crosshair V formula starts then stops

[katie]

I am building a new system and received the last of my parts today. I put everything together, and my crosshair v formula started blinking DRAM LEDs and had a constant red CPU led. I followed the instructions on the forums, reseating the cpu, one stick of memory to the slot furthest from the cpu, unplugging all non-vital parts, and got the bios to post once. I shut down plugged in the hard drive and now it appears to start up for about a second then stops. the start & reset button are glowing. i unplugged the hard drive and get the same problem. any thoughts?


my specs:
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s
EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti
ASUS Crosshair V Formula
AMD FX-8120
COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Gold Series RS800-80GAD3-US 800W ATX 12V v2.3
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

Thanks!
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[Area 66]

I will say you have to upgrade the BIOS to a version that support the FX-820, but what I found strange is the fact you go once in the BIOS,,, do you have the BIOS version ?

[katie]

Thanks for responding! I dont recall the bios version. I do remember seeing a date of december 2011...does that help?

[rabbert.klein]

That date should make the EFI version 1003 which should definitely support the 8120, I ran my 8150 on that version for a while.

What I'd recommend:

1. Power off completely remove 120V cable to PSU
2. Check a few things:

Video Card: Seated properly, PCI-E power connecters connected to video card
Power supply: CPU4+4 connected to only the EATX12V located to the upper left of the MB
Thermal: Proper contact with CPU cooler, Thermal compound properly applied, fan plugged into CPU_FAN.

3. Install only 1 memory module into DIMM A1 (left most closest to CPU)
4. Clear RTC RAM (see 2-18 in manual)
5. Try and boot to EFI

I know I had one hell of a hard time booting the first time and all these things above helped me out.

[HiVizMan]

If you look at the sticker that is near the SATA ports - it has a long number the last four digits are your BIOS version.

The fact you got to BIOS once is significant.

Check your CPU pins are not missing or bent flat.

[NemesisChild]

Do you have an older Phenom II CPU that you can install, then try posting with it?

[katie]

Thanks all! I tried all of your suggestions with no success. In the end I borrowed a power supply tester and voila! It crapped out, must have been after I got the MB to post. So off to the store..

[HiVizMan]

Ah the dreaded PSU fail. Seems to be the flavour of the week right now. Amazing how that happens, one themed problem just seems to keep on giving for a week or so and then a new trend rears its ugly head.

Let us know how it goes please.

[rabbert.klein]

Ah the dreaded PSU fail. Seems to be the flavour of the week right now. Amazing how that happens, one themed problem just seems to keep on giving for a week or so and then a new trend rears its ugly head.

Let us know how it goes please.

This is why I got a UPS.

I used to blow though power supplies in 1 to 2 years but my current PSU has lasted 3.5 years and it is still running strong.

[rabbert.klein]

Glad to hear you've at least isolated the issue.

As HiVizMan said, please let us know how that works.