Re: P5B Deluxe won't start

Paul wrote:
Clive Lumb wrote:
Michael W. Ryder wrote:
Clive Lumb wrote:
Hi everybody,

I am currently upgrading my system and I have just tried to get my
P5B board to boot up for the first time. Unfortunately nothing
happens.
Here's the rig:
P5B Deluxe
Core2 Duo E6600 with stock cooler for testing
2 * G.Skill 1Gig 4-4-4-12 Ram
Entry level Asus EN7300GS for testing
1 Maxtor SATA 250 Gig drive for testing (RAID 5 later)

When I switch on main power, the blue LED lights on the board.
When I press the power button, the onboard LED turns red, the front
panel power LED lights and the cooler fan runs. But that's it, no
beeps no nuttin and the monitor stays in power save mode.

As I have no idea which version BIOS I have on this board (which is
new, but was bought two months ago) I am wondereing if it needs a
BIOS update for the Ram ?
However I have pulled the RAM, which nomally should give me an
error beep ? I have checked the graphics card seating.
I have tried with just one stick of ram (both sticks individually)
Have disconnected drives etc.

Any ideas please, or is the board DOA...?

Did you make sure to plug in all of the power connectors to the
board? Some boards will not post unless all of the power connectors,
especially the 2x2 connector are connected.


Yep, all power connectors plugged in.
Thanks anyway...



Open the processor socket (LGA775) and carefully inspect the pins
of the socket. Maybe the socket was damaged. Did you inspect the
socket well, before inserting the processor ? I have heard of
LGA775 sockets arriving damaged, so it does happen. (And may be
the result of returned stock from customers to the retailer, and
not something the factory actually did. One of the reasons unsealed
boxes should not be used.)

I checked the socket on opening the box, there were a couple of springs out
of position, but just passing a finger lightly over them put them into
place.

Will have to wait until Tuesday when I can borrow another processor to try
in the board.

As for the firmware revision, sometimes there is a paper sticker on
the BIOS chip. It may have a release number printed on it. Asus
probably programs the BIOS chip, before inserting it in the socket,
which is why they would be labeled.

Haven't found any labels - any idea where it should be ?


With no RAM or video, you should get bad RAM beeps. RAM is the first
thing the BIOS checks for. The video test would be after some
good RAM is found. A small portion of the BIOS operates without the
benefit of RAM (has to use registers in the processor), as some time
must be spent programming the RAM controller in the Northbridge.
But after that, the BIOS has more options at its disposal, such as
loading option ROMs and the like.

I will try without the processor (haven't done that yet) and see if I get a
beep, but I"m not hopeful...

Thanks anyway


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