ASUS p8p67 Pro - Will not boot

Yeah, unfortunately i spoke too soon.

I had a system crash, rebooted, cleared cmos, no post, now nothing I do will let me post apart from a single stick of ram, even then if I change ANY setting, even just disabling the marvell SATA controller and reboot it fails to post.

I started to think it may be the way the board detects XMS3 as I noticed it picking up 1T and when I was stable the whole time CPU-z reported 2T command rate. so I rebooted with one stick, hard set the timings as well as 2T, put the ram back in and no, didnt work. Im sick of it tbh.

Will be returning for a refund. In the meantime ordered an MSI board from OCUK, I'll need a PC over the weekend or im stuffed for work so couldnt wait for RMA i've lost enough time this week already
 
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.
 
Looking at the threads of people that cant get their boards to post... I see that you all have ATI graphics cards (those that say). Just a thought.
 
this is floating about for ppl with the ram problem,seems to have fixed it for a lot so far.


Clear RTC RAM procedure

1. Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord.
2. Move the jumper cap from pins 1-2 (default) to pins 2-3. Keep the cap on pins 2-3 for about 5–10 seconds, then move the cap back to pins 1-2.



3. Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer.
4. Hold down the "Del" key during the boot process and enter BIOS setup to re-enter data.

*If the steps above do not help, remove the onboard battery and move the jumper again to clear the CMOS RTC RAM data. After the CMOS clearance, reinstall the battery
 
Sorry then m8 i got no other ideas or seen any other fixes,i feel for you as you been trying for so long,hope you get it sorted.
 
try changing the bios battery, ive had my hair pulled out at what i thought were ram/motherboard /psu problesm, ive had 4 batteries die on me, 2 were dead on arrival of the motherboard

its a cheap test to try if all else fails
 
Hmm nice to see I am not the only one with this DRAM LED problem, I guess we need to wait for someone at OCHQ to reply, I currently have replied to an RMANote where they asked me to check if the CPU pins were damaged, reseated the CPU 3 times now too.

Everything points to a bad motherboard or CPU, no way 3 different graphics card, 5 sticks of ram and 2 PSU's have all gone bad at the same time.
 
how about the PSU and Cables? If you were having a similar problem with the i7 then maybe check anything else that you are using that you were using before?

maybe it is a problem outside of the mobo/gpu if your getting similar issues as before..
I dont know much but its worth a shot, process of elimination :)
 
Hey I've tested 2 PSU's, a Corsair TX750 and an OCZ 600 watt also tried using different cables, this was one of the first things I ruled out.

The OCZ power supply is less than 3 weeks old and it has never been used.
 
Mobo has been RMA'ed, sending it off in the next hour, should be with them tomorrow so they will either look at it then, or on Monday, I will update you guys when I hear back from then, until then I will go relax and play some minecraft :P
 
Man you've tried all pretty much anyone can think of. I hope I dont get the same problems next week! I hope you get either some new info or a new board, if you do - post the results as always :)
 
adamsde107 said:
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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eek that would be a big NO NO for me. AFAIK whilst the packaging is anti-static it is still conductive and all the little solder blobby things under the board (you can tell I know my stuff) can then short on each other and create a problem.

You can safely ignore the above if the type of packaging you have is not conductive as I remember doing this myself many many years ago to find that the packaging was electrically conductive and so I have always avoided doing it since.

However I do think that it is worth me adding this message just in case others are not aware of the potential problems of doing that with packaging that is conductive.

To create the anti-static effect, the black or silver bags are slightly conductive, forming a Faraday cage around the item to be protected and preventing any localized charges from being deposited onto the protected devices as the bags are handled. The pink or green bags are made of low-charging material, i.e. the bag itself will not create harmful charges, but will not protect the item from electric fields.[citation needed] It is important that the bags only be opened at static-free workstations.
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(from Wiki)

Good luck BTW with your issues :)
 
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adamsde107 - where are you in the country... what you really need is someone with a working setup near you so you can get together.

Otherwise its a case of RMA I think.
 
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