05-23-2005, 05:15 PM
Sorry for the short post before, but one reply got eaten and I had to go.
So not one of the IDE/ATAPI drives works? Can't use HD or CD? Do these components still work with the old parts fine?
Burnt Smell is bad. I've witnessed it twice, and both times it was a failed Power supply - but yours is still booting, so that's a good sign. Have you tried the old power supply with the new stuff? Keep the components down to a bare minimum (Memory, Video, HD) and see if it detects the HD. If it does, add in parts until it doesn't detect it. If everything works, you've got a bad (new) power supply.
I'd more lean toward problems with the motherboard, though. Either some setting got messed up or the IDE channels are fried. I have an A8V (similar, but not the A8V-E), but can't remember what settings are like in the BIOS - damn thing went bad and is being looked at by Asus now.
So not one of the IDE/ATAPI drives works? Can't use HD or CD? Do these components still work with the old parts fine?
Burnt Smell is bad. I've witnessed it twice, and both times it was a failed Power supply - but yours is still booting, so that's a good sign. Have you tried the old power supply with the new stuff? Keep the components down to a bare minimum (Memory, Video, HD) and see if it detects the HD. If it does, add in parts until it doesn't detect it. If everything works, you've got a bad (new) power supply.
I'd more lean toward problems with the motherboard, though. Either some setting got messed up or the IDE channels are fried. I have an A8V (similar, but not the A8V-E), but can't remember what settings are like in the BIOS - damn thing went bad and is being looked at by Asus now.
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