Problems with my Mobo.
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PCUser1
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Your board does have sata ports, they are at the bottom.
well my mobo didnt come with any of the sata plug or sata chip. but still why is my mobo not working
wolfeking
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First, be clear with what you are saying. You said you have a ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe which does have SATA, but you say it does not have SATA. Check teh model number and make sure that is the right model. If it is, then look at the location that John showed for SATA ports. If they are not there, try a different motherboard. There is a good chance that the one you are using is damaged.
Next, have you tried another GPU at all? That could very well be your issue, assuming this statement
is really true.
Have you been able to test the RAM at all? If not, take it to a shop and have it tested, bad RAM could end in a no boot situation.
PSU, if it boots with one, and not the other, then one is bad. End of story.
PCUser1
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no it has sata but no ports were installed into it. but this is the right mobo, but also i am waiting for some thermal paste so i will beable to remove my gpu and use it to for my other mobo. also all this RAM i got was new out of a box and it was tested by the guy who gave me the computer. he checked mostly only the mobo and ram he left everything to me to plug in and ect.
wolfeking
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NIB means exactly nothing when trouble shooting.
I don't believe that. There would be no reason to install one and not the other. The board manufacturer would be loosing money with each board. Check it again.
Thermal paste to remove GPU. Please tell us what the heck you mean. the GPU can be removed without any damage to the thermal interface. Take the ATI card out and test it on another machine.
At this point, you are going in circles and will probably not fine the main issue because of it.
I don't believe that. There would be no reason to install one and not the other. The board manufacturer would be loosing money with each board. Check it again.
Thermal paste to remove GPU. Please tell us what the heck you mean. the GPU can be removed without any damage to the thermal interface. Take the ATI card out and test it on another machine.
At this point, you are going in circles and will probably not fine the main issue because of it.
PCUser1
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Well if i was able to post an image you would see no sata cardset at the bottom. i dont want to remove the gpu because i dont have my thermal paste yet then the gpu would be just sitting there not doing anything cause i cant paste it back on. But if i were to remove the Gpu it wouldnt fit in my other other computer so i should just take my other mobo and use that and see if it works if it does we then we know that the other was defective or not BUT i cant do any thing cause i dont have the thermal paste cause i am scared if i run the mobo with out the heat sink on the microprocessor it might over heat.
wolfeking
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Removing the GPU DOES NOT MEAN YOU REMOVE THE HEATSINK! for the second time now. You remove the whole assembly, including heatsink and PCB as a single unit. It is plugged into the PCI slot by your own words.
But the way you are going around in circles here, just take it to a shop and have them diagnose it.
But the way you are going around in circles here, just take it to a shop and have them diagnose it.
Okedokey
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If you lose patience its better not to post anything mate.
Its quite common for motherboards to be made but then miss several components depending on spec.
That's true. I've noticed it with ASUS boards quite a lot. The P5 which I had for my Core 2 Quad was a low-end board and you could see where fan headers on the motherboard had been removed. Pretty sure on my P7 which I had for my i5 760 you could see stuff had been removed too - not 100% sure on that one though, but on my low-end P5 you definitely could.
@the OP - as stated above, you don't need thermal paste to remove the whole graphics card. Your graphics card will be held into your board via an AGP port (which may have some sort of locking mechanism on it to keep the card secure) and it will be held into your case via one or two (depending on the size of the heatsink) screws. Remove the screws holding your graphics card into the case, then either gently remove the whole card from the motherboard if your AGP slot doesn't have a locking mechanism. Most do have locking mechanisms, so you may need to push a little clip down at the end of the AGP slot. Once you have pushed in the clip, slowly and gently remove the card from the motherboard.
Here's a video you can watch if you find it easier to learn that way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojD3T33Qx4w
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PCUser1
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wait.... i thought we were talking about the microprocessor which is at the top of the board and has the heat sink on it..... which is held on the cpu with thermal paste. i didnt think you ment the graphics card.That's true. I've noticed it with ASUS boards quite a lot. The P5 which I had for my Core 2 Quad was a low-end board and you could see where fan headers on the motherboard had been removed. Pretty sure on my P7 which I had for my i5 760 you could see stuff had been removed too - not 100% sure on that one though, but on my low-end P5 you definitely could.
@the OP - as stated above, you don't need thermal paste to remove the whole graphics card. Your graphics card will be held into your board via an AGP port (which may have some sort of locking mechanism on it to keep the card secure) and it will be held into your case via one or two (depending on the size of the heatsink) screws. Remove the screws holding your graphics card into the case, then either gently remove the whole card from the motherboard if your AGP slot doesn't have a locking mechanism. Most do have locking mechanisms, so you may need to push a little clip down at the end of the AGP slot. Once you have pushed in the clip, slowly and gently remove the card from the motherboard.
Here's a video you can watch if you find it easier to learn that way.
PCUser1
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ok the other one the TTGI one with the switch on it turns on the mobo but none of the components like the 2 hard drives, dvd/cd drives , and the floppy drive.
PCUser1
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i cant upload the images cause they are to large... like a couple 10000 pixels to large... and i tried to make them small but it is all blurry. sometime i hate my camera -.-
Hmm going by what was said on the last page it sounded as if you wanted to remove your GPU/graphics card hence why I posted those instructions.
Open up the files in MS Paint, click Resize, type in 50 in each box, hit OK, hit save - done.
wolfeking
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Patience is not lost yet. Just look at the entire thread. He is talking in circles. It would be faster for him to have it diagnosed at a shop, and then he can fix what they find.
I am not saying that it is not common. I am saying it makes no business sense first, and his model should have it from every source of info out there except him, which leads us to believe that he has a different board than he says.
PCUser1
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NO it is the same board as i said it was the A7N8X-E Deluxe. That is the board and here is the image! http://s1308.photobucket.com/user/PC_USER64/library/computer?sort=3&page=1 THERE CLICK IT!