I would very much appreciate some (or a lot of) guidance from you gurus out there.
I've just put together what, for me, was supposed to be the mother of all computers:
Asrock Z97 Extreme 6 mobo; 32GB 2133C9 DDR3 RAM; i7 4790K CPU; XP941 M.2 512GB; AMD W600 GPU; plus supporting bits and pieces. Everything has been carefully, neatly put together.
Switch-on - nothing on-screen. To reduce the number of potential trouble spots I've removed the GPU and gone straight from the rear panel DVI output to my monitor. I've tried to run with, and without, the XP941 installed. I've run with a Win 7 disk in the optical drive; I've run with a Win 7 installation USB stick; I've tried even with my laptop's SSD fitted. I've reset the CMOS every time I changed the configuration. In all configurations the result is the same.
Watching the on-board display, four error codes appear during the 30 seconds or so that I let it run. The first three appear briefly, then the fourth stays there for as long as I leave the system running:
4f = "A problem related to memory"
b2 = Not sure - not listed
A2 = "Problem related to IDE or SATA devices"
99 = "Problem related to PCI-E devices"
Apart from that little collection, everything else works fine. All the cooling fans (6) work; the optical drive works; the power button works; the power LED works; the PSU self-test worked and the PSU fan works; the lights on the RAM all work; the light on the liquid cooler works. Peripherals - no problem. Heart of the system - big problem!
Can anyone suggest what the possible cause is, and what I can try next.
Thanks in anticipation.
I've just put together what, for me, was supposed to be the mother of all computers:
Asrock Z97 Extreme 6 mobo; 32GB 2133C9 DDR3 RAM; i7 4790K CPU; XP941 M.2 512GB; AMD W600 GPU; plus supporting bits and pieces. Everything has been carefully, neatly put together.
Switch-on - nothing on-screen. To reduce the number of potential trouble spots I've removed the GPU and gone straight from the rear panel DVI output to my monitor. I've tried to run with, and without, the XP941 installed. I've run with a Win 7 disk in the optical drive; I've run with a Win 7 installation USB stick; I've tried even with my laptop's SSD fitted. I've reset the CMOS every time I changed the configuration. In all configurations the result is the same.
Watching the on-board display, four error codes appear during the 30 seconds or so that I let it run. The first three appear briefly, then the fourth stays there for as long as I leave the system running:
4f = "A problem related to memory"
b2 = Not sure - not listed
A2 = "Problem related to IDE or SATA devices"
99 = "Problem related to PCI-E devices"
Apart from that little collection, everything else works fine. All the cooling fans (6) work; the optical drive works; the power button works; the power LED works; the PSU self-test worked and the PSU fan works; the lights on the RAM all work; the light on the liquid cooler works. Peripherals - no problem. Heart of the system - big problem!
Can anyone suggest what the possible cause is, and what I can try next.
Thanks in anticipation.
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