P5N-E SLi Entering BIOS Hangs

[imported_Dinky]

Hi All

I have Just finished building a new PC Spec as follows.

P5N-E-SLi
Core 2 Duo E6600
PNY 2x 1GB PC-6400 DDR2-800 RAM
Palit GeForce 8800GTS
X-Fi Platnium
Silverstone 650watt power supply
SATA WD HDD's
Pioneer DVD/RW

I am able to get to the ASUS logo screen before the POST but can't get any further. If i press DEL or try to select the boot device it just freezes.

Also the Keyboard doesn't seem to work after the first beep.

I have Reseated everything twice. except the CPU and tried one stick of RAM in Every slot.

I have now unpluged everything except from the CPU, Graphics card and RAM.
But still having the same problems.

Any Help Would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance

Ryan

 

[Fiat1]

Reset the bios and try it again.

 

[imported_Dinky]

Hi Fiat1

Thanks for the suggestion but I have already tried to clear the CMOS RTC.

and other than that I can't access the BIOS

 

[chizow]

What BIOS revision is on the board? It sounds like a memory/SPD issue, as this board can be pretty picky. Its possible the SPD is running default 1T command rate or undervolting the memory based on SPD. I know its not a good fix but the only way might be to get a different stick and boot with that, then change the memory settings/timings and swap the PNY in. Other option would be to get a new motherboard. Overall I'm not real happy with the P5N-E SLI and would've paid more for a better board if I had to do it over again.

 

[imported_Dinky]

I Think that its 1.02rev but not sure as i'm just going off what should come standard out of box