I have the EVGA nForce 680i SLI board, it isn't currently in a case and it's not grounding anywhere. 
It's throwing a weird post LED that I could see listed anywhere, or I can't read it.
 
Firstly, I'm not really sure HOW to read it, one way or the other.
 
It either is an 8 followed by a lower-case E, or a G followed by an 8.
 
I'm stuck. It has only basic components attached:
CPU, Heat sink, Fan, PSU (although the PSU only has a 4 pin CPU power plug), Graphics card (EN6600, for now, will eventually be 2 8600 gts' in sli, if I can get the damned thing to post). 
 
I'll try to get a picture of it later. 

yes, It had a single 512mb single sided DDR2 pc2-3200 ram stick in it. tried all four ram slots, same result.

I had scoured that entire document before posting on the forums. I had been searching for possible solutions to the problem and had no luck, hence posting at all. I've been in communications with the EVGA Tech Support, and they haven't been able to be much help yet, but it may end up being that they just send out a new one, so we'll see. Any ideas in the mean time?

jhatc1

The only thing, maybe the four pin going to the CPU power instead a 8 pin. If can borrow a ps that has a 8 pin for the CPU to see if it works, it worth a shot.
Jim

 
+1

You might very well be right, try diconnecting power, remove the CMOS battery for 10mins or so and clear the BIOS and see if you get a boot

Smartbomb

You might very well be right, try diconnecting power, remove the CMOS battery for 10mins or so and clear the BIOS and see if you get a boot

Well, I was going to suggest that, Smartbomb beat me to the punch. I guess go ahead and RMA the board. Let us know how it goes. You can use the same post instead of starting a new one.
Good luck,
Jim

Update, for those who wonder, I have been approved, now I just have to find the time to go to the fedex store to get it shipped. sucks that they won't pay for both to and from shipping, but hey. 15 bucks to ship is definitely worth not having to buy a whole new motherboard. Will let you guys know what happens for those who are interested.

Shipped out today, went on the fedex truck at the last second :P Should be there by monday, tuesday the latest. Next step...play the waiting game. they say it's a 1-3 day turn around period once they receive it in their warehouse. So here's to hoping. 

Finally got my board back. They didn't have stock of anything before the 790i, which is what I received, so if you do end up sending in a 680i, you'll likely get back a 790i. Sucks, because the 8 gigs of ddr2 became useless, as the 790i is a ddr3 motherboard. :/ can't win them all. SO I'm configuring it now :)

Yeah, No joke. This board is legit. Aside from having to track down some ddr3 (which ended up being pretty easy, as I work at an electronics recycling center, we get about 40 gigs of ddr3 a month, which is slim pickings in comparison to what other ram comes in), This board is fantastic.  Triple sli capable, up to like, 1600mhz ram speed, it's got 2 gigabit ethernet jacks, 6 rear usb ports, and 3 mobo spaces to use front panal usb/firewire. Only issue I have had with it is that how the case/motherboard is configured, I can't plug in the front audio jacks cause the wiring that is built into the case isn't long enough to reach it. It literally would have to span opposite corners of the case, and for a case of this ones size, it's not easy (Lian-Li PCv1200 ii plus brushed aluminum case). Otherwise, this board is hands down the best mobo I've ever gotten to work with.
 
Oh, and to answer your question about the quirks with ram, I did have some difficulty running 2 different sticks of 2 gb ram, one was crucial, nice, 1600mhz, the other was some no name 1066. They didn't play nicely. So I kept the crucial and sold the other one.

yeah, it's sweet. I'm posting from it now, but I can't get it to recognize the raid array i have set up :/ In bios I can set it up, and it shows that it's healthy, but when I boot up into windows 7 pro 64bit, i go to the storage section of the control panel and nothing shows up in the hard drive selection screen. So i'm at a loss now :/ 

kmisterk

yeah, it's sweet. I'm posting from it now, but I can't get it to recognize the raid array i have set up :/ In bios I can set it up, and it shows that it's healthy, but when I boot up into windows 7 pro 64bit, i go to the storage section of the control panel and nothing shows up in the hard drive selection screen. So i'm at a loss now :/ 

Did you download mobo drivers from nvidia, if so did you do a complete install?
Jim

kmisterk

EVGA_MatthewH


What version of windows? What level RAID? Sounds like its not formatted or given a drive letter yet.
If its XP try this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000
If its Vista try this: http://windows.microsoft....-a-hard-disk-partition
And 7 this: http://pcsupport.about.co...nagement-windows-7.htm

It's windows 7 pro 64bit, I think it's raid 0, but the bios raid configuration just calls it "striped". I'll go check out that link. Followed that link and I had tried that already. windows disk management doesn't see it either.

jhatc1 


Did you download mobo drivers from nvidia, if so did you do a complete install? 
Jim 

 
Yes, let it run a full install, and yes, downloaded it from nvidia. Restarted, and everything else that didn't previously worked amazingly well (ie. second Ethernet, Sound selection options, bios upgrade, etc.) 

What mobo driver version?

Did you do a fresh install of windows or did you plug in your hard drives with the os already install, set up your raid and go?
BTW looks like you got the newest mobo drivers.
Jim

I hate to say this but, I leaning towards backing up files and do a clean install of windows then set up your raid for storage.
Jim