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so i posted on here about a week ago about upgrading my cpu and using my multi bios switch on the motherboard i replaced my cpu today with a 3570K switched the bios to B on my M-Power Z77 finished up my watercooling plugged everything in as per usual and it wont boot just starts for about 5 seconds the de bug led shows 15, 19, 20 then shuts off i have no idea whats wrong other than maybe the bios isnt up to date but that shouldnt really matter because ive never switched that board to B mode bios before also nothing displays on the monitor

 

could this be a dead chip?

 

or have i screwed up somewhere 

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Try switching the BIOS back to your initial settings. B mode should be a second BIOS profile, so switching it back to A should allow you to have the same settings as before.

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Check the reference book. Should have some info on those numbers.

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Try switching the BIOS back to your initial settings. B mode should be a second BIOS profile, so switching it back to A should allow you to have the same settings as before.

Does the same thing still wont boot

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Check the reference book. Should have some info on those numbers.

Book says for 15 early northbridge boot 19 early southbridge boot and 20 isnt listed

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You said you replaced your CPU, tried putting in your old one so you can check if its the new cpu thats dead? What brand on your mother board and model is it?

 

Edit, its a good thing I read the post before I ask.... ignore my last question!

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Book says for 15 early northbridge boot 19 early southbridge boot and 20 isnt listed

20 is also a code for early south bridge, 19-1C in the manual

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You said you replaced your CPU, tried putting in your old one so you can check if its the new cpu thats dead? What brand on your mother board and model is it?

The Motherboard is a MSI M-Power Z77 and i already tested it on my test bench before i installed it worked fine

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Did you change the RAM since the time that it was working?

No just installed a waterblock on to them

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so i posted on here about a week ago about upgrading my cpu and using my multi bios switch on the motherboard i replaced my cpu today with a 3570K switched the bios to B on my M-Power Z77 finished up my watercooling plugged everything in as per usual and it wont boot just starts for about 5 seconds the de bug led shows 15, 19, 20 then shuts off i have no idea whats wrong other than maybe the bios isnt up to date but that shouldnt really matter because ive never switched that board to B mode bios before also nothing displays on the monitor

 

could this be a dead chip?

 

or have i screwed up somewhere 

Just asking, why did you switch the bios switch when you installed the 3570k

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20 is also a code for early south bridge, 19-1C in the manual

Could that code be a problem?

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20 is also a code for early south bridge, 19-1C in the manual

Actually it sounds like your motherboard doesn't support your CPU with the current BIOS version. Try using another CPU temporarily, update the BIOS and put the new CPU back.

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Just asking, why did you switch the bios switch when you installed the 3570k

well i asked on here a few days ago and was told just to switch it to the b setting and i would be fine

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Could that code be a problem?

It might be, what bios do you have?

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Just so you know that next time any problem occurs, please post in the troubleshooting section. Thanks.

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Actually it sounds like your motherboard doesn't support your CPU with the current BIOS version. Try using another CPU temporarily, update the BIOS and put the new CPU back.

the motherboard bios is %100 up to date even checked today before i tested and for an overclocking motherboard shouldnt a unlocked cpu be supported as ive seen this combination quite a few times

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Actually it sounds like your motherboard doesn't support your CPU with the current BIOS version. Try using another CPU temporarily, update the BIOS and put the new CPU back.

 

All the Bios versions on the Mpower board support the 3570k, even the beta bios does

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No just installed a waterblock on to them

Start taking things apart and rebuild it all again and again until you get it right :]

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so i posted on here about a week ago about upgrading my cpu and using my multi bios switch on the motherboard i replaced my cpu today with a 3570K switched the bios to B on my M-Power Z77 finished up my watercooling plugged everything in as per usual and it wont boot just starts for about 5 seconds the de bug led shows 15, 19, 20 then shuts off i have no idea whats wrong other than maybe the bios isnt up to date but that shouldnt really matter because ive never switched that board to B mode bios before also nothing displays on the monitor

 

could this be a dead chip?

 

or have i screwed up somewhere 

I have a question, did you go from bios 17.4 or 17.5 to 17.7 or 17.8, or did the board already come with the latest bios?

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"The Riddler" Custom Watercooled H440 Build Log ( in collaboration with my wife @ _TechPuppet_ ) - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/149652-green-h440-special-edition-the-riddler-almost-there/


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I have a question, did you go from bios 17.4 or 17.5 to 17.7 or 17.8, or did the board already come with the latest bios?

came with 17.5 and ive updated it

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came with 17.5 and ive updated it

when you updated it, did you go strait from 17.5 to 17.7 or 17.8, basically what Im asking is, did you skip 17.6? and when did you update your bios?

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so i posted on here about a week ago about upgrading my cpu and using my multi bios switch on the motherboard i replaced my cpu today with a 3570K switched the bios to B on my M-Power Z77 finished up my watercooling plugged everything in as per usual and it wont boot just starts for about 5 seconds the de bug led shows 15, 19, 20 then shuts off i have no idea whats wrong other than maybe the bios isnt up to date but that shouldnt really matter because ive never switched that board to B mode bios before also nothing displays on the monitor

 

could this be a dead chip?

 

or have i screwed up somewhere 

Im pretty sure that what they meant was that you had to flash the latest bios to the B Chip, then upgrade the CPU and move the switch, so if sth goes wrong with BIOS B you still have the BIOS A and the old cpu to reflash the BIOS.

 

You just need the latest BIOS to be flashed, you dont need to flash evey BIOS untill you flash the latest, its not like a Windows Update, its a full rom flashed, so theres no point of doing the intermediate updates.

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Im pretty sure that what they meant was that you had to flash the latest bios to the B Chip, then upgrade the CPU and move the switch, so if sth goes wrong with BIOS B you still have the BIOS A and the old cpu to reflash the BIOS.

 

You just need the latest BIOS to be flashed, you dont need to flash evey BIOS untill you flash the latest, its not like a Windows Update, its a full rom flashed, so theres no point of doing the intermediate updates.

exactly what I was asking :), I think when he did that he bricked his bios, when I was trying out the board to see if I could mod flash it with a hackintosh bios, I bricked  it, it was not the mod bios I used, it was the fact that I went from 17.5 to 17.7 skipping 17.6, which caused it to do the same thing he his having problems with, just booting up for 5 seconds then repeating it over and over

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"The Riddler" Custom Watercooled H440 Build Log ( in collaboration with my wife @ _TechPuppet_ ) - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/149652-green-h440-special-edition-the-riddler-almost-there/


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