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Hello there. Hopefully someone can shed light on the problem I’m having with my new MSI X58M board.
I recently bought the components for a new rig from OC, the important bits being the following;
Motherboard: MSI X58M
CPU: Core i7 920 DO Stepping (2.66)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 3Gb DDR3 (3x1Gb)
PSU: Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro (650W)
Graphics: XFX ATI Radeon HD4870
CPU Cooling: Corsair Hydroseries H50
Upon opening the order my friend and I performed a quick visual inspection and nothing appeared to be burned out or damaged. On assembling the system we performed a routine BIOS check, we could hear the normal boot process and both the green ‘power’ LED and all 6 blue LEDs were on, and no red memory fault lights appeared. However, there was no signal going to the monitor.
At this point we checked that the cooling had been correctly fitted, that all fans were flowing in the right direction and that the graphics card was correctly seated and connected. We checked that both the monitor and DVI cable were functioning, using a different computer. We tried using both PCI-E slots and booting with one stick of memory, ensuring that we were using the correct channel(s) and checking each DIMM as advised. We also replaced the XFX ATI graphics card for an ATI X1650 we knew to be working, but none of this had any effect.
At this point the LEDs stopped functioning, however we could still hear the drives powering up and powering down.
Having eliminated everything else (we could think of!) we suspect that the problem is with either the motherboard or the CPU. On top of our original problems, now that the lights have stopped working on the Mboard I’m concerned that the CPU may have been fried.
Has anyone else had this problem either with the X58M or a similar board? Does anyone have any suggestions or advice as to what to do next? We’ve contacted the OC support service too to be on the safe side and I have a horrible feeling this is going to be a case of RMA.
Thanks.
JSW
I recently bought the components for a new rig from OC, the important bits being the following;
Motherboard: MSI X58M
CPU: Core i7 920 DO Stepping (2.66)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 3Gb DDR3 (3x1Gb)
PSU: Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro (650W)
Graphics: XFX ATI Radeon HD4870
CPU Cooling: Corsair Hydroseries H50
Upon opening the order my friend and I performed a quick visual inspection and nothing appeared to be burned out or damaged. On assembling the system we performed a routine BIOS check, we could hear the normal boot process and both the green ‘power’ LED and all 6 blue LEDs were on, and no red memory fault lights appeared. However, there was no signal going to the monitor.
At this point we checked that the cooling had been correctly fitted, that all fans were flowing in the right direction and that the graphics card was correctly seated and connected. We checked that both the monitor and DVI cable were functioning, using a different computer. We tried using both PCI-E slots and booting with one stick of memory, ensuring that we were using the correct channel(s) and checking each DIMM as advised. We also replaced the XFX ATI graphics card for an ATI X1650 we knew to be working, but none of this had any effect.
At this point the LEDs stopped functioning, however we could still hear the drives powering up and powering down.
Having eliminated everything else (we could think of!) we suspect that the problem is with either the motherboard or the CPU. On top of our original problems, now that the lights have stopped working on the Mboard I’m concerned that the CPU may have been fried.
Has anyone else had this problem either with the X58M or a similar board? Does anyone have any suggestions or advice as to what to do next? We’ve contacted the OC support service too to be on the safe side and I have a horrible feeling this is going to be a case of RMA.
Thanks.
JSW