Damn ASUS...

[FolkLore]

I decided to get an ASUShttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus Striker II Formula and... well... i guess everyone can guess this one...
I got the DAMN "CPU INIT" problem in the LCD Poster.

My specs:

Q9550
ASUS Striker II Formula
4GB (2x2GB) in RAM, Patriot Extreme Performancehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_performance_art 800MHz 4-4-4-12
nVidia GTX 280 GPUhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_processing_unit
320GB HDD

Now i really don't know what can be happening, when i turn on the system everything turns on, fans, fan leds and Republic of Gamers logo. There's no dirt in beween the CPU and its cooler, everything fine, i tried starting up with only one stick of RAM in the farthest DIMMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIMM from the CPU, the closest one, the middle ones.

Nothing semshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...andable_metallic_stent to work... the screen... COMPLETLEY BLACK, nothing...

I push the clrCMOS button but nothing happens, i turned it off and pulled out the battery overnight, but again nothing happens. (by the way my clrCMOS button is NOT a two-position one, when you push it it will come back out alone immediately, unlike the Extreme one)

I also tried isolating the MoBo fom the case, by putting isolating tape in screwshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw , but again nothing happens.

You know i REALLY need help, i need to find a solution, if you know of any method to get it working please post it below.

Thanx everyone.

 

[PhaZe]

So you don't get to the BIOS or anything?

Did you use the Stock heatsink and fan for the q9550?

 

[myocardia]

What PSU are you using? Did you remember to plug in all of the connections, to both the motherboard and the video card? BTW, welcome to anandtech.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

You do not push the clrCMOS button when it is RUNNING!