PSU, Mother Board problem or other? Inconsistently Posts!

[AtlasShrugs]

My system is 10 months old. After about 3 months of reliable service it starting exhibiting a very nasty problem.

It almost never successfully posts during a cold boot. (Code 00) I have to open the case and unplug a PCI card or a port and reboot...unplug that and try again. Then as if to prove my machine is a temperamental woman...she will suddenly snap back to normal...post and boot. And perform fine. But sometimes it takes me 5 or 10 minutes of random trial. I've found no repeatable pattern.

If I spend enough time and fiddling I get it to post and boot but it is a massive pain and the hardware is nearing 1 year of age so I need to get it resolved now. Obviously there is a serious problem.

Mother board is the Asus X99-E Workstation.

 

[Mark_1970]

My system is 10 months old. After about 3 months of reliable service it starting exhibiting a very nasty problem.

It almost never successfully posts during a cold boot. (Code 00) I have to open the case and unplug a PCI card or a port and reboot...unplug that and try again. Then as if to prove my machine is a temperamental woman...she will suddenly snap back to normal...post and boot. And perform fine. But sometimes it takes me 5 or 10 minutes of random trial. I've found no repeatable pattern.

If I spend enough time and fiddling I get it to post and boot but it is a massive pain and the hardware is nearing 1 year of age so I need to get it resolved now. Obviously there is a serious problem.

Mother board is the Asus X99-E Workstation.

code 00 means no cpu detected, pull it out and clean socket/cpu. with isopropyl alcohol carefully

 

[AtlasShrugs]

@Mark_1970
Remember this is an intermittent problem. The CPU is ultimately detected after I disconnect and reconnect peripherals and retry enough times.

My hunch is that it is a power problem...either with the PSU or the motherboard. Perhaps I should post a video...it makes a weird sound/light "seizure" or retraction on cold boot.

Right now I just leave it running all the time. Obviously that's not an ideal situation.

 

[Mark_1970]

@Mark_1970
Remember this is an intermittent problem. The CPU is ultimately detected after I disconnect and reconnect peripherals and retry enough times.

My hunch is that it is a power problem...either with the PSU or the motherboard. Perhaps I should post a video...it makes a weird sound/light "seizure" or retraction on cold boot.

Right now I just leave it running all the time. Obviously that's not an ideal situation.

I agreed, many reasons why, just giving a clue