GA-8PE800 rev 1.1

[Dark Mantis]

Have you got the keyboard plugged in?

[Nipper]

To Dark Mantis: Do you have any further ideas, whilst I have the motherboard out?

Many thanks,
Nipper

[Dark Mantis]

Yes, it would help if you would answer my question otherwise I don't know what is happening.

[Nipper]

To Dark Mantis:  Unfortunatly I have had an accident and broken the clip assembly that holds the fan too heatsink, I shall try and get a replacement. The keyboard was not attached. It's going to be a while before "I am up and running again".
Many thanks,

[Dark Mantis]

OK no problem just let us know when you are ready to start faultfinding again.

[Nipper]

FAO Dark Mantis.. I managed to get a new heat sink & fan. I kept the CMOS battery out for a few days pressed and held the power button for 30secs (as you previously suggested). Removed and reseatted all the jummpers.I then put the motherboard back in the tower, cearfully made sure all connections where good & correct! With just video card, keyboard & mouse attached... NO dvd, HDD or floppy attached! I then booted the tower, went into the BIOS and set to optimized defaults and saved settings..... SUCCESS!! the board booted, showed DMI successfully & stopped at 'insert system disc'. I then installed one drive at a time booting up in-between floppy then HDD then DVD/CD drives. All worked just fine! I have now installed Windows 7 Ultimate. Many thanks to Dark Mantis... Many thanks indeed, please reguard the case as closed.

[Dark Mantis]

Oh good news indeed. I am really happy that it worked out for you as I know what a pain in the *ss such a fault can be.