Thats what I was thinking too, so I asked.
More wonderments I have, what hd are you using?
Do you have both gpu's in? (Excuse me, I mean no disrespect of your abilities..the simplest things sometimes are it.)
Use (1) @ first.
I see you tried the jumpers..but did you shut down and try the reset on the output panel?
(Sometimes vendors..have put rma's back in stock..I registered one, C4E, that they said was
already registered..how could that be from a new board...unless?)
Can you try other ram, just to get into the bios... Im still thinking this is the second go around
of the lights...and its hang'n because of the hd setup... mine did.
One of the more tech savy guys may have other ideas..but this is all I can come up with..
More questions than answers....hahahhaa...always.
The best answers, not just computers, life in general, lead to more, and more important questions.
One last question..and now that your down to 1 stick, 1 lane...have you tried all 4 sticks to
rule out 'its just bad ram'?
I rma'd my first V to newegg..crossRMA..by the time the replacement came..I had the other
one ROG'n...I can't let a board that wont boot sit..
It's like a chess board...it keeps calling you back..one more move..and...checkmate.
((I informed newegg of this..and they said, 'well, pick one and send the other back.))
((So did I pass up the challenge of the new one for the one that was working?....NOT...and this one is
even better...now.)) c.