Computer Hope
Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: Kirbopher on April 23, 2017, 04:18:46 AM
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I recently bought a used water cooled ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe board and it seems to have issues powering on. Once he board recives power for the first time and it turned on the fans Spin up but I don't get any display, after turning it off and back on it resets after a second of power, then the fans spin up with constant power but still nothing on screen, so I began the process of elimination. removing the accessories and clearing CMOS, then the gpu and then trying pairs and individual ram sticks in various sockets as well as other kinds of ram sticks, tested the PSU on similar boards and it works just fine and even reseating the BIOS chip. the only different response i get is when all the sticks are removed giving me the beep code telling me there's no ram installed on the board. I've swapped cpu's and gpu's but with no difference. So I'm pretty stuck as to why I can't get a post out of this board. Currently breadboxed and air cooled for now, I just hope it isn't a dead board that I'm dealing with
Hope to hear something soon!
Specs
MB: ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe WiFi-AP @n
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
RAM: 4x4GB (16GB) Corsair Vengance Pro DDR3 1600 1.5v
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 560
PSU: Ultra LSP 550W v2 Pro
Other hardware used test components
MB: ASUS P5Q Pro, ASUS P5QPL-VM EPU
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400, Intel Core 2 Duo E7400
RAM: Kingston HyperX Blu 2x8GB (16GB)
GPU: Gigabyte GT 440
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Id try using another known healthy power supply. Additionally make sure this system didnt have any of the liquid coolant leaking onto the board anywhere. The earlier or cheaper liquid cooling kits sometimes leaked and killed boards. So Look at legs to chips etc for corrosion or oxide which would point out that it got wet and damaged. Hopefully your just in need of a new power supply.
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Unfortunately I don't have another PSU to test this board with but I have used the same PSU on many other boards and it has worked just fine, inducing testing out the PSU on the boards in the additional hardware list as well. As for leaks I don't see any apparent corrosion around the board or any signs that water had come into contact with the board as well. Could the memory I've tried not be compatible with this board? I've checked the manual and it looks like it falls into the supported requirements, this board unable to accept any speed higher than 1600 rated at 1.5v and each dimm slot only able to hold a max of 4gb each totalling to 16gb max total on this board. I bought the Corsair ram just the other day seeing it fell into the compatible requirements since the HyperX ram maxed out the dimm slots capacity.
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The MBoard Manual has a QVL list....that list means the RAM was actually lab-tested on that MBoard and approved...
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Well it looks like I've got some returns to do..sigh
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That needs to be added to your R's list... ;D
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I'll get right on that! Adding in Research. Though I guess it does fall under replace in some form haha, now to track down compatible ram..
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Crucial may swap it if they have a Model # on the ASUS list....worth askin'