ASRock 970 Error 99

[Drugpickle]

Whenever I power on my system, there's a red LED with the number 99 on it. I'm not sure exactly what this means as I can't find it in the manual.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Problem related to PCI-E devices. Please re-install PCI-E devices or try installing them in other slots. If the problem still exists, please remove all PCI-E devices or try using another VGA card.

Asrock.com

 

[Drugpickle]

Problem related to PCI-E devices. Please re-install PCI-E devices or try installing them in other slots. If the problem still exists, please remove all PCI-E devices or try using another VGA card.

Asrock.com

This will probably be a stupid question, but what's a PCI-E device?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Graphics card slot.

 

[Drugpickle]

Graphics card slot.

Does that mean that I damaged the graphics card slot on the motherboard?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Could be defective or card isn't installed in slot correctly.

 

[Drugpickle]

So I put the graphics card into every other slot, and am still getting the same error. Is there any way to tell if the graphics card connections are broken?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

What card do you have ? does it require PCIE power connections?

 

[Drugpickle]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125491&clickid=xp60iCQVJT0kz01QiO1yt2yJUkTRpZU8Ey41V40&iradid=97618&ircid=2106&irpid=79301&nm_mc=AFC-IR&cm_mmc=AFC-IR-_-na-_-na-_-na

I'm not sure whether it does or not. I just put it in the slot and plugged it into the PSU.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

You need to plug in the 2 - 6 pin PCIE power connections into the card.

 

[Drugpickle]

I have two of them coming out of the power supply and into the card. One of them also has a small 2 pin wire coming from it, but I don't know what it's for.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It's for a 8 PIN not relevant to your card.

What PSU do you have.

 

[Drugpickle]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207013&clickid=xp60iCQVJT0kz01QiO1yt2yJUkTRpY2QEy41V40&iradid=97618&ircid=2106&irpid=79301&nm_mc=AFC-IR&cm_mmc=AFC-IR-_-na-_-na-_-na

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Nice power supply , are the fans in the case running and on the card?

 

[Drugpickle]

Yes, everything appears to be functional except for the error message led.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Bad board or card.

 

[Drugpickle]

How can I tell which one's bad? I'm guessing that it's the card because I've tried every single port, but I haven't done anything to the card that could have damaged it. The card fans work, but I don't know if that matters.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Doesn't matter , if you had another card to try that would help.

 

[Drugpickle]

If it's the video card, could heating it up in the oven repair it?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

No of course not.