Author: parsec
Subject: Older board wont boot
Posted: 21 Mar 2016 at 1:06pm
The "OCZ PCI HD" caught my attention (a OCZ PCI SSD I assume, a Revo drive?) Is this your OS/Boot drive?
When is the last time you installed Windows, and what version are you using?
The OCZ Revo drives are not known for their stable operation. Yours may be starting to fail.
Your board has the Dr. Debug POST code display. When the PC hangs on the splash screen, what code is shown in the display?
It seems that POST is failing, since you cannot get into the BIOS. Your board has 12 SATA ports, do you have other drives in the PC that you have not removed for testing?
You seem to have cleared the CMOS/BIOS, or did you do that with the jumper recently? Removing/replacing the battery won't clear the BIOS like moving the jumper does. Your board has a CMOS Clr button on the IO panel, have you tried that lately?
When you clear the BIOS, you should be prompted to go into the BIOS on the next startup. But it seems you are not completing POST so the keyboard never works. Please check the POST code in the Debug display.
There is nothing wrong with the X79 platform, it is still respectable today IMO. With a Sandy or Ivy HEDT processor, it certainly isn't something you would junk without a fight.![Thumbs Up]( "Thumbs Up")
Edited by parsec - 4 hours 53 minutes ago at 1:12pm
Subject: Older board wont boot
Posted: 21 Mar 2016 at 1:06pm
 donmid94 wrote:Really frustrated with this, I took everything apart, inspected, cleaned and assembled piece by piece, outside of the case. For the most part it behaved the same as before. only booting every 3rd or 4th time. When it did boot all looks good initially, starts with OCZ boot screen for HD, the keyboard lights up and seems to respond to the key board when it prompts to hit space bar to continue to mobo screens. Then right to the Mobo splash screen; for almost all different types of keyboards, the delete key would generate a beep from keyboard and most of the time the tab key would take you to another Dos looking screen with bios info but no other keys responded at all. I have tried different power supplies and every combination possible of keyboards, PS2, USB, and USB to PS2 converters, 1 stick of memory, 2 sticks and 4 sticks, with OCZ PCI HD in and without. It gives all the normal post beeps if you try to boot with no memory or whatever. It will run for hours on the splash screen; It feels like if I could somehow get by this one keystroke to adjust the boot settings, all would be fine. Even though it is 4 years old, the recent addition of new video cards and it will max out 7.9 on windows performance index with only one 7.8. I really hate to have to junk this machine. Any other ideas? Thanks in advance, Don M |
The "OCZ PCI HD" caught my attention (a OCZ PCI SSD I assume, a Revo drive?) Is this your OS/Boot drive?
When is the last time you installed Windows, and what version are you using?
The OCZ Revo drives are not known for their stable operation. Yours may be starting to fail.
Your board has the Dr. Debug POST code display. When the PC hangs on the splash screen, what code is shown in the display?
It seems that POST is failing, since you cannot get into the BIOS. Your board has 12 SATA ports, do you have other drives in the PC that you have not removed for testing?
You seem to have cleared the CMOS/BIOS, or did you do that with the jumper recently? Removing/replacing the battery won't clear the BIOS like moving the jumper does. Your board has a CMOS Clr button on the IO panel, have you tried that lately?
When you clear the BIOS, you should be prompted to go into the BIOS on the next startup. But it seems you are not completing POST so the keyboard never works. Please check the POST code in the Debug display.
There is nothing wrong with the X79 platform, it is still respectable today IMO. With a Sandy or Ivy HEDT processor, it certainly isn't something you would junk without a fight.
Edited by parsec - 4 hours 53 minutes ago at 1:12pm