i7 7700K does not work with ROG Maximus VIII Hero Mobo

[i7700kHeroVIII]

Hello all,

I am hoping that someone can hel pme here as I am at the end of my tether... I have recently (in the last week) bought a brand new ROG Maximus VIII Hero MoBo and a i7 7700K LGA 1151 CPU.

I installed both and all the other parts, booted the system and the board locks with a Q code of 62 and the VGA_LED (white light on).

I started trouble shooting, removed all the USB interfaces, removed the RAM (replaced the RAM, block by block in the correct order) removed the graphics card, removed everything and have tried all different cominations).... still the same issue.

So, I tried my ne CPU in someone elses PC that was compatable and their CPU in my board... my board started and went straight into BIOS... whoopi i thought, DOA CPU... easy, return and get refund...

I then bought the same i7 7700k form a different vendor.... and tonight the exact same problem... HELP please.

 

[user11464]

isn't this practically the same thing, just updated version (z270 vs z170 so it supports kaby lake out of the box)??? look over the specs and see. IX(10) comes after VIII(9) so it should be
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132927&cm_re=asus_rog_atx_lga1151_z270-_-13-132-927-_-Product

 

[i7700kHeroVIII]

Hello all,

first of all thank you very much for the help that you guys have been giving, well @user11464 you were spot on with the first post. I friend of mine came around with his i7 6700k (6th gen SKylake) and then I flashed the BIOS!

what I can say is that the Flash bios button at the back of the board seems to be more for show than effect... perhaps i was using it wrong... who knows.

thanks

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

You could have flashed it without a CPU , THE BOARD SUPPORTS IT , YOU DIDN'T need a Skylake.

BIOS Flashback is supported , so you didn't need a Skylake CPU to update.

https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?1142-How-to-use-ASUS-ROG-USB-BIOS-Flashback
BIOS Flashback info if ever needed

 

[user11464]

without looking myself, "flash bios button" is he talking about clear CMOS button? lol

 

[i7700kHeroVIII]

You could have flashed it without a CPU , THE BOARD SUPPORTS IT , YOU DIDN'T need a Skylake.

BIOS Flashback is supported , so you didn't need a Skylake CPU to update.

That's what I thought but it kept failing - did it the other way and within 5 mins it's all up and running.

https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?1142-How-to-use-ASUS-ROG-USB-BIOS-Flashback
BIOS Flashback info if ever needed

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

You could have flashed it without a CPU , THE BOARD SUPPORTS IT , YOU DIDN'T need a Skylake.

BIOS Flashback is supported , so you didn't need a Skylake CPU to update.

That's what I thought but it kept failing - did it the other way and within 5 mins it's all up and running.

https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?1142-How-to-use-ASUS-ROG-USB-BIOS-Flashback
BIOS Flashback info if ever needed

A lot of the HIGH END ASUS Z Boards support the feature , just wanted you to know.

 

[i7700kHeroVIII]

You could have flashed it without a CPU , THE BOARD SUPPORTS IT , YOU DIDN'T need a Skylake.

BIOS Flashback is supported , so you didn't need a Skylake CPU to update.

That's what I thought but it kept failing - did it the other way and within 5 mins it's all up and running.

https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?1142-How-to-use-ASUS-ROG-USB-BIOS-Flashback
BIOS Flashback info if ever needed

A lot of the HIGH END ASUS Z Boards support the feature , just wanted you to know.

Thank you, appreciate it. I have used it in the past with success and that's one of the reasons I like ROG but in this case it let me down (or probably I let it down)... all good now so very happy.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I have a ROG and flashed mine without a CPU before I received my Kaby , then installed it when it came from newegg , I wish all boards had the feature.

 

[MrMamos]

Hello all,

I am hoping that someone can hel pme here as I am at the end of my tether... I have recently (in the last week) bought a brand new ROG Maximus VIII Hero MoBo and a i7 7700K LGA 1151 CPU.

I installed both and all the other parts, booted the system and the board locks with a Q code of 62 and the VGA_LED (white light on).

I started trouble shooting, removed all the USB interfaces, removed the RAM (replaced the RAM, block by block in the correct order) removed the graphics card, removed everything and have tried all different cominations).... still the same issue.

So, I tried my ne CPU in someone elses PC that was compatable and their CPU in my board... my board started and went straight into BIOS... whoopi i thought, DOA CPU... easy, return and get refund...

I then bought the same i7 7700k form a different vendor.... and tonight the exact same problem... HELP please.

 

[MrMamos]

hello i have buy maximus impact with 7700k and have same problem and i fix it . You can make bios update with this accesories ! just you must remove cpu ,ram,gpu and usb cables from board . Get a usb stick FAT32 with bios file , change name file M8I.cap and plugin to usb bios flashback port. PC must be off push bios button for 3 sec and bios button start flashing. You must wait for some minutes to stop flashing , and its ready remove usb and instal cpu ram gpu and more and Ready