For my build you can refer to my original post on this thread here on the other section:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/313011-31-first-custom-gaming-feedback-needed
I just want some feedback on my situation here. I had the whole rig up and running perfectly for two full days up until this morning when I decided to use the overclock feature on AI Suite II that it came with. I used the Extreme OC option and it rebooted fine, fully stable. Upon letting it further pursue a higher OC, my whole rig shut off instantly in the middle of the 4th or 5th increase (it was at ~4.000 GHz). Ever since then it would not boot or even POST.
I've done all of the following in several combinations:
- Cleared the CMOS via jumper
- Cleared CMOS via "Clear CMOS" button on the back I/O panel that the ROG mobo came with
- Took the lithium battery out of the mobo and waited
- Unplugged all power from the mobo for awhile so that absolutely no current is running, and left that for 15-20 minutes
- Took RAM sticks out for a while
- Tried it with 1 RAM stick only
- Transferred the GPU to another slot
The mobo's START, OC, and RESET buttons are lit on, but when I press START, all I hear is a "click" sound like a switch, and nothing happens. I could see one of my case fans move for like a SPLIT second (like 0.1 of a second) but that's about it. If I press it again, won't even hear the click, but if I turn of the PSU and turn it back on, then press it, the click is there again but still nothing.
I've connected the internal speaker to the mobo to listen to the beeps but there's no beep so I'm gonna assume that what that indicates is the motherboard being the one that's fried, not the CPU or anything else.
What I want to know is, upon further inspection after all this happened, I noticed the southbridge's heatsink (is it the heatsink?) still had the clear plastic sticker/covering on it this whole time. If you look at pictures of the Crosshair V Formula, it's the black square piece to the right side of the PCI-E slot. It's the one with the ASUS Republic of Gamers logo on it. My question is, could the culprit be the fact that I had that on there the whole time? Because I find it hard to believe the a motherboard of this quality and it's build was meant for extreme overclocking conditions, to be destroyed from a simple AI Suite II overclock.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/313011-31-first-custom-gaming-feedback-needed
I just want some feedback on my situation here. I had the whole rig up and running perfectly for two full days up until this morning when I decided to use the overclock feature on AI Suite II that it came with. I used the Extreme OC option and it rebooted fine, fully stable. Upon letting it further pursue a higher OC, my whole rig shut off instantly in the middle of the 4th or 5th increase (it was at ~4.000 GHz). Ever since then it would not boot or even POST.
I've done all of the following in several combinations:
- Cleared the CMOS via jumper
- Cleared CMOS via "Clear CMOS" button on the back I/O panel that the ROG mobo came with
- Took the lithium battery out of the mobo and waited
- Unplugged all power from the mobo for awhile so that absolutely no current is running, and left that for 15-20 minutes
- Took RAM sticks out for a while
- Tried it with 1 RAM stick only
- Transferred the GPU to another slot
The mobo's START, OC, and RESET buttons are lit on, but when I press START, all I hear is a "click" sound like a switch, and nothing happens. I could see one of my case fans move for like a SPLIT second (like 0.1 of a second) but that's about it. If I press it again, won't even hear the click, but if I turn of the PSU and turn it back on, then press it, the click is there again but still nothing.
I've connected the internal speaker to the mobo to listen to the beeps but there's no beep so I'm gonna assume that what that indicates is the motherboard being the one that's fried, not the CPU or anything else.
What I want to know is, upon further inspection after all this happened, I noticed the southbridge's heatsink (is it the heatsink?) still had the clear plastic sticker/covering on it this whole time. If you look at pictures of the Crosshair V Formula, it's the black square piece to the right side of the PCI-E slot. It's the one with the ASUS Republic of Gamers logo on it. My question is, could the culprit be the fact that I had that on there the whole time? Because I find it hard to believe the a motherboard of this quality and it's build was meant for extreme overclocking conditions, to be destroyed from a simple AI Suite II overclock.