Asus z97-A problems?

[Kaxlene]

so i recently got a "open box" motherboard from newegg and put it in my computer with my old ram, only to have the red light above the "MemOK!" button to stay solid. I then checked the parts numbers for th ram and my old ram wasnt listed so i got the listed parts number for 1866 Gskill ram, and the red light is still solid and it wont boot up. im trying to figure out what im doing wrong as i need this computer for my work, this is only my second build so sorry in advance if im a bit dumb

[vSyNd1c4t3]

so i recently got a "open box" motherboard from newegg and put it in my computer with my old ram, only to have the red light above the "MemOK!" button to stay solid. I then checked the parts numbers for th ram and my old ram wasnt listed so i got the listed parts number for 1866 Gskill ram, and the red light is still solid and it wont boot up. im trying to figure out what im doing wrong as i need this computer for my work, this is only my second build so sorry in advance if im a bit dumb

 

Guessing you already tried holding that MemOK button till it resets?

 

Can you get into bios?

 

You might need to update the bios via flash.

 

just some troubleshooting. maybe someone else knows better, and exactly whats going on though.

[Kaxlene]

Guessing you already tried holding that MemOK button till it resets?

 

Can you get into bios?

 

You might need to update the bios via flash.

 

just some troubleshooting. maybe someone else knows better, and exactly whats going on though.

 

i have tried holding it down, and i cannot get into bios at all

[Raudi_]

so i recently got a "open box" motherboard from newegg and put it in my computer with my old ram, only to have the red light above the "MemOK!" button to stay solid. I then checked the parts numbers for th ram and my old ram wasnt listed so i got the listed parts number for 1866 Gskill ram, and the red light is still solid and it wont boot up. im trying to figure out what im doing wrong as i need this computer for my work, this is only my second build so sorry in advance if im a bit dumb

Try only 1 stick of ram, and move it over a slot until the board will post. If it doesn't post you can try to clear CMOS.

[Kaxlene]

Try only 1 stick of ram, and move it over a slot until the board will post. If it doesn't post you can try to clear CMOS.

 

Im doing the 1 ram stick thing now.

 

ive always been afraid of that as it seemed like something i should never do

[Kaxlene]

Now i got into the bios. But for some reason i can install windows on the SSD...

[NumLock21]

Return the board and get a brand new one. Who ever got that probably had issues and returned it saying they picked the wrong model or something.

[Kaxlene]

I just got it, had to switch over to IDE and put it on a blank hard drive, ill see if i can migrate the data over to the ssd and use that...