Just got an ASRock X79 Extreme 4 for my main home computer station. I purchased it to replace a trouble-prone Asus Z68 mobo and 1155 socket. The ASRock X79 Extreme 4 is my first LGA 2011 project.
I've successfully built eight (8) 1155-based Mac hacks using ASRock H67, H77 and Z77 mini-ITX and MicroATX boards. (Well, actually only seven are working. The H77M-ITX/i7-3770 build isn't working, even after the release of Mac OS 10.8. Finder crashes and freezes 100% of the time. But that's a different story and question.)
PROBLEM: The new X79 with LGA 2011 i7-3820 CPU doesn't even POST. I double-checked all the power connections, header connections, SATA connections, etc., and everything looks fine. Since there's no onboard graphics, I have to use a video card. I have tried two different ones: A Gigabyte HD6870 and a Gigabyte Nvidia GTX-550TI.
The system powers up, but I can't get VGA display with either card, so I can't even get into BIOS to set PCI Express as the default video source (assuming it isn't already set up that way, which it should be). Also, obviously, I can't enter BIOS for any other modifications either.
What's the secret to getting VGA display with the X79 Extreme 4? Am I missing something? In the box the motherboard came in, there are two items I didn't unwrap, but those are SLI and Crossfire connectors and, since I'm using only one GPU at a time, I didn't bother unpacking or installing either of those connectors.
Any bit of assistance that would help me get a working VGA display so that I could enter BIOS would be appreciated. This is rather urgent since it's my main system and all my first-rate hardware.
Thank you kindly in advance.
I've successfully built eight (8) 1155-based Mac hacks using ASRock H67, H77 and Z77 mini-ITX and MicroATX boards. (Well, actually only seven are working. The H77M-ITX/i7-3770 build isn't working, even after the release of Mac OS 10.8. Finder crashes and freezes 100% of the time. But that's a different story and question.)
PROBLEM: The new X79 with LGA 2011 i7-3820 CPU doesn't even POST. I double-checked all the power connections, header connections, SATA connections, etc., and everything looks fine. Since there's no onboard graphics, I have to use a video card. I have tried two different ones: A Gigabyte HD6870 and a Gigabyte Nvidia GTX-550TI.
The system powers up, but I can't get VGA display with either card, so I can't even get into BIOS to set PCI Express as the default video source (assuming it isn't already set up that way, which it should be). Also, obviously, I can't enter BIOS for any other modifications either.
What's the secret to getting VGA display with the X79 Extreme 4? Am I missing something? In the box the motherboard came in, there are two items I didn't unwrap, but those are SLI and Crossfire connectors and, since I'm using only one GPU at a time, I didn't bother unpacking or installing either of those connectors.
Any bit of assistance that would help me get a working VGA display so that I could enter BIOS would be appreciated. This is rather urgent since it's my main system and all my first-rate hardware.
Thank you kindly in advance.
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