Hi All,
This is my first post to you fine folks, please if you can help i would greatly appreciate it.
Specs
Asus Ranger Vii Maximus
Core i5 Haswell
16GB Vengance DDR3 2133
256 SSD coursier
H80i cooler
780Ti 3GB
Raven3 Silverstone case
I recently took delivery of my new PC components, as excited as a kid at christmass
.
The build went well, usual precaution taken with a anti static wristband to keep me grounded. Once the PC was built. Great care taken in the placing of everything
Time came for the first power on test which all the LEDS fans powered up and ran without issue but no POST screen...
The Qcode sequence runs as follows
00 (not used says manual)
14 (Pre Memory initialization started)
15 (Pre Memory System agent initialization started)
FE (Cannot find this at all, not in the manual nor online. This could mean Fatal Error? or F***ing excellent i just do not know)
After this i thought ah must be a dud mem module, but i do not think this is the case as i test each module individually and aslo with none at all.
After this i thought it could have shipped with a dead cmos battery and tested it with two new ones. No joy.
I have tried clear CMOS button and restarts but nothing.
I thought i might be shorting the mobo somehow so i reseated every component, i mean down to the risers.
Once back together i did the following
Created a Flashback USB formatted to Fat16 with 64KB allocated with the following BIOS's (one at a time of course ^.^)
- MAXIMUS-VII-RANGER-ASUS-0601
- MAXIMUS-VII-RANGER-ASUS-0904
- MAXIMUS-VII-RANGER-ASUS-1003
- MAXIMUS-VII-RANGER-ASUS-1104
Renaming to "M7R.cap"..
Once inserted i pressed the flashback button for 3 seconds, it picks up the drive and flashes until complete. On restart it returns to FE qcode.
Damn FE what the hell are you!!!!.
Can anyone shed some light on this, I may end up having to send it back to be replaced but i want to exhaust every troubleshooting options prior so i do not have a repeat with a new board. This could well be a problem between keyboard and chair or i cant see the forest for the trees if you get me.
I appreciate your time.
Thank you.
This is my first post to you fine folks, please if you can help i would greatly appreciate it.
Specs
Asus Ranger Vii Maximus
Core i5 Haswell
16GB Vengance DDR3 2133
256 SSD coursier
H80i cooler
780Ti 3GB
Raven3 Silverstone case
I recently took delivery of my new PC components, as excited as a kid at christmass

The build went well, usual precaution taken with a anti static wristband to keep me grounded. Once the PC was built. Great care taken in the placing of everything
Time came for the first power on test which all the LEDS fans powered up and ran without issue but no POST screen...
The Qcode sequence runs as follows
00 (not used says manual)
14 (Pre Memory initialization started)
15 (Pre Memory System agent initialization started)
FE (Cannot find this at all, not in the manual nor online. This could mean Fatal Error? or F***ing excellent i just do not know)
After this i thought ah must be a dud mem module, but i do not think this is the case as i test each module individually and aslo with none at all.
After this i thought it could have shipped with a dead cmos battery and tested it with two new ones. No joy.
I have tried clear CMOS button and restarts but nothing.
I thought i might be shorting the mobo somehow so i reseated every component, i mean down to the risers.
Once back together i did the following
Created a Flashback USB formatted to Fat16 with 64KB allocated with the following BIOS's (one at a time of course ^.^)
- MAXIMUS-VII-RANGER-ASUS-0601
- MAXIMUS-VII-RANGER-ASUS-0904
- MAXIMUS-VII-RANGER-ASUS-1003
- MAXIMUS-VII-RANGER-ASUS-1104
Renaming to "M7R.cap"..
Once inserted i pressed the flashback button for 3 seconds, it picks up the drive and flashes until complete. On restart it returns to FE qcode.
Damn FE what the hell are you!!!!.
Can anyone shed some light on this, I may end up having to send it back to be replaced but i want to exhaust every troubleshooting options prior so i do not have a repeat with a new board. This could well be a problem between keyboard and chair or i cant see the forest for the trees if you get me.
I appreciate your time.
Thank you.