Can CPU be Fired if Prime stable at stock?

[Gixbit]

Okay so, It's hard for me to say "It's your motherboard." or "It's your processor."

If you can't post, and you've tried two different power supplies. I guess one way to test it is to take out your CPU and see if the beeping was the same. That way you know it might be the CPU. Take out your ram, If it beeps differently, the motherboard is fine, maybe. If it beeps the same as the first time with the ram out It's probably the motherboard. Of course this might only be helpful if it's still happening and if you can remember exactly how the beeps were.

Also, If you wanna know about the beeps, you'll need to call the manufacturer of your bios most likely if the other people don't know. Lol@asus not knowing what the beeps mean. So mainstream bios manufacturers. AMI, Award, etc. You'll know when you start your PC. But, If ya can't see it, gotta call up asus or check their site. Ask em who made the bios on it. Then you call them up. Because, I don't really suppose asus makes the beep codes.

You have to think about like this. Asus is a company that designs motherboards. Now, Manufacturing and designing... Those are two different things. So if asus designs a motherboard, they can fill in the blanks by saying, Hey let's get x chipset, y bios and z integrated controller.

For example, You have a motherboard designed by X company that selected a Realtek integrated sound controller. Realtek makes that controller. Then you have say, the 790FX Chipset. Asus didn't make that, ATI/AMD made that. And so on and so on. And someone made the bios for that motherboard not asus.

And then asus sends off their design to a manufacturing plant and they pay some guys down there to gear up the assembly line and mass produce x motherboards.
So, Technically, the people who make motherboards are the people who design the fabrication process for these boards. Goes through the assembly line, Hey machine says okay chip here STAMP, input jacks here STAMP. It's pretty cool. Google it or whatever, it's insanity.

 

[rob_cunningham]

Hey!

I've made some ground and I m almost certain that's its the Motherboard. I haven't been able swap the psu with any others yet (all my spares are not powerful enough) but I have tried a different cpu and i still get the same problems.

to top it off upon research i found an interesting forum post saying that others have experienced very similar problems to mine:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=13-131-294&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=50&SelectedRating=1&PurchaseMark=&

So now my dilemma is from what i've read is t worth going through an RMA only to find i get a another faulty board. Or do I just go for a new board and e done with this issue?

 

[Gixbit]

Well that's an interesting question. If all your spares are not powerful enough is there anything you can sacrifice to see if it posts? I'd try to swap ram too. Like, If the wrong is faulty or malfunctioning it's possible it won't even make it past you pressing the power button. Then again you did say you tested your ram with memtest86 before this starting going down hill really bad. But, I guess it sounds like your board died. Assuming the other processor works in there. Alright, RMA the motherboard I guess. I wouldn't be too surprised if that costs a bit there my friend. See if you can call up your motherboard manufacturer, get tech support, give them the problem and when they can't help you they'll tell you to rma I hope. But, you can just go and ask for RMA right off the bat.

If you don't wanna do that, it'll cost you a few hundred. And maybe some more if the current ram and cpus are not compatible in your next motherboard.

The choice is yours bud.

By the way, that board must be the failure of all boards and asus' tech support is pretty bad wow. MSI probably isn't much better, you can't even call. Kinda discouraging. (Referring to your link of that board)

 

[rob_cunningham]

Well that's an interesting question. If all your spares are not powerful enough is there anything you can sacrifice to see if it posts? I'd try to swap ram too. Like, If the wrong is faulty or malfunctioning it's possible it won't even make it past you pressing the power button. Then again you did say you tested your ram with memtest86 before this starting going down hill really bad. But, I guess it sounds like your board died. Assuming the other processor works in there. Alright, RMA the motherboard I guess. I wouldn't be too surprised if that costs a bit there my friend. See if you can call up your motherboard manufacturer, get tech support, give them the problem and when they can't help you they'll tell you to rma I hope. But, you can just go and ask for RMA right off the bat.

If you don't wanna do that, it'll cost you a few hundred. And maybe some more if the current ram and cpus are not compatible in your next motherboard.

The choice is yours bud.

By the way, that board must be the failure of all boards and asus' tech support is pretty bad wow. MSI probably isn't much better, you can't even call. Kinda discouraging. (Referring to your link of that board)

i was pretty shocked when i read those consumer reviews - didn't find anything like that beforei had purchased it.

the problems are still random. more often than not it will post and boot into windows then usually crash at some point within 30-sec to up to a few days - just completely random.

If I RMA then i have to post to Holland from the UK and thats not cheap then from what i've read if Asus find the fault to be a Customer Induced Defect then they have the right to charge me 280 euros for the replacement board. it really does sound like its a big cost for a big risk and likelihood that i will just end up with another faulty board.

I think ths thread has come to an end now. Thanks Gixbit you've been a massive help.

think i'll start a new thread to see what mobo to choose (either a good one for OC'ing or a cheaper one to sell on system and build an i7 rig).

Thanks again.