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Hi everyone.
So far, this build has been from hell it seems. After waiting over 2 weeks for all the parts to come in, I put my computer together yesterday. Of course, it didn't boot. It showed a red LED for CPU and after some troubleshooting, I found out I was the lucky guy to get a DOA processor. So I went and exchanged it for a brand new i5-2500k. This time, I also bought a coolermaster heat sink and installed it with my new processor. Good news is that it finally boots into BIOS. The bad news is, this CPU is running hotter than the sun. So I figured that maybe this was just a bad heatsink, so I decided to put the stock one on. Same story, actually the stock one was 5 degrees hotter. I reset the mobo memory, I did not do any sort of overclocking, it is simply running extremely hot upon the first boot(s) into BIOS.
Can anyone help me with what might be going wrong? Here is a list of my parts:
Maximus IV Extreme - Z
intel i5-2500k
nvidia gtx 560ti
2x 4GB Kingston HyperX 1666mhz RAM
Rosewill 950W PSU
750GB 7200 RPM HDD
Xigmatek Pantheon Case
Any help is greatly appreciated. This is my first build alone and I look forward to your responses.
-Konrad
Edit: The mobo has a red VGA LED light and 62 (or B2?) code. Earlier, it was showing a 38 (3B) code and wouldn't boot into BIOS. IDK if any of this helps..
Hi everyone.
So far, this build has been from hell it seems. After waiting over 2 weeks for all the parts to come in, I put my computer together yesterday. Of course, it didn't boot. It showed a red LED for CPU and after some troubleshooting, I found out I was the lucky guy to get a DOA processor. So I went and exchanged it for a brand new i5-2500k. This time, I also bought a coolermaster heat sink and installed it with my new processor. Good news is that it finally boots into BIOS. The bad news is, this CPU is running hotter than the sun. So I figured that maybe this was just a bad heatsink, so I decided to put the stock one on. Same story, actually the stock one was 5 degrees hotter. I reset the mobo memory, I did not do any sort of overclocking, it is simply running extremely hot upon the first boot(s) into BIOS.
Can anyone help me with what might be going wrong? Here is a list of my parts:
Maximus IV Extreme - Z
intel i5-2500k
nvidia gtx 560ti
2x 4GB Kingston HyperX 1666mhz RAM
Rosewill 950W PSU
750GB 7200 RPM HDD
Xigmatek Pantheon Case
Any help is greatly appreciated. This is my first build alone and I look forward to your responses.
-Konrad
Edit: The mobo has a red VGA LED light and 62 (or B2?) code. Earlier, it was showing a 38 (3B) code and wouldn't boot into BIOS. IDK if any of this helps..