Greetings,
Built a new computer, running into some strange issues. Ran into a few hurdles here and there, but got everything working till now. 😞
NZXT Phantom 820
i7 5930k @ 3.7 Stock
Swifttech H2O-220 Edge HD Series - CPU Watercooling
16GB – 3000MHz – F4-3000C15Q-16GRR (4x Sticks in Quad Channel i.e red slots)
EVGA 1000 P2 PSU Platinum Rated
X99 Rampage V
OCZ Vector 256 x 2 (non-raid)
Asus GTX 980 SLI
Windows 7 Pro 64
OC Panel is running in the front drive bay, also have a generic asus blu-ray player there too. Got most of this stuff from new egg around the beginning of October.
The first problem I had was that the pump wasn't being recognized by the motherboard, after a BIOS update all was well. The next issue I ran into was getting the memory to run at its advertised XMP speed. At first, my PC kept on failing to boot but eventually it sstarted to work (after one or two retries). All was well, ran a bunch of benchmarks, played a few intensive games (i.e. Rome 2 @ 1440p on extreme). No issues.
For the time being, I had my case panels all removed. I eventually decided to put them all back on to finish the build. After I did this, my computer failed to boot.
I removed all the panels, thinking I might have pinched a wire or something but still nothing. I restarted in safe mode to see what happened. Computer booted up, stating that my OC failed? (Q-code bd) No overclocking has been done, other than the setting the XMP profile to its intended speed. I turned the XMP profile off, and it still wouldn't boot.
Frustrated, I completely cleared the CMOS with the button behind. Computer booted fine, Windows started.
What I find really strange, is that when it failed to boot and I set all settings to default, it still wouldn't boot. I had to clear the CMOS in order for my computer to boot properly?
Any help on this would be MUCH appreciated, after dropping this much money on a new computer... 😞
