Intel Motherboards : Older board wont boot

Author: donmid94
Subject: Older board wont boot
Posted: 23 Mar 2016 at 8:05am

Thanks again for the help. Here is CPU info: Intel Core i7-3820 Sandy Bridge-E Quad-Core 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 2011 130W.  I have never had to mess with the bios or flashed bios previously. I cant really confirm what version is installed now as it wont go past splash screen but more than likely whatever came with the chip in 2012. I never did try to connect a mouse to the board as I figured I wouldn't need it unless it some how booted to windows. I never thought of the mouse as being required for these early boot sequences. The video cards are these: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 02G-P4-2966-KR 2GB SSC GAMING w/ACX 2.0+. I had 2 connected in SLI but have switched to only one for troubleshooting. I have never had any issue with them and have tried switching out between them during troubleshooting. on the last round, I have been working on the board outside of case but it has a reset button on the board; I'm sure ive tried that. I guess it must be the board gone bad...