P8P67 Pro Problems (yeah another one) - keeps rebooting - flashing leds

[atasp8]

I put together my 2500K + P8P67 Pro setup last night and it worked until I tried to move to my 4 disk-RAID setup. The system was running on an OCZ 60GB SSD when it was able to turn on.

Needing to switch the SATA mode from the default ACHI to RAID in the new bios I rebooted. This was the last time the machine started up properly.

The machine keeps rebooting. The Diagnostic LEDs on the board flash one at a time at startup (except the boot device one does not flash). It typically goes Memory-GPU-CPU before looping. It always ends on the CPU one.

I've uploaded a video that shows the flashing light situation. It is sitting on some plastic risers and resting on a box. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG8qBRaMx8M

Anyone seen this or have ideas?



Things I tried:
Nothing ever displays on the display. The best I can tell the machine keeps rebooting almost as if it is doing the MemOK check except it isn't because it doesn't flash the LEDs properly (see below about reset button).

I've tried clearing CMOS too many times to count. And swapped out as much hardware as I could: 2 different power supplies, 6 sticks of RAM alone in all available slots and two different graphics cards. Removed and reinserted CPU; no dice.

I've tried CrashFree3 restoration via USB and USB-DVD but the machine turns off way too quickly for anything to happen.

If I push the reset button at the right time during the reboot loop the machine will stay on and display the memory error LED. If I put the machine into MemOK check mode this LED blinks instead.

Turning on/off EPU and TPU via the hardware switches didn't make a difference.

 

[smokin9]

I was having problems with my board with the mem led lighting up and also couldnt get anything to post on screen at all. I took it all apart and was going to send it back then read some people having issues. What worked for me was clearing the CMOS. I removed the power and switched the jumper over for about 5 mins (not sure if the time doing it really did anything) but it worked.

Before that I removed everything even the drives just to see if I could get something.

Have you tried just using 1 stick of ram and your video card to see if you get post? At least it would show something on screen but it would say you dont have any boootable devices.

 

[atasp8]

Thanks for the suggestions and hope that it can be brought back to life.

Yeah I've tried the one stick of memory and no hard drive approach (as seen in the video cept dark) but no luck. I haven't tried leaving the jumper for extended periods (longer than 1min) but will try that too.

I know what you mean by the boot device LED as the very first time I started the system it was without any drive connected. This LED doesnt flash or stay on when I have nothing plugged in the SATA ports.

I've looked around on other forums and people mentioned the dual/cold boot problem. Mine is similar to that except perpetual in the sense that after restarting once it doesnt come back.

I am going to try clearing CMOS with a screwdriver just incase the jumper isn't doing it properly.

 

[smokin9]

Hopefully it will work for you. I swore my board was DOA but suprised and happy it wasnt. I also tried the clear cmos a couple of times before that but it didnt do anything at first so I did it according to the instructions of removing the power, removing battery and leaving the jumper set for 5 mins and I got boot. Good luck!

 

[atasp8]

I just tried the 5min clear CMOS and the extended instruction clear CMOS. No luck.

I forgot to add to the description that there are no beeping noises when it is in this state. I can get it to beep if I don't install RAM.

Any other suggestions?

 

[atasp8]

I've also tried swapping out the battery with another one but no change.

I found this thread at XS
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=264597

I have the same problem described here except I am unable to recover from it by resetting the CMOS. The LEDs blink (cept the Boot device one, even though I have no boot devices in) one after the other before the machine powers down and reattempts to start up.

 

[BathroomFeeling]

You mentioned that if you don't install your memory, the board will beep, what sort of beep is it?. Does it display anything on screen when it does? Can you try installing the memory in A1 instead of A2? Maybe also in other slots. When you cleared CMOS, can you also try removing the onboard battery (don't forget to put it back when done)?

 

[Zap]

Have you tried the memory button (MemOK or something)? It is supposed to be a RAM safe mode or something. Instructions are in the manual.

 

[atasp8]

The beep pattern is the "no memory" one and the MemOK LED is a solid red when that happens. This makes me think the BIOS is not completely dead. However, I've never seen anything on the screen once it had this problem.

Yeah I've tried the MemOK button. It can switch into the MemOK mode but it doesnt get anywhere after that (see comment about the blink pattern being different). It has the same shutdown after a few seconds.

I've RMAed the board and the new one has no issues so far. I hope it isn't a case of using 5 SATA ports causing this problem.

 

[bankster55]

you RMA'd the board in one day, already got new one up and running?
who did the RMA?

 

[atasp8]

you RMA'd the board in one day, already got new one up and running?
who did the RMA?

I ordered online from NCIX. But I went instore to do the RMA. The tech instantly knew what the issue was when he saw the flashing lights and promptly replaced the board. Not sure if this means it is common.

 

[bankster55]

Oh. O.K.

Depending on the new mobo working "fully", that is bad news, since it indicates there are in fact QC probs with ASUS again. Would like to know if it still goes well with 5 SATA loaded - if you intend to do that config again.

 

[atasp8]

I did was update the BIOS immediately so this isn't quite an apples to apples comparison (0804 to 1053 beta)

I just tried the 5 port setup and everything is working fine. I specifically picked this board because it contained so many SATA ports. xcept one of my seagate 2TBs keep falling out of raid (scans say its fine.. seems to be of the CC34 death firmware gen)

 

[Majic 7]

never mind. Just saw Gary Key's post about new bios. Don't need the temp fix I posted.