Hi All,
Hope you can help...I built this PC about 7 months ago...using an Asus mobo that previously died while under warranty and was repaired and sent back to me by Asus. It has worked perfect, no issues.
Recently, while downloading pics from a camera, the PC stated something about the wi-fi connection going bad and something about the USB not working properly (info is sketchy because my wife was doing the DL'ing...I was at work) and the PC shut down. After that the PC would start hanging on POST...if you rebooted a number of times, you could get to the windows account screen every blue moon but that lasted only a day or so. During POST it will get to the memory check, complete it saying it is OK and then either hang there or sometimes, rarely though, go to the drive check. During the hang the drive activity light stays basically solid the entire time. Every now and again when you first boot it, the PC will spin up then shut down within a couple of seconds...after that though, it will boot no problem into the POST and then hang as usual.
I just finished breadboarding...received no mem beeps...so I added one dimm at a time, individually and then both...seemed to work OK as the beep sequence would move on to indicate no video card. Once I add the vid card, I get just the one normal POST beep. Connected the monitor and the PC still hangs during POST right after mem check lists OK.
At this point, I thought it was either the PSU or the mobo...so I tried an extra PSU I had which was working fine the last time I used it...same result. I also reset the CMOS...same result.
Is this a bad mobo? Is there a chance it is either the CPU or the HDD? I am assuming no on the HDD as it hangs during POST without the drives plugged in and I am unable to get into the BIOS. CPU also doesn't seem to add up as the system will post one beep just not ever finish posting past the memory OK notation...so I am thinking mobo (especially since the thing died before and was repaired...although it has worked for around 7 months to this point).
It is an Asus P5K-E wifi/AP with an E6750 CPU, 4GB G.Skill Pi Black, and an 850HX Corsair PSU.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts...I am thinking of going out and buying another mobo, possibly P5Q Pro...just wanted to hear any thoughts (hopefully confirming ones...) Thanks again!
13Bravo
U.S.H.A.!
Hope you can help...I built this PC about 7 months ago...using an Asus mobo that previously died while under warranty and was repaired and sent back to me by Asus. It has worked perfect, no issues.
Recently, while downloading pics from a camera, the PC stated something about the wi-fi connection going bad and something about the USB not working properly (info is sketchy because my wife was doing the DL'ing...I was at work) and the PC shut down. After that the PC would start hanging on POST...if you rebooted a number of times, you could get to the windows account screen every blue moon but that lasted only a day or so. During POST it will get to the memory check, complete it saying it is OK and then either hang there or sometimes, rarely though, go to the drive check. During the hang the drive activity light stays basically solid the entire time. Every now and again when you first boot it, the PC will spin up then shut down within a couple of seconds...after that though, it will boot no problem into the POST and then hang as usual.
I just finished breadboarding...received no mem beeps...so I added one dimm at a time, individually and then both...seemed to work OK as the beep sequence would move on to indicate no video card. Once I add the vid card, I get just the one normal POST beep. Connected the monitor and the PC still hangs during POST right after mem check lists OK.
At this point, I thought it was either the PSU or the mobo...so I tried an extra PSU I had which was working fine the last time I used it...same result. I also reset the CMOS...same result.
Is this a bad mobo? Is there a chance it is either the CPU or the HDD? I am assuming no on the HDD as it hangs during POST without the drives plugged in and I am unable to get into the BIOS. CPU also doesn't seem to add up as the system will post one beep just not ever finish posting past the memory OK notation...so I am thinking mobo (especially since the thing died before and was repaired...although it has worked for around 7 months to this point).
It is an Asus P5K-E wifi/AP with an E6750 CPU, 4GB G.Skill Pi Black, and an 850HX Corsair PSU.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts...I am thinking of going out and buying another mobo, possibly P5Q Pro...just wanted to hear any thoughts (hopefully confirming ones...) Thanks again!
13Bravo
U.S.H.A.!