New Build. No Video, No Post, No Sound. Help!!!

[Piano Man]

Ok, just got a new system.

Intel C2D 6750 with the Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme
Asus P5K-E WiFi Motherboard
Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 2x1GB sticks
EVGA 8800 GTS 320MB Video Card
Corsair 620 watt PS




So of course, I plug in everything first, make all the cabling nice, boot it up.....no boot.

So then I go into troubleshooting mode. I disconnect everything. Reset the CMOS jumper. Then I have the following plugged in:

CPU with HS
1 stick of the memory in DDR slot 1
Power supply connected to the 24 pin and 8 pin connectors
Video Card

Once the power cord goes into the PSU, I turn on the PSU. The MoBo Ready LED lights up just fine.

Then I power up. The system fires up, CPU Fan starts spinning, VGA fan starts spinning, and that's it.

No Video, No Sound, No Post. According to the Asus user guide, I should hear an error beeping noise from the PC Speaker if something goes wrong.

I don't hear anything and my PC speaker is hooked up just fine.


So then I take everything out of the case, and boot it up on a static mat. Same thing.

So at this point, I'm not even getting a sign of life, so I try to piss off the MoBo by not plugging in the extra power cord to the VGA card. Fire it up, and finally I get a loud pissed off beeping noise. At least I know somethings thinking in there.


So now I don't know what to do. Here is what I do know.

The power seems to fine and is going to the MoBo.
The CPU gets hot, which is a good thing.
The USB Keyboard and Mouse DO NOT light up.
When booting up the system with no memory, or no vga, I still don't get a beep. According to the Asus User guide, I should hear a beep for both of these cases.


What do you guys think? Bad Mobo, or am I missing something?

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Power supply most likely, but it COULD be a board. Most likely a psu though

 

[simplemind]

NOPE, not the answer!

WHat his problem most likely is......BIOS! Yes, for some very stupid reason, ASUS decided to ship product with a BIOS that did not support 1333 FSB. WOW how nice is that!

Your choice is to RMA back to ASUS, or get an older processor, and flash the BIOS yourself.

 

[Piano Man]

How do I flash a BIOS if I can't even get to Post? I don't even have video.

Anyways, I went to Fry's and picked up another one. This one actually appears to be a new revision (blue box instead of black, and one higher on the product mfg number)

I'll see tonight when I get home from work.

 

[konakona]

Originally posted by: Piano Man
How do I flash a BIOS if I can't even get to Post? I don't even have video.

Anyways, I went to Fry's and picked up another one. This one actually appears to be a new revision (blue box instead of black, and one higher on the product mfg number)

I'll see tonight when I get home from work.

hope everything goes well with your new mobo.
I am in the middle of trying to solve a similar problem, except the mobo LEDs dont light up in my case. Oh well

 

[dfuze]

Originally posted by: Piano Man
How do I flash a BIOS if I can't even get to Post? I don't even have video.

As simplemind said, if you want to keep this board, you would need to use (maybe borrow from a friend) an older supported processor so that it could boot, then flash it.

 

[Piano Man]

So, I got a new Asus P5KE-WiFi. Its actually revision 1.01 instead of the 1.00 I had before.

I put it in the MoBo tray and hook up the CPU, Memory, Video Card, PS to the 24 and 8 pin connector and the video card, the front panel connectors. Hit the power and....

nothing, doesn't even try.

So I reseat it again, nothing.

Then I take it out of the mobo tray and put it on my table. Fire it up and JACKPOT!!!!! POST!!!

However, I cannot get this thing to not short out in my mobo tray.

Let me clarfiy some more.... I can get it to boot while in the MoBo tray, but as soon as I put it in its final position next to the back plate, it won't boot.

How do I diagnose the short? I'm pretty clueless.

 

[igibson]

It sounds silly but all I can think of is to make sure you don't have any unnecessary stand-offs on your tray or rogue screws.