Asus X99 Deluxe Board Won't turn on After Overclocking

[Hector Mendes]

Hello all,

I was working on a new system over this weekend, everything was working fine and I had done several stress tests on it, everything going as it should be but then I checked out the BIOS today and realized that the BCLK was 125 and then I decided to set it back to 100, about 35 ratio (don't know why it changed) and rebooted the system. The problem is that the mobo won't turn on anymore and it won't report any POST problem or sound. I checked the PSU (did some fan test) and it's working fine. The mobo will only boot with the ATX cable disconnected. When everything is connected as it should be the only thing that happens is that the mobo LEDs will turn on (power, reset) but that's all. As it won't report any problem I'm not able to figure out the a solution.

- I have checked CPU and it is totally fine and in place (once again, was working totally fine)
- I have pushed the CMOS button (to clear BIOS setup information)

PS. I had set the CPU to work on 1.37V as a good mean of performance/temp. don't know if it is related but I doubted that I have burned it since the voltage was relatively low.

Full system config.: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CbJsMp

I'm hoping that someone could give me a help

Thanks a lot in advance,
Hector Mendes

 

[ronintexas]

Make sure power is disconnected from the system - and perform a BIOS reset - go to standard settings (no OC) and see if you can boot. The system may have become unstable due to the settings you have.

 

[smorizio]

if the bios wont clear that way use the usb flashback and reflash the bios with the newest bios file from a usb stick and backup power.

 

[Hector Mendes]

I can't see any jumper to reset either the manual says anything about it. Looks like this mobo has only the CMOS button to reset bios, I have done it already without success, will try to reflash the bios.

 

[Hector Mendes]

I just did the flashback and no success.
Followed this tutorial: http://event.asus.com/2012/mb/USB_BIOS_Flashback_GUIDE/

Any other ideas?

Thanks a lot!
Hector Mendes

 

[smorizio]

will the mb post with the gpu removed..bad power supply???

 

[Hector Mendes]

I've tried to get a POST with GPU removed too! And NOTHING :/

Actually, I didn't have time to mess with this GPU settings anyway.

I'm totally out of ideas 🙁

UPDATE:
Tried without DIMM and then with just 1, without luck as well

Thanks a lot!
Hector Mendes

 

[Hector Mendes]

Hey guys, I had to send it to RMA!

RMA was just fine, took exactly 1 week from the day that they received until I got it back.
The problem is that x99D burned my CPU and RAM, yeahh, I got really frustrated.

I just decided to send everything back to amazon and got a X99 Gigabyte Gaming G1 that honestly, works far better!

I just would like to give a heads up to everyone out there! This asus x99 Deluxe board has a personalized socket that is not officially recommended by intel. Asus says that this socket will improve overclocking, but up to this point, it has burned tons of systems, I have some screen shots from forums with people in that same situation. So, BE CAREFUL WITH X99 DELUXE BOARD!

For a ddr4 system, right now, Gigabyte x99 series are the best money/support/stability, no doubt!

Thanks for the help!
Hector.

 

[Amiga_500]

Hi Hector

Can I ask, had you followed the advice at the end of this article? http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-x99-motherboard-goes-up-in-smoke-for-reasons-unknown_150008

1. ASUS X99-Deluxe Motherboard owners should immediately update to UEFI 1004. (No other ASUS Intel X99 board is impacted since the ASUS X99 Deluxe had a unique VRM design and firmware setup)

2. Corsair AXi Power Supply Users Should Use OC Link Software to enable OCP on their PSU if it was made before March 15th, 2013.

The ASUS X99-Deluxe Motherboard is safe to buy. We got another ASUS X99-Deluxe board up and running the day this one failed and it has not failed. We had some DDR4 stability issues with memory kits running 3200MHz, but ASUS fixed that with new memory tables in UEFI 1004. This board is one of the most thoroughly looked at Intel X99 boards on the market today and that should bring comfort to many. We know many of our readers were waiting on this situation to end before buying a $392 board and we don’t blame you.

It seems the issue in the article was a strange combination of Corsair PSU's and the X99 Deluxe. I notice you have a Corsair PSU, though it is not an Axi.

 

[Hector Mendes]

Hi Amiga_500

The BIOS was updates right after the OS was installed, using the EZ Flash 2 software provided by Asus to the most recent version at the time (BIOS 0904)

This computer had not a Corsair PSU AXi series.

X99 D may be safe to buy but certainly not safe to use. The fact is not about just the motherboard failure, is about failing and burning other components. If after RMA, I would have my system working, fantastic, errors happen! But unfortunately, that wasn't the case.

As you said, 3200Mhz had suffered stability issues and it's fixed now, but at the time of this post, Asus had released only 4 BIOS updates, and it is obvious that they have not addressed this type of issue yet (probably the most important issue for now), otherwise I wouldn't have had this disappointment.

On the other hand, Gigabyte had released 6 updates, showing major interest with costumer support, also, Gigabyte "App Center" runs definitely better than Al Suite 3 by Asus and so far, I haven't got any weird errors or things related. (Sometimes Al Suite wouldn't start at all! Incredibly annoying).

It is also good to mention that Al Suite 3 suffers incompatibility with one of the best Anti Virus software available at the market right now, BitDefender, making it impossible for both to work together. (More details here: http://www.bitdefender.com/support/bitdefender-installation-fails-due-to-asus-ai-suite-software-1209.html)

These are just few reason why I wouldn't recommend X99-Deluxe by Asus, a "$392" motherboard that will deliver more frustration than performance.

Thanks,
Hector.

 

[Hector Mendes]

will the mb post with the gpu removed..bad power supply???

Hi Hector

Can I ask, had you followed the advice at the end of this article? http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-x99-motherboard-goes-up-in-smoke-for-reasons-unknown_150008

1. ASUS X99-Deluxe Motherboard owners should immediately update to UEFI 1004. (No other ASUS Intel X99 board is impacted since the ASUS X99 Deluxe had a unique VRM design and firmware setup)

2. Corsair AXi Power Supply Users Should Use OC Link Software to enable OCP on their PSU if it was made before March 15th, 2013.

The ASUS X99-Deluxe Motherboard is safe to buy. We got another ASUS X99-Deluxe board up and running the day this one failed and it has not failed. We had some DDR4 stability issues with memory kits running 3200MHz, but ASUS fixed that with new memory tables in UEFI 1004. This board is one of the most thoroughly looked at Intel X99 boards on the market today and that should bring comfort to many. We know many of our readers were waiting on this situation to end before buying a $392 board and we don’t blame you.

It seems the issue in the article was a strange combination of Corsair PSU's and the X99 Deluxe. I notice you have a Corsair PSU, though it is not an Axi.

Here are some cases that I found with a little research.. I really don't think that is PSU related, I monitored my PSU myself with an oscilloscope, peaks of tension and current were fine. I still thinking that is a bad combination of socket and not a very well developed BIOS.

 

[smorizio]

I wonder if asus mb vrm having the same issue the old gigbyte x58 did. they were undersized for the mb. there been video of the old x58 smoking on first burn in test from a known over clocker. it was found the vrm were under sized and gigbyte had to put in firmware to stop people from overclocking the mb to far the vrm smoked.

 

[Iscott01]

I had the same problem with the same mobo, for some reason i decided to turn the tpu switch off on the mobo. Switch off all power then back on again and if you get power and into the bios revert back to default settings. If this is not the problem then maybe your power supply isnt enough for the computer??

 

[Hector Mendes]

TPU switch won't make any difference, either PSU config. Problem seem to be related to BIOS, socket, vrm.

I can't get any other info related to this elsewhere, but I believe that Asus will fix it in a near future (if it hasn't been fixed yet), a BIOS update should be enough.

Thanks for the support!
Hector Mendes


- Closed.

 

[SergejKiller]

Just for the record. I have exactly the same problem. I haven't overclocked anything. I've just updated the BIOS and have chosen XMP profile #2 (+1.5V) for my memory. 5 seconds after restart the PC shout down and never came back.