Xeon Owners Club

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Give the board a good sniff and visual inspection

 

[FireFox]

Yes it is

One more thing, did you plugged the 8 pins power cable?

 

[HUSKIE]

yes it is

 

[HUSKIE]

One more thing, did you plugged the 8 pins power cable?

yes tried two psu's

 

[HUSKIE]

Give the board a good sniff and visual inspection

tried no burn caps or smell burn even the south bridge it looks ok. board look bnew

 

[FireFox]

yes it is

Try and check if they are properly plugged and maybe unplug all cables and retry to plug it once again.

Edit: was the Board sold as a working one? If so send it back, or maybe it was damaged when shipped.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

try some ram from a different system

 

[HUSKIE]

try some ram from a different system

i did...

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Try a different speaker

 

[HUSKIE]

Try a different speaker

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No luck

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

The only time it happened to me it turned out to be a duff X5650 that i had off ebay. CPU got warm too, fortunately i had another x58 board to test it in and got a full refund.

 

[HUSKIE]

I guess the CPU is knackered. Hope I can borrow from a friend later tonight.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

not necessarily but if you can rule it out easily

 

[Aquinus]

What code is being displayed on the 7-segment display at the top of the board? Then look in the manual and look up the code. That should tell you real quick why the machine isn't starting.

Edit: Oh, it's not the X99 board. The gigabyte board probably doesn't have one.

 

[natr0n]

Try wiping the back of cpu clean maybe dirty contacts.


With like a baby wipe or something.

Also, check out the pins on board.

 

[HUSKIE]

Will try to clean it later after school run.... Let's see if post or not.sockets looks perfectly been looking and checked no bent pins whatsoever.

 

[FireFox]

@HUSKIE you didn't answer my question on post #3307

 

[HUSKIE]

Try and check if they are properly plugged and maybe unplug all cables and retry to plug it once again.

Edit: was the Board sold as a working one? If so send it back, or maybe it was damaged when shipped.

Hi sorry they're barely outside the case I just bought them second hand from a friend really cheap and I've seen them working before I pay.

And yeah tried plugged and unplugged.

 

[FireFox]

Hi sorry they're barely outside the case I just bought them second hand from a friend really cheap and I've seen them working before I pay.

And yeah tried plugged and unplugged.

The CPU you go it from a friend of your?

 

[HUSKIE]

Yeah mobo,CPU,Ram, psu and gpu

 

[FireFox]

Yeah mobo,CPU,Ram, psu and gpu

And how it can be possible that before it was working and suddenly it's not, i don't get it.

Did you ask for help to your friend?

 

[Aquinus]

These might be a better question @Knoxx29 for @HUSKIE. If Huskie bought the hardware from his friend and saw it working, we may be able to make some assumptions about what it could be.

1. Did you pick up the computer from your friend or was it shipped?
2. Was the CPU in the socket of the motherboard when you received it?
3. Was the DRAM in the motherboard when you got it or was it off to the side?
4. Did you see it running with the same combination of hardware (if items were excluded, can you point them out?)
5. You're getting no post codes (no 7-segment display to get them, is there a header for one?) and no beep codes, correct?

Yeah mobo,CPU,Ram, psu and gpu

Not a chassis? So only the CPU and memory could have possibly been installed during transit? If that came to, was the cooler mounted during transit?

This might be a long shot but, if a different CPU was in the motherboard when you saw it running and if the motherboard has the original BIOS, the 3820 might be incompatible without a BIOS update. The 3820 came out after the 3930k and 3960x did and several earlier boards needed a BIOS update to support it. My own experience with an older BIOS with my P9X79 Deluxe is that the DRAM can also be the culprit. Usually when my machines fail to boot after doing work on them, that's the cause. You mentioned that you tested with a single DIMM, did you try different DIMM slots instead of using the same one all the time? Bad contact with the pins on the socket or the DRAM slot can result in DIMMs getting detected but, actively being flagged as having issues (I've seen this on my own P9X79 Deluxe' as well.)

Also, don't over-tighten coolers on X79. That CPU is resting on a lot of pins (It's called skt2011 for a reason, there are 2011 pins/contacts) and I highly suggest gradually tightening up each corner at least 2 passes, preferably 3, before tightening it to where you want it. I have found this to cause issues with DRAM slots if done carelessly.

 

[HUSKIE]

Please check this section where the hardware started to post....

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/xeon-owners-club.211143/page-132

 

[HUSKIE]

Thanks

 

[HUSKIE]

CPU is busted. Tried to the other system.

Thanks for help