ASUS Crosshair VII Hero Q-Code 0d, cannot boot

[Zelgiusthebrave]

Hello friends,

Posting here only because the ROG forums keeps saying access denied....

 

After the fatal death of my former machine using an Asrock board (just after the warranty ended) I decided to go back to ASUS since I know their products are top notch, I even still have an old machine with a Crosshair V Formula Z purring like a kitten. I got a hold of a 3700x, a Crosshair vii Hero, and 16 GB of g skill trident z royal ram. After I got it all swapped around in my case and hooked up, I got the machine turned on, Windows installed, and proceeded to work on getting drivers and other things installed that I'd use. 

 

My full specs are: 3700x, crosshair vii hero (wi-fi), gskill trident z royal 16GB 3600, Corsair H150i Pro, evga supernova p2 1000w, MSI Gaming 6G 980 Ti, Samsung 970 Evo 500gb, WD Black 3TB, a corsair commander pro for the 6 Corsair LL120 fans I have in my case (plugged into an NZXT Internal USB Hub) and all of this inside a Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic Razer Edition case. I want to also note, while I plan to over clock I have not even touched that yet at all.

Now, after I had a few drivers and software pieces installed, it started giving hard lock ups (could tell since all the LEDs would go static) and after  restart it'd work fine. When I was running a Realbench test to see if it was stable enough for that, it finished the test but all 4 parts came back with errors. When I moved the mouse again after it finished, it locked up for the last time and never recovered. I've tried holding the reset CMOS button on the back for about 10 or so seconds and starting it with the power button integrated on the board and I've tried 2 other sticks of ram that I have, now it gets passed the ROG splash screen that also says "Press F2 or DEL to enter BIOS" and even if I do that, it skips to the next screen which shows the American Megatrends logo and thats it. Q-Code 0d shows up, the DRAM LED under the Q-Code display is also lit and solid (it was also solid when I could load into windows also, even though the BIOS was detecting all my ram as well) and it sits there no matter what I've done. 

 

I want to also note, I've also tried removing the corsair commander and plugged in most of the fans to the board that I could and also tried another graphics card also (much older 760 that I keep for testing purposes) with the same issue persisting. The only thing I HAVE NOT TRIED was to update the BIOS. I'm using the one that shipped with the board which I cannot remember the exact version but I believe its 2300 or something. Is it worth giving a go, or at this point I'm thinking the board just doesn't like RAM and needs to be replaced? Or if anyone has any other ideas please let me know.

 

Thank you all in advance.

[DoctorNick]

Alright. Try flashing to newest BIOS using USB flashback - rename BIOS 2901 file to C7H and I would reinstall windows too. After, remember to disable CSM and enable secure boot. *In the Tools tab - disable Asus automatic driver installation (can't remember the name sadly, but this setting caused hard locking on my machine too)  Download the newest windows 10 ISO image 1909 (search google: windows 10 iso download). After windows is installed - Disable automatic driver installation: https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/disable-automatic-driver-downloads-on-windows-10

 

[Zelgiusthebrave]

12 hours ago, DoctorNick said:

Alright. Try flashing to newest BIOS using USB flashback - rename BIOS 2901 file to C7H and I would reinstall windows too. After, remember to disable CSM and enable secure boot. *In the Tools tab - disable Asus automatic driver installation (can't remember the name sadly, but this setting caused hard locking on my machine too)  Download the newest windows 10 ISO image 1909 (search google: windows 10 iso download). After windows is installed - Disable automatic driver installation: https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/disable-automatic-driver-downloads-on-windows-10

 

I'll give this a go when I get off work tonight.

 

Question though, what's the reason for disabling CSM and disabling automatic driver installs? Just curious.

[DoctorNick]

11 hours ago, Zelgiusthebrave said:

I'll give this a go when I get off work tonight.

 

Question though, what's the reason for disabling CSM and disabling automatic driver installs? Just curious.

CSM is legacy mode.. With it disabled you now support full secure boot. If you know where to get the drivers, no need in using old drivers. Personally get better performance.. Also it dosen't make any sense to install alot of drivers and then reinstall new ones after.

[Zelgiusthebrave]

18 hours ago, DoctorNick said:

CSM is legacy mode.. With it disabled you now support full secure boot. If you know where to get the drivers, no need in using old drivers. Personally get better performance.. Also it dosen't make any sense to install alot of drivers and then reinstall new ones after.

Thank you for the info.

 

Good news, PC IS RUNNING HAHA! Now just to figure out how to overclock with Ryzen since its a liiiittle more confusing than Intel is. Thank you so much for the help my man!