rev. B has the dignostic LED's soldered onto the board.

01-July-08, 07:36 AM		#8 (permalink)
Im_gumby Slightly Silly Moderator	Re: DFI Lanparty HELP!!! I do have LEDs... I get 3 showing and according to other sites: 4 LED's on = Power applied, checking CPU 3 LED's on = Cpu has been detected ok, checking RAM 2 LED's on = RAM has been detected ok, checking VGA 1 LED's on = VGA been detected ok, entering BIOS 0 LED's on = System has booted to the Operating System I'll try the battery removal for over 24 hrs suggestion.

16-September-08, 07:01 PM		#9 (permalink)
TheGreatSatan Apex Tech Demi-God	Re: DFI Lanparty HELP!!! My $170 (at the time) DFI Lanparty died too. It hurts.

16-September-08, 09:30 PM		#10 (permalink)
hobnere Apex Techie Lite	Re: DFI Lanparty HELP!!! I think my nf4 expert died also tried to start it up and nothing, nothing comes on i know its not the psu so i guess these boards are dieing left and right .

17-September-08, 06:54 AM		#11 (permalink)
Im_gumby Slightly Silly Moderator	Re: DFI Lanparty HELP!!! I'm going to send it in for repair... just waiting for an RMA #. sigh At least I have a backup.

18-September-08, 10:23 AM		#12 (permalink)
Im_gumby Slightly Silly Moderator	Re: DFI Lanparty HELP!!! $47 to fix it (including return shipping) Not too bad. Cheaper than getting a new one.

19-September-08, 01:32 AM		#13 (permalink)
j-dogg Mystical Schwinn Guru	Re: DFI Lanparty HELP!!! I love my LP NF2. I bought it new from the Egg for my birthday when it had just came out. I haven't had an issue since, and when I was big into overclocking I pulled some wicked air numbers with it. LP NF2 + unlocked 2400 + Zalman CNPS + Corsair XMS PC3200 XL 2-2-2-5 w/LED's = overclocking awesomeness. I am doing another build soon, and I think I'll be getting another Lan Party, this one has served me very well.

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