ASUS Maximus VIII Ranger all sorts of Q-codes

dacster84 · Oct 1, 2016

Hello,

My brand new setup consisting of:

ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VIII RANGER Socket-1151
ASUS GeForce GTX 1070 TURBO
Intel Core i7-6700K Skylake Prosessor
Corsair RM750x 750W PSU
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666MHz 16GB (2x8gb)
Corsair Carbide Quiet 400Q Midi Tower
Noctua NH-D15 CPU Kjøler

I thought it would be smart updating to the latest BIOS driver 2202. Updated. Restart PC.
Getting different error codes. First i got the code 62 which made the VGA_LED light up. I removed the GPU and use the onboard GPU to see if that worked. Same error. Tried a few more reboots. Error code 32, 79, 96. Managed to get into BIOS. All settings at Default. Went through most of the settings just to find out BIOS freezes. Rebooted. Getting a Power Supply Surges detected. Installed my old PSU. Tried different slots at my house (kitchen, upstairs, living room) Nothing happened. Disabled ASUS Surge protection in BIOS. Same weird problems occuring that my BIOS is freezing. Right now i'm starting to become kinda clueless with what i should do... I'm no IT expert so i could really appriciate some help

Thanks

-Rick

alexoiu · Oct 1, 2016

Hi, Try using the Flashback and flash a different BIOS version.

dacster84 · Oct 1, 2016

Hey, thanks for the quick reply. I've tried 2202 and 2001. Both with the same problem. I'm trying to download the 1701 drivers that the MB had when i bought it but the asus website wont let me.

alexoiu · Oct 1, 2016

No problem. Check the board's DVD. See if the BIOS file is there. But... it might not be a BIOS issue.

dacster84 · Oct 1, 2016

alexoiu :

I personally dont think the problem is my BIOS. It feels like it has to do something with my RAM or Voltage. Since it just randomly freezes... Could be a faulty MB?

Next startup it wont get further then 99. Im using Displayport from onboard MB to my Eizo screen. My monitor just goes to sleeping mode after not retrieving a signal

dacster84 · Oct 1, 2016

little update:

Turned of the power and removed the power cable for 5 minutes. ¨Started up and got this Power supply surges detected during the previous power on¨ Tried my old Corsair 850W PSU and disabled Anti Surge in BIOS. Next reboot i get error b2

alexoiu · Oct 1, 2016

Have you tried clearing the CMOS?

dacster84 · Oct 1, 2016

alexoiu :

Yes i have. I flashed back to the old 1701 drivers that it had from the day i bought it. Now i'm in BIOS and loaded the defaults. Let's see what happens now when i try to run from USB to install Windows 10.

Ran the UEFI USB partition one to install Windows 10.
ROG logo shows up. You can see the loading circle going clockwise and then it suddenly freezes. Q-Kode A0

Rebooted again. Getting the same Power supply surges detected during the previous power on.
ASUS Anti-Surge was triggered to protect system from unstable power supply unit!

I'm pretty sure that this is not the case.

Disablted Anti Surge. Saved and Quit BIOS. Next startup Q-kode 32.
Pushed the reset button on my MB. Next startup i'm back at the same ROG loading screen where it just hangs

Managed to get into BIOS again. Tried to run from the UEFI USB setting first which gave me the Machine check exception error.

Trying to run from the normal USB setting now which also gives me the Machine check exception.

Could it be that the windows 10 file i download from microsoft to make a USB installation is corrupt?

alexoiu · Oct 1, 2016

Hard to say. It looks like a hardware issue. Not sure which one.

dacster84 · Oct 1, 2016

alexoiu :

I've managed to install Windows 10. Now when the installer wants to reboot to complete the installation my computer freezes again at the RoG screen

sigh been trying to figure this out for 2 days now... frustrating

alexoiu · Oct 1, 2016

Try testing with single RAM module installed. Test each RAM.

dacster84 · Oct 1, 2016

alexoiu :

Been running with 1 single module installed in A2 slot.
I will try the other module now. Will keep you updated

dacster84 · Oct 1, 2016

Alright. Switched RAM modules. Still using slot A2 as it says in the manual.
Installed Windows. PC Reboots fine. Then it is finishing the installation and suddenly i get a CLOCK WATCHDOG TIMEOUT problem.

The only USB port that i am using is the blue one on the back where this USB stick is plugged in with the windows 10 files.
I'm using my keyboard through this USB/PS2 connector.
Displayport cabel is plugged in on the onboard gfx.
SSD is plugged in on the SATA 6G_12 socket

CPU temp is stable between 26-30C

dacster84 · Oct 1, 2016

Update:

I managed to get it working. I'm now running on 1 CPU core with alot of things in my BIOS disabled that has to do with CPU.
Does this mean my CPU could be bad?

dacster84 · Oct 1, 2016

Update: Slowly by Slowly i started enabling several CPU options again.
Now i'm running with 8 cores and Hyper Threading enabled and it loads Windows without any problem.
I'm running Prime95 stress test now so let's see what happens there

dacster84 · Oct 1, 2016

That completely crashed my setup again.
Rebooted.. didnt enter bios.. had to CLR_CMOS
Deactivated Hyper Threading. Back to 1 core... i see my CPU Core Voltage is at 1.504V when im not OCing anything... everything is at default settings.... what can i do... i guess the problem is the voltage gets to high and my ASUS Surge thingy kicks in

alexoiu · Oct 2, 2016

I'd RMA the board.

dacster84 · Oct 2, 2016

I've did RMA the board and CPU. Let's see tomorrow if that helped

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