CPU/Mother board problem halp me

[Metta]

CPU is a i7 980x and the motherboard is a EVGA X58 3 way classifed

Hey BG i really need some help here, basiclly a few weeks back my computer wouldnt start and would not post so i thought the motherboard had broken i sent it back to the company that i had bought it from and they said it worked fine in there test set up. So i got it back today and after putting everything back together and turning it on it went from post and went to the bios screen, it said "warning diffrent cpu detected reset settings" so i went in to the bios settings and set the default settings then saved, as i saved the computer reset and then didnt post and did the problem i was having before the case fans/cpu/ram fans are all spinning and lights are on it just keeps a black screen on my monitor and i cant hear it post.


Just got a msg on my mother board "7f" and in the manual this says its a "Post error check"

[Cephius]

Pull the CMOS battery (the watch-sized battery embedded in the motherboard if you're not familiar) for a few minutes then put it back in and try to boot up again. That should fully reset your BIOS.

[Metta]

Pull the CMOS battery (the watch-sized battery embedded in the motherboard if you're not familiar) for a few minutes then put it back in and try to boot up again. That should fully reset your BIOS.

Thanks man i will try this now.

[Metta]

Pull the CMOS battery (the watch-sized battery embedded in the motherboard if you're not familiar) for a few minutes then put it back in and try to boot up again. That should fully reset your BIOS.

Still the same thing happens lights/fans are on just no post and doesnt go to bios or anything.

[Arkanna]

I agree that pulling the battery should have reset the CMOS, but you might want to look for the CMOS reset jumper on the board, switch that for about 20 seconds, switch it back to default position, then turn it on. If you still get a black screen and no POST, I'd look at swapping your video card for a known-good card to test. That's probably NOT the problem, judging by your post, but...

Two questions:

1) Nothing else changed, correct? (No added memory or anything?)

2) Does your monitor awake from standby when you power the PC on? (Does the light turn from amber to green?)

[Metta]

I agree that pulling the battery should have reset the CMOS, but you might want to look for the CMOS reset jumper on the board, switch that for about 20 seconds, switch it back to default position, then turn it on. If you still get a black screen and no POST, I'd look at swapping your video card for a known-good card to test. That's probably NOT the problem, judging by your post, but...

Two questions:

1) Nothing else changed, correct? (No added memory or anything?)

2) Does your monitor awake from standby when you power the PC on? (Does the light turn from amber to green?)

Yeah nothing else has changed at all, and i have 2 diffrent 6970s that i have swapped and used in diffrent slots with the d-sub and hdmi. And imsuing the monitor atm plugged in to a laptop, and when its plugged in to the computer it does awake from stand by and says no cable connected. Im not to sure how to do that jumper thing you said so ill get back to you on that.

[Metta]

It doesnt seem like i have a jumper to reset the CMOS on my board i do have a button to reset the CMOS (aswell as on the outside of my board) but this does nothing either just the same black screen no post.

[Cephius]

does it have onboard video out? if so disonnect everything except for the processor and 1 stick of ram, see if it posts

[Metta]

does it have onboard video out? if so disonnect everything except for the processor and 1 stick of ram, see if it posts

No it doesnt.

[Arkanna]

does it have onboard video out? if so disonnect everything except for the processor and 1 stick of ram, see if it posts

That's the first thing I looked at on his board and it doesn't seem to have onboard video.

Spoiler: show

http://images.ncix.com/forumimages/5...74704A843C.jpg

I'd drop down to a single video card for now, and make sure it's in the slot closest to the CPU. I suspect you're trying to run two cards and that when you reset your BIOS to defaults, you screwed up some SLI/Crossfire setting.

[Metta]

That's the first thing I looked at on his board and it doesn't seem to have onboard video.

Spoiler: show

http://images.ncix.com/forumimages/5...74704A843C.jpg

I'd drop down to a single video card for now, and make sure it's in the slot closest to the CPU. I suspect you're trying to run two cards and that when you reset your BIOS to defaults, you screwed up some SLI/Crossfire setting.

Im only running one of the cards atm and it is in the slot right next to the CPU, ive allways been running a single card on this machine as i dont have a crossfire cable.

Its just so annoying as it started fine, gave a warning to reset to default settings and the second i press f7 to save it resets and gives me this pain in the ass again =((

[Arkanna]

I'm at a loss then. Your next step should be to pull/disconnect everything except the CPU, video card and one stick of RAM and see if it POSTs, like Cephius said. If it doesn't still, trade the one RAM module for a different one and try again. If still no POST, I don't know what the fuck.

[Metta]

I'm at a loss then. Your next step should be to pull/disconnect everything except the CPU, video card and one stick of RAM and see if it POSTs, like Cephius said. If it doesn't still, trade the one RAM module for a different one and try again. If still no POST, I don't know what the fuck.

Yeah =(. Ive tried all 6 diffrent sticks of ram i have in the diffrent 6 slots in so many diffrent combonations my hands are starting to bleed from pushing them in lol.

[Karinastar]

I really hate to say this but it could be a problem with the CPU, as you've ruled almost everything else out at this point. Were you running it at a high overclock for an extended period? Were your temps good? It's honestly really rare to have a CPU failure, and it would usually just start degrading rather than just suddenly fail unless you somehow totally fried it, but at this point there's not a whole lot else it could be. Do you have another PSU you can try? I'm pretty confident it's not that but at this point like others said you just gotta try everything to try and isolate the problem. ><

[Metta]

I really hate to say this but it could be a problem with the CPU, as you've ruled almost everything else out at this point. Were you running it at a high overclock for an extended period? Were your temps good? It's honestly really rare to have a CPU failure, and it would usually just start degrading rather than just suddenly fail unless you somehow totally fried it, but at this point there's not a whole lot else it could be. Do you have another PSU you can try? I'm pretty confident it's not that but at this point like others said you just gotta try everything to try and isolate the problem. ><

Yeah ive tried another PSU and the PSU my computer uses in a different computer, i was running a 4ghz overclock on my CPU for maybe 3 weeks or so and temps never got high but the thought did cross my mind.

I spoke to the company i purchased all my parts from and they said just to send the motherboard in with the CPU and they will try and replicate the error i am getting, if they can then will just send some new out and if they cant then we will see what happens from there.

Thanks for all the help full comments guys.

[Dmitry]

Have you tried updating the BIOS?

[Xcrunner]

Sounds like a cpu issue to me if you have tried everything else.