Hello. Recently, I decided to build my first computer, but have had a myriad of problems getting it running. I am not 100% sure whether this is the right place to post for help, so if it isn't, I apologize. So, I have all of my parts currently assembled:
Intel i7 4770k CPU
ASUS Maximus VI Formula Motherboard
MSI GeForce GTX 770 GPU
Corsair H100i liquid CPU cooling system
Samsung 840 EVO 250 GB SSD
Seagate Barracuda 3 TB HDD (Not currently connected)
Corsair CX600M power supply
G.Skill Ripjaws X 16 GB DDR3 (2 x 8GB)
Fractal Design Define R4 case
ASUS LED 24" Monitor
When I first started putting everything together, I put the video card, cpu, and ram into the motherboard and did an external test outside of the case to make sure everything was working. The test went fine. I even hooked up my new monitor and was able to access BIOS with no problems. Then, I put everything together inside the case. While I was doing this, I used the cloning software provided with my SSD to clone my hard drive with Windows 7 OS from my laptop, which is perfectly functional and usable (I'm on it now), onto my new SSD. By the time my new computer was assembled, my laptop's hard drive had been cloned onto my new SSD successfully, so I hooked it up to my new computer and turned it on. Windows began to boot, and after about 2 secs of watching the windows logo appear, the computer crashed, giving me an error code. I'm not sure if the code will be useful here, but I will post it anyway to provide the whole story.
STOP error: 0x0000007B (0xFFFFF880009A98E8, 0xFFFFFFFFC0000034, 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000)
Upon researching the error code, I found that it seems to be referring to a missing or corrupt driver. I restarted a few times to make sure, but the same thing happened everytime. After removing the SSD and connecting it to my laptop again to check its contents, I put it back in my new computer. This time, I couldn't even pull up BIOS all of a sudden. The monitor did not display anything at all, and the Q_Code LED on the motherboard displayed 53, which, according to the manual, indicates a "Memory initialization error. Invalid memory type or incompatible memory speed." However, as I just said, I had already previously accessed BIOS with no problem. So I removed the RAM sticks, swapped their positions, and tried moving them to different positions other than the recommended DIMM_A1 and DIMM B_1 slots, and it didn't help. I then removed the motherboard entirely to remove the CMOS battery (the ROG armor covers the battery) to try to clear the CMOS (if there is a reset jumper, I couldn't seem to find it on the board or in the manual), reconnected everything after leaving the battery out for about 10 minutes and powered on the system. Nothing changed.
Is this a motherboard problem? A RAM problem? Is it the software on my SSD? I have absolutely no idea what to do and am becoming quite frustrated and worried about the whole thing. Any advice whatsoever would be helpful. Thank you in advance.
