ASUS p8p67 Pro - Will not boot

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Hey there, after a few weeks of no PC I received my 2600k and the p67 Pro today, along with 4gb of XMS3 200mhz.

I got it set up properly, went to boot up, yet my monitor just stays there flashing on/off, the dram LED is red, now I've tested each of the 2 sticks of XMS3 in one slot using the MemOk! feature on the motherboard, and this does not work.

I have also tested 3 sticks of Gskill 1600mhz (one by one) in the different slots and these also give a red LED, tried to MemOk feature with these 2 and also nothing.

The only thing I did not replace was my x2 XFX 4980's and my HDD, could it be one of these causing it? I have tested the monitor downstairs on my mum's really old PC and it works fine, so the problem is definitely confined to mine.
 
The main problem for me is, I can't even post, no chance of updating the BIOS, I have tested to PSU's, same problem, the luck of me blowing x2 GPU's at the same time is low and the GPU led is NOT coming on so.

Everything points to a ram problem, I am out of ideas so I posted here.
 
Yep I tried that after I saw your first reply, changes nothing for me, DRAM led is still red, monitor sits there doing nothing, yet there is no check signal cable error meaning the monitor knows it's plugged into the PC.

Edit for the poster above, yes I've tried many different slot combo's and I've even tried some of my DDR3 triple channel in every single slot, 5 pieces of RAM, all of them giving the red led.
 
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So I've been messing around testing different things for a few hours and still no luck. The monitor works fine downstairs on another computer. I have ordered a very cheap GFX to see if both of my 4890's have blown at once (Which I doubt), I tested a new power supply that has never been used and that also made no difference.

The DRAM led is still red no matter what config of ram I use, no matter what slots I put them in and no matter how many MemOk tests I run, which is confusing me, can the RAM stop any signal getting to the monitor? The PC is powered on fine, all fans running ect, although the LED's on my keyboard and mouse and not lit up.
 
So my Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual-Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A2000C9) is NOT on the QVL, but my G.SKILL F3-12800CL9T-6GBN, 6GB(3 x 2GB) is, and this also does not work.

Could I have a defective motherboard? Extreme precautions were taken when handling it, I was grounded and it was done on a rubberish floor in my bathroom, no carpet of any kind, so I am 99% sure its not an ESD problem.
 
Hi, I already tried the first method, I have tested 5 sticks of RAM in each of the 4 slots using the MemOk! switch, it just stays on red after the test is complete.

Just tried putting the 3 pin H70 adapter into a different slot and still no luck.
 
Yes the fans spin.

I have the 3 pin plugged into the 3 pin PWR_FAN slow just above the DRAM_LED.

I have the the two 3 pins going into the one 3 pin adaptor which the instructions said to plug into the CPU header.

Ram-wise - I have tried Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual-Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A2000C9) - I've tried each stick individually in each RAM Slot and run a MemOk switch, it always goes back to red.

I have also done the same with - G.SKILL F3-12800CL9T-6GBN 3x2GB - I have tested them in Dual Channel and each of them individually using the MenOk switch with the same results as the corsair.
 
SimonMaltby said:
Another post with a similar issue although not the red Ram light found that the GPU in the 2nd Pci-e slot got the board to boot. It maybe that the default settings, which increase the BCLK slightly do not agree with your gpu. If you can get into the bios and set BLCK manually to 100 you may be ok.
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I have never seen the BIOS screen once, my monitor power led is flashing on/off.

I've tried both my 4890's in both of the PCI-e slots.

This is very similar to the problem that caused me to upgrade, my old i7 920 would power on/off, on/off then stay on, but nothing would appear on the screen just as it is doing now.
 
Hey Chippy I tried what you suggested and it made no difference (I actually replied about it above:) I have just reseated the CPU and I am giving the CMOS battery a few minutes now, will do the rest of what Simon suggested in a few minutes.

I have only been booting with one GPU, I've tried them both in the pci-e slots prior to this but will try both again after.

In regards to the CPU fan header, I have had the 3 pin splitter for the x2 Corsair fans that came with the H70 plugged into it, is that ok?
 
Seems like the only way, I'll have to phone tech support tomorrow morning, thanks for trying though guys, I will update this thread if I managed to get it working and how I achieved it if I have some good luck for once :P
 
I have a cheap GPU coming tomorrow, so I will test that, already pretty sure thats not the problem but need to get it off the tick list, it would then leave either bad RAM or a bad Mobo, or even maybe a bad CPU.
 
Interesting to see I am not the only one experiencing problems with it, I spent around 10 hours yesterday testing everything I could possible think of to no avail.

- 5 modules of RAM each tested individually in all 4 slots with MemOk
- x2 XMS3 tested in in A1-B1 and A2 + B2 with MemOk - GSkill also tested in in A1-B1 and A2 + B2 with Mem Ok.
- Different PSU
- Tested two GPU's individually in both of the PCI-E slots.
- Un-tightened the retention plate on my CPU a bit to see if it was too tight.
- Tried without my H70's fan plugged into the CPU heaer.
- Tested 3 different monitors, they all work downstairs on my mums OLD PC.

Having 5 sticks of bad RAM, two of them being brand new (The XMS3) is very very unlikely so it's all pointing to the Motherboard or CPU, I have assignments due in for University on Friday that I would have prefered my PC to finish, instead I am stuck doing them on this Macbook Pro :<
 
Update.

New GPU came, have tried it in both PCI-E slots and no change, DRAM led is still red.

Only choice left is to call now it seems unless someone has a miracle fix.
 
Hi sorry for the late reply, I've put a lot of time into sorting this out and I forgot to sleep last night :P

@Nath - I have never posted so a BIOS update is impossible as far as I know

@RusH - Same as above, never made it into the BIOS so I've not touched the OC settings at all. I will try what you recommend with the TPU switch now and update.
 
Ok removed the CPU to check for bent pins and they all look fine, also just tried booting it on the anti static packaging with 1 stick of RAM and the GPU connected, still giving the DRAM LED.
 
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