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Motherboard won't post

grendel61 — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:46:29 GMT

Hey guys:

Am building a new comp using as ASUS P8Z68-V pro board. Everything appears to be hooked up correctly but when powered on, cpu light on board flashes red....case fans come one, wireless network card starts flashing green. Neither hdd nor dvd drive appears to be firing up. Am using Kingston memory sticks and per mobo manual, theyre not listed as "supported"...could the memory sticks be causing the mobo NOT to post? The MEMOK button, when pushed, indicates flashing red light as well.

thanks for any help.

SR-2 BIOS not ACPI compatible?

atspangler — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:00:42 GMT

Hey guys..

Finally got my rig assembled, but now I'm having trouble getting it to boot. As you know, the SR-2 goes through a quick power on cycle, then powers off - then begins POST. If I make ANY changes to the BIOS (adjust the time or even enter the settings pages), the computer tries to reboot - but never powers back on after the initial spark-up.

I fiddled around with it for a while, and finally got Windows 7 (Ult. x64) to install, having to reset the CMOS every time the setup process needed to reboot. Lame. Finally booted into Windows and downloaded the drivers for my 2x GTX 580s. Installed the drivers and rebooted - BSOD. Getting a 'The BIOS for this hardware is not ACPI compliant. Please contact your hardware vendor.'

This is a RMA board and EVGA has assured me the latest and greatest working BIOS was flashed before they shipped it back to me.

Oh - also, this whole time the BIOS page, Memtest and Win7 are only picking up one of my procs (2x 5620s) and 1/2 the installed RAM (2x 12 GB). I hoped that if I was able to boot into Windows I could install the correct drivers and it'd pick up the hardware.

I did some digging and found that a couple other people have had this same problem with similar hardware - but no one ever bothered to post the solution.

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx [...] 76&mpage=1 (almost exact same hardware)
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx [...] =sr-2+acpi

Any help? The fact that I was able to install Windows makes me wonder if there is some setting I'm just missing. I'm booting the computer with Optimal Defaults as specified by the POST message. Now it won't even boot into Windows - just BSOD's w/ the 'The Bios for this hardware is not ACPI compliant.' Error.

Here's a link to an album w/ BIOS screenies: http://atspangler.imgur.com/sr2_bios

Hardware specs: CPU 2x Xeon E5620

Motherboard EVGA SR-2 A2

Memory 24GB Patriot Viper II Sector 7

Graphics Card 2x EVGA GTX 580 Hydro Copper FTW (in SLI)

Hard Drives (boot) OCZ Vertex II 120 GB SSD (storage) 1TB WD Caviar Black

Power Supply Corsair AX-1200

Re: Extremely disappointed in ASUS reliability

CNardell — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:36:38 GMT

I have also had lots of problems with Asus products. There is a known issue with SATA drives with certain brands of memory chips that causes data corruption. I had a motherboard fail after about 20,000 hours, which is not bad, but most motherboards will go much longer than that. I replaced it with a new motherboard of the same type, but that one has the problem that it boots only about 20% of the time. It simply hangs on the BIOS screen.

I have also had problems with my Eee PC netbook. The cable joining the screen to the body of the computer started to flake, such that it only works at certain angles. Also, the power connector is now intermittent.

I have had lots of computers over the last 20+ years, and have never had this kind of problem before.

New Build --Startup Problem

Bob T — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:18:01 GMT

Hello one and all! I have just put together a new build. The MB is a Fox Conn 925XE7AA-8EkRS2, the CPU is a Intel PD 925 3.0 Ghz, Presler, Dual Core socket 775 HH80553PG0804MN which I am not completely sure is compatiable with the MB. The vido card is a ATI Radeon X600XT PCI Express, the RAM is ULTR DDR2, (2)1024 MB 800Mhz. Here is the problem:

Upon startup case led lights up, fans run but no POST BIOS messages on monitor, monitor shows no indication of signal. I have cheched the CPU seating in the socket, PS voltages, and misc wiring conn. in the case.

I removed the video card, the RAM, the CD drives and the sata HD. The connected headphones to the internal spkr pins SPK, SPKJ and listened for POST BIOS beeps but there was not even staic in the headphones let alone beeps.

Anyone have any ideas on how the possible CPU compatibility, and how I can decide if the MB or the CPU is bad?

Bob

Motherboard problem, computer will not start

scorps65 — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:13:30 GMT

I have just bought this motherboard ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130082 ) with the following products correctly installed:

2x2GB (4GB) G.SKILL DDR2 800 (PC6400) RAM, Cooler Master eXtreme Power 550W, BFG Tech 8500GT 256 GDDR2 PCI-E 16x, Pentium D 925 Presler 3.0GHZ FSB 800, and a Samsung SATA DVD Burner. Also, this board uses 2 PATA Hard drives (one slave, one master) connected to the motherboard's HDD slot.

After connecting all these parts and pressing the power button, the computer would not power up. The motherboard has an 8-pin slot in it for the cpu and a 24-pin slot for the main power. My power supply has a 24-pin cable, but not an 8-pin cable, only has a 6-pin and a 4-pin connector. My computer would not start with either of the 6 or 4 pins plugged in. Funny thing is, when i disconnected the 6-pin or 4-pin (when only the 24-pin was connected), the computer started up but would not go to the POST. I might also add that the CMOS light (orange) was lit. Proof that there is power flowing.

My opinions: the motherboard should run with the 6-pin or 4-pin that my power supply has since all the customers on newegg have them connected with no problem. On top of that, the motherboard displays their product online with a small covering over the 8-pin slot. Basically, this means that it could have a 6-pin in it and run. I have contacted MSI and they were of no help. One of thier statements included: "ATX 12V power connection should be 20A or greater...". HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? The most expensive power supply on newegg has about 19A's! And according to the reviews, other people are running this motherboard with even lower wattage power supplies than i have! I was thinking of buying a 4-pin to 8-pin converter connector depending on your responses.

PLEASE HELP, ANYTHING WOULD BE APPRECIATED.