Greetings everyone,
So I'm completely stumped. I'm sorry if this is long winded, but I want to give as much detail as possible because I don't know what information may be pertinent.
I bought a used Asus P8z77-V motherboard. The seller claimed this is 100% working. I have installed this same mobo into many builds, so I know it fairly well. I have been building PC's for many years, so I don't think I'm missing anything simple (like incorrectly seating the RAM).
I installed the mobo into a new CoolerMaster HAF x case. Placed the 3770k CPU in. And then installed a brand new, but tested, CoolerMaster Nepton 240m CPU cooler. I installed 4 sticks of 4GB G.Skill RAM (tested in same model mobo and worked), but the motherboard wouldn't even POST and the red LED for MEM error was lit. After pulling all the RAM and placing on module in at a time I came to the conclusion that DIMM slots A1 and A2 were bad. Anytime a RAM module was installed in either of these slots, the board wouldn't POST. Just for troubleshooting purposes, I swapped CPU's, tried completely different RAM modules out, and cleared the CMOS, but still came to the same results.
I sent the motherboard back to the original seller. Today he emailed me stating that the board is working fine for him. He's tested all 4 DIMM slots and he's not getting any errors. He is still offering a full refund, so I have no reason not to believe him (in fact he's been great with communications and tried to help with troubleshooting while I had the board).
I'm so stumped. Does anyone have any idea as to what could cause this? How could a mobo not work for me, but work for someone else?
So I'm completely stumped. I'm sorry if this is long winded, but I want to give as much detail as possible because I don't know what information may be pertinent.
I bought a used Asus P8z77-V motherboard. The seller claimed this is 100% working. I have installed this same mobo into many builds, so I know it fairly well. I have been building PC's for many years, so I don't think I'm missing anything simple (like incorrectly seating the RAM).
I installed the mobo into a new CoolerMaster HAF x case. Placed the 3770k CPU in. And then installed a brand new, but tested, CoolerMaster Nepton 240m CPU cooler. I installed 4 sticks of 4GB G.Skill RAM (tested in same model mobo and worked), but the motherboard wouldn't even POST and the red LED for MEM error was lit. After pulling all the RAM and placing on module in at a time I came to the conclusion that DIMM slots A1 and A2 were bad. Anytime a RAM module was installed in either of these slots, the board wouldn't POST. Just for troubleshooting purposes, I swapped CPU's, tried completely different RAM modules out, and cleared the CMOS, but still came to the same results.
I sent the motherboard back to the original seller. Today he emailed me stating that the board is working fine for him. He's tested all 4 DIMM slots and he's not getting any errors. He is still offering a full refund, so I have no reason not to believe him (in fact he's been great with communications and tried to help with troubleshooting while I had the board).
I'm so stumped. Does anyone have any idea as to what could cause this? How could a mobo not work for me, but work for someone else?
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