Recent content by brianbsantacruz

Great! Only problem is I think it will take forever to get here and I'm leaving the country in a week... Have to figure out whether I should return everything and start again in January, or get the new chip and assume everything will be okay... Thanks again for all your help, Alex.

Sorry! Was way off on the number. That is the sticker I read. The number on mine is 0402. All I remembered was the "4." Sorry for the bad information... --Brian

Huh.... Well now I'm just back to being confused...

No, just doing it from memory. It was the version of BIOS that starts with a 4...I probably just got the number wrong doing it from memory.

Sorry, forgot to mention it. Yes, I did, and it's 4202 or whatever the old version number is... So, this sounds like it's pretty clearly the problem. Thanks again for all the help.

Thanks again! I found the chip and it looks easy to replace. It upsets me a little that the board wasn't ready to go out of the box... Any feeling for whether or not this will be a strong fix? Or am I just setting myself up for more problems with this MoBo, and I should consider jumping...

Hmmm...someone else just confirmed your response. Seems strange to me that the board wouldn't ship i7 ready, when the chip and MoBo were paired...but, fair enough.... http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20121212142113753&SLanguage=en-us&page=1&board_id=1&model=P8Z68-V%20PRO/GEN3

Hey, thanks for the response. I have a CPU from that list (I believe... Core i7-3770K (3.5G,L3:8M,iGPU,4C,HT,77W,rev.E1)), and can't get the computer on long enough to see anything on my display. I don't know how I can load or do anything with BIOS when the computer won't stay on for more than...

Hi All, Building my first rig. I have been having trouble powering up, and so have distilled down to the basics: + ASUS P8Z68-V Pro/Gen 3 MoBo + 1 stick of Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB memory (tried all 4 sticks in different slots) + Monitor Connected (tried DVI and VGA connection) + Speaker +...