Maximus VII Ranger Q-CODE FE

[Adam_Stap]

I brought new ram, put ram in it only showed i had 4gb in when i had 2x4gb. I swapped ram to see if that fixed it it did not. I went to see what ram was not working by taking one out at a time and because i'm an idiot i forgot to turn pc off when taking ram out. now i get the Q-CODE FE when ever i start up with ram in or out and even my spear ram.
PC specs are -

Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.00GHz 31 °C
Haswell 22nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 1688MHz (UDIMM)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. MAXIMUS VII RANGER (SOCKET 1150)
Graphics
PL2488H (1920x1080@60Hz)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (ZOTAC International)
Storage
931GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 (SATA)

Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

 

[alexoiu]

Try clearing the CMOS (unplug the power cord and remove the CMOS battery for a minute). Then start the board without RAMs and see what code getting.

 

[Adam_Stap]

Try clearing the CMOS (unplug the power cord and remove the CMOS battery for a minute). Then start the board without RAMs and see what code getting.

how do i remove the cmos battery, the little red button that says clear cmos?

 

[alexoiu]

The red button says MemOK. There's a jumper, but I suggest removing the battery (left side, near the PCIe slot). If there's a graphics card installed, I suggest removing it.
Unplug the power cord, before removing the battery.

 

[Adam_Stap]

The red button says MemOK. There's a jumper, but I suggest removing the battery (left side, near the PCIe slot). If there's a graphics card installed, I suggest removing it.
Unplug the power cord, before removing the battery.

To there is another red button that says CLR_CMOS at the bottom of the mother board, it's on the right of a black button that says SOUNDSTAGE. I am not very confident with taking and putting back things so i would like to avoid doing that if possible.

 

[alexoiu]

You're right. Then unplug the power cord, press the button for a second or two, re-plug the cord, start the board with RAMs removed and check the code.

 

[Adam_Stap]

You're right. Then unplug the power cord, press the button for a second or two, re-plug the cord, start the board with RAMs removed and check the code.

Did what you said and the code is still FE but i don't know how pressing the button would do anything while there is no power going through the board. Wait by start board u mean just turn on the PC? or click the start button on the motherboard

 

[alexoiu]

The CMOS chip gets power from the battery. It loses the stored data when power cut.
Are board and CPU under warranty?

 

[Adam_Stap]

i think so

 

[Tradesman1]

Do you have access to different DRAM you could try? Even a single stick? Remove battery while unplugged for a minute or two, reinset battery, install one stick in slot closest to CPU and try to boot to BIOS - if you get to BIOS date/time should be wrong and old

 

[Adam_Stap]

Do you have access to different DRAM you could try? Even a single stick? Remove battery while unplugged for a minute or two, reinset battery, install one stick in slot closest to CPU and try to boot to BIOS - if you get to BIOS date/time should be wrong and old

I do have a spear stick to use, and by remove battery u mean take out the psu? also boot bios do you mean just turn on the pc or do something else. Sorry if i don't understand everything i am just learning about computer parts and am not very confident when doing things with my pc. And thanks for taking the time to help me

 

[Tradesman1]

No, not the PSU, the mobo battery, looks like a silver coin on the mobo, held in place with a small snap clip

 

[Adam_Stap]

No, not the PSU, the mobo battery, looks like a silver coin on the mobo, held in place with a small snap clip

Ok well found mobo battery but it is behind the GPU, i took the gpu out then the battery waited a bit put them back in then one ram stick started the pc and still FE

 

[Adam_Stap]

No, not the PSU, the mobo battery, looks like a silver coin on the mobo, held in place with a small snap clip

got anything else i can try

 

[Tradesman1]

Think something may have fried

 

[Adam_Stap]

Think something may have fried

so what can i do now, is there a way to tell what has fried

 

[carlo_bigtunes]

sorry for late reply,
FE = reserved for future ami error code

i think bios has corrupt while you pull out ram when pc run... is there any asus flashbios button onboard.