Hello nil8
You lost me on the MBR.
Media Boot Registry?
Major Boob-bystic Research?
Money Back Reassurance?
( ok, sorry... I'm done now )
.........
Just saw reply from ASUS for my eMail... for present and future reference, I copy/paste here the relevant parts (cutting out the thanks/schmoozing)
And here's their reply (no "schmoozing" to leave out :p)On to the motherboard:::
I did what you asked for, to check for the 'beep codes'.
Here's the results:::::
(1) TEST
No video card.
No RAM.
long-short-short
long-short-short
long-short-short
over and over
(2) TEST
No video card.
RAM installed
long-short-short-short
:-_-: :-_-: :-_-: :-_-: :-_-: :-_-:
Any ideas?
Well Penny... I don't have another video card.Dear sir/madam,
Do you have another VGA card to use and have a test? If the problem still appears, please contact your dealer and let him test P5W DH Deluxe for you. If the problem still exists, please let him send the motherboard to ASUS RMA, we will test it and help you to resolve the problem. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Sincerely,
Penny
ASUS Customer Service Center(China)
I can get a cheap-O one over at (guess!) CompUSA tomorrow.
What's your guys take on it?
Try the new video card idea?
or
Just send the stuff back to NewEgg?
Event Horizon just contracted a little bit...
SIDE-NOTE::: I don't remember if I had the HDD connected when The Knoppix Incident occoured. Sorry I forgot.
Peace, and very many thanks to all!
AJ