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I'm on my second board. Both boards have done the exact same thing. Here is what is currently on the board right now.

- Intel Core i7-5820K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.3GHz
- Noctua NH-D15 6 heatpipe with Dual NF-A15 140mm fans
- One stick of Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz (PC4-21300)
- EVGA GeForce GTX 1070

Once powered on, all the fans kick on and a debug code of 60 shows on the debug led screen. The board stays on for a few seconds and then restarts into the backup bios. The backup bios stays on for a few seconds and then restarts to the primary bios. This continues in an endless loop until I cut the power.

I've been through all four sticks of memory that I have. Trying each one individually in the DDR4_2_B slot. I've removed the video card and all the memory to just have the CPU present. The same boot loop from primary to backup bios occurs, but I get the memory initialization code since no memory is present.

My initial thought is that the current version of the bios is not picking up my CPU. Is there any way I can flash the bios on this X99M board without needing a display?
 
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Thanks for the reply alexoiu. With no RAM chips in the board I get a code of 53 which is a Memory initialization error.

 
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Ok, I tested each slot and got the same code on each slot:

- DDR4_1_A - Code 60 or b0
- DDR4_2_B - Code 60 or b0
- DDR4_4_D - Code 60 or b0
- DDR4_3_C - Code 60 or b0

It's the same code on each each slot. Either 60 or b0. It's hard to tell with the LED screen. 60 is DXE Core is started and b0 is Runtime AP installation begins.

 
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tvining79

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I have 4 total RAM chips. I tested each chip in slot DDR4_2_B and got code 60 on every chip.

 
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I removed the CPU and looked the socket over and it looks good. I couldn't see any bent pins.
 
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alexoiu,

First of all thank you for your help with this problem. You got me pointed in the right direction. Here is what solved the issue.

I didn't have any DDR4 memory other than what I've been trying on the board. So I went and purchased a cheap stick of DDR4, but since the memory I have was 2666, I decided to try 2400. The 2400 will also downgrade to 2133 if needed. I plugged one chip in and the computer booted. I got into the BIOS and noticed that instead of running at 2400, the stick was running at 2133.

The bios version was also at F20, so I upgraded it to F22 and powered down the machine. I then installed all 4 sticks of my 2666 memory and the computer booted just fine. I got into the bios and the memory is still running at just 2133, not 2666, so I don't know what's going on there or why the 2666 was not working in the first place. But it took a stick of 2400 to get the board to boot and then after the bios upgrade to F22 the 2666 worked.

Thanks again for your help.
 
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