GA-P55M-UD2 first time continuos boot issues

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I just built my machine and its running on the above mentioned GA-P55M-UD2 mobo. Everything appears to be plugged in correctly and where it is supposed to be. When I go to plug everything in and start it up the fans are running and the power on light flashes for 3 seconds then it shuts down and goes quiet. 3 seconds later this process will resume and continue doing this indefinatley. All this time nothing is being displayed to the monitor.

If i remove the 2 2gig sticks of memory nothing is displayed to the screen and the fans will continue to run. Might this be a problem with my mobo or memory?

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Chito123 - That Corsair memory you listed is Triple Channel ddr3, the core i5/i7 8xx only supports dual channel ddr3, one of the differences which makes them the more mainstream processor. You have to be careful when choosing parts for the core i7's b/c the i7 9xx are slightly different than the i7 8xx.

With that being said, I don't know whether or not the triple channel memory would fail to work on a lga 1156 board (i5/i7 8xx), but it would only work as single channel.


BritMatt - That Crucial ram is the same ram that everyone is having problems with this mobo. Probably a bad batch or just incompatible, but since we can't get to the bios to update it, we are all SOL if it is just incompatible. 🙁

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BritMatt - I hate to say it, but it IS the Crucial memory.

I just got some Corsair ram and the board works like a charm.

I hope the few forum posts about this board will convince EVERYONE to stay away from the cheap Crucial memory. It just does not work with this board. Plus, right now the better ram is basically the same price.

Upgrade, yo.


 
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Yea, I ordered the same Ram as you this past Sunday - hopefully it gets in tomorrow (damn DHL giving it to UspS =/).

I have my hopes up - at least this seems to have been worked out. The first few days trying to figure this problem out almost made me rip my hair out.
 
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I can now confirm the board is not the issue and it is the ram (just like plenty of people above) The new board arrived and using the same ram it still just cycles... I guess the moral of the story is avoid the crucial ram with this board.

Thanks all for the help, time to send the ram back and get some other stuff
 
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I am having the same Issue, with Trascend JM1333KLU-2G Ram, the Board continues to boot even if there isn't any ram in it..
Want to try corsair any idea from where can i order those in India ?
Also do you think that after a bios upgrade in the future my previous ram from trascend can work with this Mobo
 
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The biggest problem is that you don't even get to boot to the bios to update it... I would just get a different brand of ram. Sorry, but I don't know what delivers to India. Good luck!
 
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