Abit IN9 32X-MAX boot problem POSTCODE 8.A

[SpawnDK]

Hello everyone. Im am just about to panic with this problem bothering the for the past few days. ANY help or feedback will be greatly appreciated.

I have a system with the following specs:
Abit in9 32x-max motherboard
Intel Q9550 CPU
4GB OCZ SLI DDR2 RAM
2x Geforce8800GT running in SLI
850w Zallman PSU
2x500GB HDD in raid0

I've had this mobo for 4 years and it's been great. Last week I bought 2 new ASUS Geforce 560 TI gfx cards along with more RAM to put some power in the old beast.

- First i replaced the RAM and booted up (still with the 2 old 8800GT cards) - no problem.
- I then mounted both of the new geforce560 TI with SLI bridge and all.

Now when i boot I'll get a Postcode 8.A (NorthBridge Chipset Voltage Ready) for 5 second and then it shuts down, screen is consistently black and I haven't touched the northbridge/chipset at all.

- I cleared the CMOS, took out batteri for a few minutes and booted up again - same error.
- I replaced the new gfx cards with just 1 of the old ones just to get the machine to boot - still the same.

Now after several days of troubleshooting I am totally blank on what to do, I feel like i've tried anything. I can't even get the system back up with the old setup - which was working fine just days ago.

I eliminated the problem to be somewhere in either PSU or motherboard as I've disconnected everything except CPU/mobo/PSU and I STILL get the PostCode 8.A - then a shutdown. I'm worried that I may have killed my mobo or PSU

Any ideas? I really hope someone can help!

[Bitter]

Did you connect the extra auxiliary power connector at the bottom of the board? Did you verify the PSU is putting out the correct voltages? What voltage/timing/brand/size memory modules are they? Remove all but one module and install just one video card, see what happens.

I realize you probably have already given up with support here, I fear this may be a dead forum as well. But can you do me a favor? If you do happen to get it booted and come back, let me know if you're running Windows7 64bit, because if you are I have questions for you about the onboard nForce Sata controllers.

[SpawnDK]

I didnt make it work. It was as u said, I had forgotten to re-connect the last 4 pin in the 24pin AUX power - and 1 boot was enough to toast the northbridge. (terrible mistake)

I bought a new one..

I was running win7 84-bit I may still be able to answer your questions? I don't remember having any complications with the sata controllers - setting up raid was easy too.