Kornowski
VIP Member
Finally got my computer fixed, it'd been broken for far too long!
It was like Christmas all over again;
What was inside... FTW!
I love the on-board power and reset buttons, then to the left is the reset CMOS button. That folks, is why it's FTW.
The dust on my TT before I took it off the old board;
I had to remove the backing plate off the back of the 965P... This was a right pain.
I had to use a hair dryer and some brute force to finally get it off...
It had annoyed me so much, I had to teach that little SOB. I made it listen to the entire West Life best of CD. The little bastard;
Now, I did have some problems with it...
I had just got it all set up. Installed Vista and a few updates and drivers. Turned it off to go to sleep, when I came to turn it on in the morning, it wouldn't boot. It powered up for a second maybe then turned off. The Post read out thing showed 'FF' then for a split second it showed 'FA'. I only know this because I had to video it and pause the video to see what it had said.
I tried resetting the CMOS, taking the battery out, taking the RAM out, different HDD and pushing the BIOS chip down a little. Nothing worked...
I read on the EVGA boards that other people have had this problem, it was sometimes associated with backing plates on HSF's. I figured I'd put it on too tight, as I couldn't see any of the threads on the screws.
So, I plopped on the stock Intel HSF (Eww, Yeah, I know.) and it booted up just fine;
I put some electrical tape on the backing plate too, just to stop any shorts.
Now, It's all done and together. Well, so to speak. It's not in the case yet, as I'm waiting for some more stuff.
There's a bit of clearance between the NB and the TT, but it fits just fine!
All done!
It was like Christmas all over again;
What was inside... FTW!
I love the on-board power and reset buttons, then to the left is the reset CMOS button. That folks, is why it's FTW.
The dust on my TT before I took it off the old board;
I had to remove the backing plate off the back of the 965P... This was a right pain.
I had to use a hair dryer and some brute force to finally get it off...
It had annoyed me so much, I had to teach that little SOB. I made it listen to the entire West Life best of CD. The little bastard;
Now, I did have some problems with it...
I had just got it all set up. Installed Vista and a few updates and drivers. Turned it off to go to sleep, when I came to turn it on in the morning, it wouldn't boot. It powered up for a second maybe then turned off. The Post read out thing showed 'FF' then for a split second it showed 'FA'. I only know this because I had to video it and pause the video to see what it had said.
I tried resetting the CMOS, taking the battery out, taking the RAM out, different HDD and pushing the BIOS chip down a little. Nothing worked...
I read on the EVGA boards that other people have had this problem, it was sometimes associated with backing plates on HSF's. I figured I'd put it on too tight, as I couldn't see any of the threads on the screws.
So, I plopped on the stock Intel HSF (Eww, Yeah, I know.) and it booted up just fine;
I put some electrical tape on the backing plate too, just to stop any shorts.
Now, It's all done and together. Well, so to speak. It's not in the case yet, as I'm waiting for some more stuff.
There's a bit of clearance between the NB and the TT, but it fits just fine!
All done!
