Help! new build won't boot

[Salamander]

Finishing up a new build. Corsair 550D case, I-5 3570 Ivy Bridge CPU, ASUS P8Z77-V LGA 1155 Intel Z77 mobo, Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB), Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO.

When I turn it on, the cpu fan, the graphics card, and two of the three case fans turn on for a few seconds, and then turn off - and keep repeating. The CPU led light on the mobo is red. Memory light ok.

No beeps.

I tried with no memory, no sound card, no graphics cards, no hdd. still won't post.

I reseated the HSF - same problem. Any ideas?

 

[Salamander]

Finishing up a new build. Corsair 550D case, I-5 3570 Ivy Bridge CPU, ASUS P8Z77-V LGA 1155 Intel Z77 mobo, Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB), Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO.

When I turn it on, the cpu fan, the graphics card, and two of the three case fans turn on for a few seconds, and then turn off - and keep repeating. The CPU led light on the mobo is red. Memory light ok.

No beeps.

I tried with no memory, no sound card, no graphics cards, no hdd. still won't post.

I reseated the HSF - same problem. Any ideas?

I reseated the CPU as well. I also pulled the mobo out of the case and disconnected everything except the CPU and HSF. No luck. I push the power button, and the green power button comes on and the CPU LED turns red. THe CPU HSF spins up, and then everything shuts down. A few seconds later it turns back on and repeats the cycle. Never posts, never beeps.

 

[unixwizzard]

According to the support page @ ASUS, the board needs at minimum BIOS version 1015 for the 3570 cpu. It could be your board has an older BIOS version and needs update..

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8Z77V/#support_CPU

 

[Salamander]

Update - I completely rebuilt it. Now all the fans spin. However, I still don't get any beeps, the CPU LED light is still red, nothing shows up on the monitor. I tried the USB flash update - the green light flashes three times and then goes solid - indicating it's not working.

I checked the CPU and I re-built - no bent pins.

I removed the on-board battery for 30 seconds, and then put it back.

When I push the power button now, the components power up and stay powered, but nothing on the monitor and nothing indicating it is posting.

Any more suggestions?

 

[Matt1970]

I think you are stuck especially if the problem is what unixwizzard said.

 

[Salamander]

I think you are stuck especially if the problem is what unixwizzard said.

If it's not the bios version, any idea what it could be?

 

[Ketchup]

Hello Salamander, it sounds like unixwizzard is correct here. There is no way to know at this point what BIOS is on the board, but most if the boards I buy come with pretty old ones. You have a few options:

1. You can return the board and get a Z77 board.
2. You can return the CPU and get a Sandy Bridge.
3. You can take the board to a local computer shop that will do the BIOS update for you. Don't even bother taking it to a retail store like Best Buy. If they would even do it, they would charge you an arm and a leg.

Where did you get the parts from?

 

[Salamander]

Hello Salamander, it sounds like unixwizzard is correct here. There is no way to know at this point what BIOS is on the board, but most if the boards I buy come with pretty old ones. You have a few options:

1. You can return the board and get a Z77 board.
2. You can return the CPU and get a Sandy Bridge.
3. You can take the board to a local computer shop that will do the BIOS update for you. Don't even bother taking it to a retail store like Best Buy. If they would even do it, they would charge you an arm and a leg.

Where did you get the parts from?

It is a Z77 board, and I got it from Newegg (a few days more than 30 days ago).

 

[Ketchup]

It is a Z77 board, and I got it from Newegg (a few days more than 30 days ago).

Gotcha, sorry about that. Strange that the CPU wasn't supported since the original bios (0801 I think.)

 

[Salamander]

Update: I removed the on-board battery again, this time for about 20 minutes. Before when I tried to update the bios using the usb back port and the mobo bios update button, the green light would flash three or four times and then stay lit without blinking, which the support website indicates it didn't work. After pulling the battery for 20 minutes I tried this approach again. It appeared to work, at least according to how the green light flashed. So it appears I may have the latest bios. Still wouldn't post. I tried a different memory stick, one that is working with another similar ASUS board. No luck. I swapped out the PSU with one that is working - again no luck.

Given the above, is it most likely the mobo? The CPU? Both?

 

[daveybrat]

I highly doubt that it's the cpu. Odds are vastly in your favor for the motherboard being bad as opposed to the cpu. I would send that back first, and quickly before your time runs out at Newegg.

 

[Salamander]

I highly doubt that it's the cpu. Odds are vastly in your favor for the motherboard being bad as opposed to the cpu. I would send that back first, and quickly before your time runs out at Newegg.

My time at Newegg has already run out, so I'll have to deal with ASUS.

Thanks, all!

 

[Salamander]

One other thing I noticed this morning. The mem ok button on the motherboard has never lit up, but this morning I pushed it to see what would happen. It started blinking red - then the power turned off, and back on, and stayed blinking red. The memory works on my other similar ASUS board, and I also tried the working memory from the other board on tis one.

Is it possible tis is a memory problem rather than a motherboard problem?

 

[cruisecj5]

had the same issue, found some pins on CPU were bent, straightened them out I now get to Bios screen, but doesn't seem to read my keyboard to advance on yet. Good luck

 

[Salamander]

I decided to go the RMA route - shipped it out today.

 

[Salamander]

I received the repaired motherboard back, built the compute with no problems. One thing that seems a bit odd – the motherboard temps are about 6 degrees higher at idle than the pro version of the board. Same case, same case fans, different CPU and different CPU cooler, different graphics card, same memory. The CPU temps are essentially the same. The pro board mobo temps at idle are running 30c, while this mobo temps are running at idle at 36c. Is this typical?