- Sep 28, 2013
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Bear with me as this is my first build EVER and I'm a little confused what my issue might be. I'll try to describe the situation as I have approached it.
I put the whole build together, turned it on, got power everywhere but no picture on monitor. Tried a few things, gave up and went to bed. In the morning I tried moving mem modules around (and testing with only one) and maybe that made the difference cuz now I have picture on the monitor.
HOWEVER -
PROBLEM 1: if I put two memory modules in which should do dual-channel mode the mobo LED indicates error 15 and something about "pre-memory north-bridge" which leads me to think either the memory is not supported, or the motherboard is bad at reading it.
PROBLEM 2: If I put just one memory module I get "can't boot from device" error, which I think refers to the HDD I have installed as there is nothing on it but pictures (used to be a backup HDD, no OS on there). I can hold F12 to get into the menus, so should I be changing boot to the DVD-Rom and booting my Windows 8 cd first? I just didn't know where to start. It is an older HDD (seagate from around 2008 probably). Not sure it can even do GPT but it has the option to boot PO or UEFI so I was doing PO but of course, no OS so wouldn't boot.
Any input would be helpful and I'm worried about the memory. Best case I guess I need different memory, worst case something is wrong with mobo? Everything else seems fine.
Specs:
CPU: Intel i4770k
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H
Mem: G-Skill Ripjaws 2x4gb (don't see mine on the official supported list from Gigabyte, but it supports many G-Skill so I don't know if it matters)
Sorry if this makes little sense. I can provide more detail if requested!
I put the whole build together, turned it on, got power everywhere but no picture on monitor. Tried a few things, gave up and went to bed. In the morning I tried moving mem modules around (and testing with only one) and maybe that made the difference cuz now I have picture on the monitor.
HOWEVER -
PROBLEM 1: if I put two memory modules in which should do dual-channel mode the mobo LED indicates error 15 and something about "pre-memory north-bridge" which leads me to think either the memory is not supported, or the motherboard is bad at reading it.
PROBLEM 2: If I put just one memory module I get "can't boot from device" error, which I think refers to the HDD I have installed as there is nothing on it but pictures (used to be a backup HDD, no OS on there). I can hold F12 to get into the menus, so should I be changing boot to the DVD-Rom and booting my Windows 8 cd first? I just didn't know where to start. It is an older HDD (seagate from around 2008 probably). Not sure it can even do GPT but it has the option to boot PO or UEFI so I was doing PO but of course, no OS so wouldn't boot.
Any input would be helpful and I'm worried about the memory. Best case I guess I need different memory, worst case something is wrong with mobo? Everything else seems fine.
Specs:
CPU: Intel i4770k
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H
Mem: G-Skill Ripjaws 2x4gb (don't see mine on the official supported list from Gigabyte, but it supports many G-Skill so I don't know if it matters)
Sorry if this makes little sense. I can provide more detail if requested!
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