I recently bought a motherboard on Ebay. It is an EVGA 131-K8-NF44 NForce4 SLI Micro ATX. I used it an put a computer together with the following hardware:
- AMD Athlon 64 3000+
- 512MB PC3200 (Geil)
- EVGA e-GeForce 7300 GS 256MB PCI-E video card
- Antec 480W PSU (also tried a 400W SolyTech)
I haven't connected any optical or hard drives yet.
The SLI jumpers are set to 'off' since I have only 1 graphics card and it is in the middle x16 slot. According to the
manual all socket 939 Athlon 64 CPUs are supported and a 350W PSU is the minimum (300 is the minimum listed for the graphics card).
When I power up the system the fans kick on, there is one beep from the system speaker, EVGA is briefly ( 2 or 3 seconds) displayed on the monitor, and then the video cuts out and the fans shut off as the system speaker makes a sort of trilling noise.
All of the components I've plugged into this EVGA motherboard work fine when plugged into a Foxconn motherboard.
I've contacted the buyer and he doesn't know what else to do. I'm looking for some additional trouble shooting ideas before I request to return it. Please let me know if anyone has any or if more info is required.
