Hello everyone,
My ASUS Crosshair V Formula has served it's time and has been a great board while it lasted. I spoke with ASUS and if there was still a warranty on it (expired 5 days before mobo death), ASUS would RMA the board for servicing.
The board goes through the POST process but stops after checking the CPU, leaving the mobo's CPU POST LED red and goes no further; no beeps or a BIOS screen either. Every fan is also spinning.
ASUS put me through a barrage of troubleshooting steps including but not limited to: swapping 3 compatible CPU's; changing PSU's; resetting CMOS via jumper and battery; swapping RAM sticks with different slots; taking everything out of the case and using a non-conductive surface to test on with a rinse and repeat of the prior steps. The end result is still the same as before.
Now, instead of just recycling the board, I would like to learn why this board failed. I want the knowledge to be able to test for issues such as this in the future. Perhaps I can get lucky by doing a re-flow to prolong its life as I have done with some laptop GPU's or even replace a bad component, etc...
I have equipment to test with but I do not know exactly where to start. I went to ITT for electronics but didn't finish due to a car accident and I honestly have forgotten a lot since that was 17 years ago. Hehe, I still have my formulas cheat sheet to figure out voltages and such. Also, soldering is not a problem as I still do that from time to time. I have another desktop to use so this is just going to be a hobby project.
Anyways, if anyone has advice or even a link to a thread/site that could be a guide, I would be grateful. Thanks for any and all advice in advance.
My ASUS Crosshair V Formula has served it's time and has been a great board while it lasted. I spoke with ASUS and if there was still a warranty on it (expired 5 days before mobo death), ASUS would RMA the board for servicing.
The board goes through the POST process but stops after checking the CPU, leaving the mobo's CPU POST LED red and goes no further; no beeps or a BIOS screen either. Every fan is also spinning.
ASUS put me through a barrage of troubleshooting steps including but not limited to: swapping 3 compatible CPU's; changing PSU's; resetting CMOS via jumper and battery; swapping RAM sticks with different slots; taking everything out of the case and using a non-conductive surface to test on with a rinse and repeat of the prior steps. The end result is still the same as before.
Now, instead of just recycling the board, I would like to learn why this board failed. I want the knowledge to be able to test for issues such as this in the future. Perhaps I can get lucky by doing a re-flow to prolong its life as I have done with some laptop GPU's or even replace a bad component, etc...
I have equipment to test with but I do not know exactly where to start. I went to ITT for electronics but didn't finish due to a car accident and I honestly have forgotten a lot since that was 17 years ago. Hehe, I still have my formulas cheat sheet to figure out voltages and such. Also, soldering is not a problem as I still do that from time to time. I have another desktop to use so this is just going to be a hobby project.
Anyways, if anyone has advice or even a link to a thread/site that could be a guide, I would be grateful. Thanks for any and all advice in advance.
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