Hi there again,
Glad to hear your getting it sorted, can't imagine what pins they are talking about, I'm trying to think of what pins there are on a mobo that u could have bent, only thing I ca think of is if a capacitor, or some other sticky out thing (technical terminolgy there..lol..)....may have been bent and broken the solder or something, but you'd have noticed that I'm sure.....
They probably don't want to admit that the board was broke in the first place and so are just saying any od thing.....not that you care really...lol...as long as they are sending you a new one....!!!!
With mine.....latest is....:
I got the BIOS chip back and tried it and this didnt fix it either, though I contacted the BIOS chip seller and he is going to send me another chip free of charge with a different BIOS version on it.....
In the meantime I ordered and received a new mobo, same model (M2N32SLI Deluxe).....so I put everything back together, on the new mobo, and its working like a dream.....
Had a few teething trouble with Vista activaton.....but went ok after I rang the activation line....
Then been having these seemingly random shutdowns for no reason....checked all my BIOS settings and seems OK, I think I've narrowed it down to power surges in my domestic electrical supply, as there are a coule of industrial plants up the road from me, and I've noticed in the past that my lights often seem to flicker and fade at times.....so I've bought a surge protector and connected the PC's PSU to that, and so far it seems to have sorted it, though I won't be certain till a few days of continuous use...
Meanwhile the original 6000+ CPU that I had been waiting for, but then ended up buying another, well the original seller sent me a replacement......so now I've got a spare 6000+ CPU, a spare M2N32SLI mobo,....... if this new BIOS chip sorts it that is,........ I've got 2Gb of PC2-5300 RAM going spare as well.......so beginnings of another PC...lol....
I tested both the CPU's before the new mobo arrived, and they are both fine, so I knew the CPU wasnt at fault.....just wondering if this mobo can be salvaged now......hmmm...we'll see....
Anyway hopefully if this BIOS chip comes tomorrow, I may try the original mobo with the spare CPU and RAM, to see if I can get it working.....
Hope I can as I'd really like to build another PC and maybe sell it to cover some of the cost of my new PC, or maybe even buy that 2nd 8800GTS for SLI, and buy some more PC2-6400 RAM taking mine up to the max 4Gb......oh well we'll see.....
Right good luck with your new Mobo when it arrives,, and at least you can rest assured knowing that your RAM and CPU are good as well......
Don't you just love computers....lol.
Some new problem to solve nearly every day.....
So there you go, my PC specs in my siggy are my actual rig now.....FINALLY....lol.
Let me know how you get on with the new board, be really nice to hear you got it up and running....
Kaz
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