Red cpu led asus motherboard

[DaZDust]

Hello,
I've just bought a brand new computer. second time putting one together myself.

Setup:
Asus M5A99X EVO
1000W ATX PSU
Sapphire HD Radeon 7870
AMD FX8120 3.1ghz
Corsair hydro H100
CM Strom trooper

I'm getting a red-light on my mobo as well, tried pulling it apart several times and attempted the breadboard as well. but didn't get any sound-notification from the speaker that came with the case. Also I get no reaction on booting visually, fans run normally, as well as the graphics-card's fans. They also slow down after the initial startup. but no bios-screen no nothing.

Thanks in advance for replies

 

[alexoiu]

Hi,
There's a sticker on the motherboard, near the 24-pin connector I think. The last separated 4 digts stand for the board's BIOS version. Can you check it, as the CPU requires the 0813 or newer one.

 

[JKatwyopc]

I'm thinking you probably need a BIOS version update because it's not recognizing that particular CPU. Get ahold of a Phenom II cpu and see if it boots up. If it does update bios to the current version from asus website. Then reinstall the FX-8120 CPU.

BTW why do you need a 1000W PSU. That system could run fine on a 500W.

 

[DaZDust]

The last 4 digits are 1208
I don't really have a way of getting my hands on a Phenom 2 since my last system was intel. Is there any other way to to this?

As for the 1000W PSU question, because I got it cheaply, and was planning on putting a second card in for SLI eventually.

 

[DaZDust]

If not, would an AMD Sempron 145 Processor work as well? Since I might be able to get my hands on one of those.

 

[alexoiu]

The BIOS supports the CPU, so the issue is not there. I would test the board outside the case, having only the CPU and CPU fan installed. You should get the error beeps signaling that no RAMs are installed.

 

[DaZDust]

I am not getting any beeping whatsoever since the speaker doesn't seem to work either.

 

[alexoiu]

Some thoughts:
- a power issue, but you said that the CPU fan did spin?
- the speaker doesn't work (can you test it in a different PC?) or is not properly connected.
-faulty motherboard (RMA?).

 

[DaZDust]

All fans are spinning, including the cpu fan, as well as the GPU-fans
The speaker doesn't work on the current board, it is connected according to the manual. and my old board had one built-in, so don't have a way of testing it.
As for the motherboard. I don't know, would I send it to ASUS for a new one, or the retailer of which I bought it.

 

[DaZDust]

WOHO! Success! to a certain degree anyway. Turns out I had fastened the screws for the cooler-mount too hard. can get into bios just fine now.
Now I bumped into another issue. I get to the windows 7 startup-screen, I've got 2 drives with 32-bit on one of them, and 64 on the other.
On both instances, once it loads for 2-4 seconds, the screen loses signal, and reboots.

 

[alexoiu]

Check the SATA setting in BIOS. If AHCI, switch to IDE. If still the same, try an OS repair from the Windows install DVD.

 

[DaZDust]

the 64-bit is a fresh install. besides, both of them wouldn't be corrupted if they're on different drives would they?
I changed the SATA-settings but still no luck

 

[DaZDust]

Might add that the freeze+reboot happens at the exact same moment in the windows 7 launch animation. on both instances

 

[alexoiu]

Windows was installed on a different configuration and that's probably why. Do you have the Windows DVD?

 

[DaZDust]

I do not 🙁 I do have a windows xp 32-bit disc. but nothing else.

 

[alexoiu]

In the end you can slipstream the SATA driver and the SP3 using nLite and install the XP.
Try starting Windows in Safe mode (use F8 for bringing the menu - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2o18BRBhvo). See if it does work.