ASUS p8p67 Pro - Will not boot

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.
 
Ok... it's looking rather desperate :(

Next things i can suggest to try are.
Check the CPU - maybe reseat it and check you have good contact with the Heatsink.
Remove the power cable and take the Cmos battery out for a couple of minutes to completely clear the Cmos.

Then boot with one GPU and one stick of RAM only. Make sure you a fan in the CPU fan header if possible.

Other than that and if all the cables including the 8pin CPU power and the Pci-e cables are connected then I'm at a loss
 
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.
 
adamsde107 said:
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.
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The GPU is not the problem mate, had the same issues with it myself, my GPU works fine, I know this because I'm using it in my 775 mobo.

I think it's just another crappy asus board with their legendary quality control :mad:. Never again will I blow my money on another asus product as long as I'm alive :(.

Tried everything & had temperamental results ultimately leading to me wanting to smash the board up, but I'll try getting an exchange for a gigabyte board or a refund before I go there lol :D.
 
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.
 
Is there another possible method for getting the bios updated to the latest if you can't post, mine came with 0402 bios & can't get into the bios, did do a few times, even managed to install win 7 but soon after started getting booting problems again, had the latest bios on a flash drive but it didn't pick up on it, really want to get this board working as it looks good & has all the spec I need & I can't spend any more lol, also I'd like to be able to say asus isn't so bad :D.

I've had the battery out of the mobo for over an hour now so I'm going to try it out again, I'll use the intel heatsink though this time (PITA carry on installing the megahalems lol).
 
If you're one of the ones still having problems with this board getting it to post, try another couple of things I needed to do to get mine to post (after many hours of buggering around... not too impressed with this asus so far)

In addition to Gibbo's sticky - be very careful with OC tuner or ANY auto settings, when i eventually got mine to boot I saw some pretty scary voltages (at least in comparison to what i'd set), I think the board was trying to compensate for vdroop and jumping way over any manual settings.

I've got a 2600k and Corsair XMS3 btw

First - Disable EPU via the switch on the top right near the dimm sockets it should be in the UP position and NO blue LED by the switch should be lit on power up.

Second - Enable TPU via the switch bottom right underneath the PCI/PCI-E slots, blue LED should be lit on this one.

Unplug the power cord and clear the CMOS.

Give it a few seconds, cross your fingers, power on and hope for the best. At this point mine posted, quickly take the chance to go into the EFIBios and manually set the voltages to stock.

Once you've got windows up and running update to 1053 Bios using the Asus update app, mine wouldnt update from the bios utility, maybe an issue with the 0402 bios dated october last year...

Mine has then remained stable since - I have started to push mine a little, but only a tad at time, still perfectly stable, currently at 1.235 4.3Ghz
Follow Gibbos voltage guidelines, espescially memory voltages my XMS3 is perfectly happy at 1600mhz 9-9-9-24 with 1.5v and has greatly improved stability of the CPU at lower voltages ?! dont know why. Anyway hope that someone else is able to get round thier issues like I was, the asus board nearly took the quick way to my front garden last night.
 
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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.
 
adamsde107 said:
Tried what Rust suggested with on effect.
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Me too, red LED on the cpu spot again.

Now I think back & after reading of some other people describing the sound they heared when clamping down the cpu bracket & how super tense it were to clamp down I've a feeling it bent all the pins simultaniously unless they aren't supposed to be straight up I don't know, I do know that bad noise doesn't happen when I put the cpu in & clamp down since so yeah I think it bent all the pins & I definitely put the cpu in the correct way :eek:.
 
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