Hi Everyone,
I went to bed last night after a few rounds of BF3 and working on emails using my rig (see specs below). I came home for lunch and nothing turns on not even the MB LEDs. I plugged it directly into a wall outlet, but nothing. I am kind of freaking out because I am not sure what happened. We did have a storm here last night, but nothing, and I mean nothing, went out last night and everything plugged directly into a wall outlet works just fine. Even the other two items plugged into the same surge protector works just fine. Also, all of my peripherals work fine too. Only my comp is dead.
Do you guys have any ideas what it might be? I can't possibly afford to replace a PSU, MB, CPU, GC right now.
Also, I don't have another rig to test any of my parts in to see if anything still works - Ugh!!!
****UPDATE AS OF 05/21/2013**** I had my CPU, RAM, and PSU checked out at my local shop and all worked fine. For good measure I picked up a brand new Asus 660 Direct CU(nice looking card BTW). I installed all of them and NOTHING, just a blinking CPU led light. I checked and rechecked everything. The second board is now back in the RMA process:-(
I have to say that ASUS NA customer service is prompt and courteous (good job, Asus! ), but all I really want now is working MB. PLEASE
😞 It seems like these boards have a high rate of return (
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-131-805&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=100&Pu...****End of Update***
***Update 06/07/2013*** So, after the receiving my second RMA'd board it finally works. However, I am VERY dissappointed and exhausted at this point. The EMF shield on this board is missing and the 4th pin on the CPU opt fan header and the CHA 2 fan header were both bent pretty badly. Luckily, bending a fan header pin back is easy. I am done RMA'ing board unless this one goes belly up too. I say this with a heavy heart, but I think I am done with Asus MBs too. With all due respect, how can the person let a MB leave the facility after the second repair on the same board and not see the missing EMF shield and bent pins? I saw them immediately. I plan on talking to CS service...again about this, but don't have the time or energy to do so at this time. Ugh! Below is a photo of the missing EMF shield.
Here is a link of a pic of where the emf shield should be.
http://rog.asus.com/58902012/rampage-iv-motherboards/rampage-iv-gene-extensive-overview/***End of 06/07/2013 Update****
Very sad ,
Dedaciai
My Current (05/04/2013) Rig Specs:
Intel Core 3930K
Asus Rampage IV Gene
Crucial M4 SSD 256GB
EVGA GTX 570 SC
Corsair H100 (p)
Corsair Vengance RAM 16GB @ 1600MHz
EVGA NEX750G
Fractal Design Arc Mini
Asus Xonar Phoebus
Intel Core 3930K at 4.25GHz
Asus Rampage IV Extreme BIOS 1404
Crucial M4 SSD 256GB
EVGA GTX 570 SC 2-Way SLI @ 822/2000/1.038V 24/7 Drivers: WHQL 301.42
2 Caviar Black 1TB HDD
Asus XONAR Phoebus
Corsair H100 (p/p)
Corsair Vengance RAM 16GB @1600MHz
Enermax 1350W PSU
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit