Allmost dead...Help needed!

[fempa]

Hi all, I just joined this forum so be kind to me ;-)

Just built my "16th" pc but this time I run out of luck. It will not boot to bios...anymore.
It started just fine, booted Bios and then Vista 64 the first time, all looked fine (memories had correct voltage 1.8V etc).
Time for motherboard drivers...I used the function "Install all" on the Driver-CD.
After a couple of minutes it wanted to do it's first reboot but never woke up...well it tried but it didn't even get to show bios...or sending VGA singnal...disks are spinning both HD's and DVD.

The LCD-poster says "Locked"...I haven't found out what "Locked" means or how to unlock...
I've tried booting from both bios (it got two) doesn't help. I haven't started pull things out yet because I don't suspect hardware failure yet...
So far I haven't found anything in any forums about the "locked" thing...so pls help if you have any clues for me.

fempa

Hardware
Motherboard: Asus Rampage Extreme
Proc: E8600
Memory: A-Data Vitesta DDR3 1600 2x2GB
Graphics: ATI 4870 1G
PSU: Coolermaster 620W
HDD: 2x750 GB Seagate Baracuda
Don't use Raid

 

[Quiksilver]

Power Supply?
How much memory?
Size/Kind Hard Drives?
Anything in RAID?
Did you try clearing the CMOS?

 

[SolMiester]

CMOS reset, remove battery?

 

[fempa]

Yes! I'm alive;-)


I did clear CMOS before posting here but I didn't remove the battery...it did the trick.
SolMiester could you pls explain the difference for me...I though it did the same thing.

And of course thank you BOTH for responding to my post!!!

fempa

 

[StealthMachines]

I'm having the same problem with a rampage II extreme... removing battery did nothing for me 🙁. Any other ideas? Also, what does locked mean exactly?