NightRaven

hey guys haven been following but here's what i found...

1) i got a new blitz formula.. made in china pcb and it has this boot issue

2) when i used my made in taiwan batch this NEVER HAPPENED.

3) now everyone in singapore who has changed to the new board has this.

4) i am still testing what could be it. but my suspiciouns lay on the voltminder leds OR strap and dvider issues.

this is a great board honest, just a few kinks that even the striker had... let me test more

PS i dont think any formula with an ORANGE onboard hdd led has this prob. BUT their prob is the casing hdd led will not function.

eva2000

Interesting my Blitz Formula is also made in China PCB but no boot problems so far - will know more when i prepare the board for phase change

NightRaven

haha its so weird George.. really dont know what it is.. i tested the leds and couldnt get the prob to happen.. maybe didn leave it long enough also but its hard to say n i doubt its leds...

so maybe strap and divider u reckon?

eva2000

Well i put all my thoughts on the issue into this thread Asus Blitz series boot up issue discussion thread heh

wanderer256

On my board, painted text near PCI slots states "pcb made in Taiwan", but glued paper sticker near CPU socket reads "Made in China", so I really don't know where my board was made

I have tried to run the board both with leds enabled and disabled - still no good.

My board has orange HDD led and still has the boot problem (And the casing HDD led does not function, too)

eva2000

wanderer256 what does the corner of PCB say ? bottom left of this photo http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/mot...ormula_04.html

wanderer256

"PCB made in Taiwan"

H[]R3NDUS

My Blitz Formula seems to be having some hissy fits as well..what works yesterday wont seem to bootup today...

lcd poster was stuck on cpu initilization...

swapped cpu and memory still no good....i loosend of the poles that hold down evap enclosure and seems to be ok again...but again it stopped booting...

so i dunno if its me cpu/memory or poles through motherboard...i might remove from the case and setup on a bench ...never really had this issue before with any board...

Commando still going strong but .....daughter Loves it ...