FF error code on Epox 8RDA+..won't post

[mcveigh]

OK I got this board for my parents, I installed it, got into the bios the first time with all drives disconnected, set up the bios, shutdown, connected the drives then turned back on. now the only code the LED displays is FF and it won't even post.

Any ideas or am I screwed here?

 

[bgeh]

if i remember correctly, FF means dead/bad proc
so just make sure you have seated the proc correctly

 

[mcveigh]

I have the cpu and all other parts runnign in an asus nforce1 right now, so everything else works

 

[Abem3]

RMA...

I had the exact same problem.. I did call EPoX tech support and they sent me a new BIOS chip in the mail for free.. but I already had my new MB by the time I got the chip.

My 2nd 8RDA has been rock solid.

 

[mechBgon]

What BIOS revisions are/were the two of you using?

 

[mcveigh]

I think it was a march bios, and I did hear there were problems withthat one but I can't flash it now of course.

 

[MARMADUKE]

set up the bios, shutdown,

You cannot save & exit then power down!, the system must reboot to cmos setup first!
sounds like you made big mistake!

 

[mcveigh]

Originally posted by: MARMADUKE

set up the bios, shutdown,

You cannot save & exit then power down!, the system must reboot to cmos setup first!
sounds like you made big mistake!

this is what I always do, I wait till it had rebooted safely then powered down.

 

[Ilmater]

For future reference, FF does not mean bad proc, it actually means nothing bad. That's what it displays when it's running properly.

 

[mcveigh]

but it doesn't ever change. it should run through codes while booting up.

BTW i returned it to newegg

 

[videobruce]

FF is ther highest test code that can be displayed. That means all the tests were run. If it doesn't boot it is probably the MB. Remove the battery, use the jumper that shorts out the power to the bios (reset the bios), let it sit a minute, replace the battery, put only the video card and memory in, nothing else and see if it boots.

If not, RMA time, though you could try the Bios chip route if they would send you one.