ASUS P8Z68-V Pro/GEN3 VGA_LED light stays on, won't POST

[White_Worm]

While playing Titanfall last night my computer experienced a BSOD for the first time in months. It reset itself and came back on like normal. I turned it off properly and went to bed. Today, I can't get it to POST. The VGA_LED light comes on during boot and stays on. Here's what I've tried:

• -Reseating the video card
• -Putting the video card in a different PCI slot
• -Plugging in the onboard vga to my monitor/using no video card
• -clearing the CMOS

and nothing has worked. I did get a CMOS clear to take one time, and it did finally turn on through the onboard video (my graphics card was not in the machine at the time). So I went into the advanced BIOS settings to set everything back the way I had it and accidentally entered the EZ flash utility. So I exited the utility and the computer hung for a really long time. So I had no choice but to cut the power and try again. Now I can't get it to boot even though I've tried clearing the CMOS a dozen or so times. It should be noted that I did NOT attempt a BIOS flash in the utility, I just went to its screen and then exited.

The VGA_LED lights up and I can't get it to use the onboard video now. Is there a way to force the onboard? Right now I'm trying a CMOS reset again by leaving the battery out for an hour or so. I'll post here if that does anything.

Any help? Thanks

 

[denis280]

I had it and accidentally entered the EZ flash utility. So I exited the utility and the computer hung for a really long time. So I had no choice but to cut the power

Welcome to the forums.White Worm.Bad move!!try cmos again by holding the power button in for 10 sec.if you can get back into bios.you should have the option Bios flash back.

 

[White_Worm]

Welcome to the forums.White Worm.Bad move!!try cmos again by holding the power button in for 10 sec.if you can get back into bios.you should have the option Bios flash back.

As I said, I'm trying to reset the CMOS again (for the 12th time) by leaving the battery out for a few hours. But I did not start a BIOS flash, I only entered the EZ2 screen. No flash was initiated. If I could get back into the BIOS I'd at least know that the board isn't bricked.

Does anyone know a way to force the onboard video to be used instead of the PCI-e slot? Or does anyone know a way to upgrade/flash the BIOS without the use of a screen?

 

[kevindd992002]

@White Worm

Have you ever fixed this problem?