cant boot to bios. q code 99 error

[Bigheart]

okay, ive put pcs together before, so im not new to the game, but i just got my first high end mobo. everytime i try to boot up i get a q code 99 error and cant get a signal to my monitor through am hdmi. i know both the monitor and hdmi work, so thats not the issue. ive also tried using the stock fan to no avail, as well as trying to clear cmos and booting barebones. 

my hardware is as follows:

mobo: asus gene viii 

cpu: 6700k

hdd: seagate 1tb

ssd: 250 850 evo 

ram: corsair dominator 3200 16gb 2 sticks

gpu: gtx 960 strix

 

please forgive my english if its not that great, ive been trying to fix this for two days, and am very tired. thanks for any help you can give

 

[suchamoneypit]

4 minutes ago, Bigheart said:

okay, ive put pcs together before, so im not new to the game, but i just got my first high end mobo. everytime i try to boot up i get a q code 99 error and cant get a signal to my monitor through am hdmi. i know both the monitor and hdmi work, so thats not the issue. ive also tried using the stock fan to no avail, as well as trying to clear cmos and booting barebones. 

my hardware is as follows:

mobo: asus gene viii 

cpu: 6700k

hdd: seagate 1tb

ssd: 250 850 evo 

ram: corsair dominator 3200 16gb 2 sticks

gpu: gtx 960 strix

 

please forgive my english if its not that great, ive been trying to fix this for two days, and am very tired. thanks for any help you can give

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1982198/boot-device-led-error-code-bios-update-asus-motherboard.html

 

that link seems to contain all the info you need and in more depth than we can give.

[DrDray]

Just after doing some googling I found this post

 

"Qcode 99 is "Super IO Initialization" and IO meaning anything connected to the board by any interface is not initializing.
If you have just built the system, then it is saying a device is not connected properly or there is a lack of power to a device causing the IO error.

First check all cables and components are seated flush and level and aligned in parallel with Pci-e slots and your DIMMs seated correctly.

Should the condition continue, you will have to Bench test outside the case and reapply your TIM after checking for bent pins. Test with minimal configuration, till you post successfully or identify the failing component."

 

Found it here https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?53977-Asus-Maximus-VII-Hero-Issues-Q-Code-99-with-quot-no-signal-quot-showing-on-monitor

 

Hopefully that can help, just try reseat all the power connectors (8 pin, 24 pin, gpu ones, hdd/ssd power connectors) and ram/gpu. Hopefully that will fix it

[Bigheart]

1 minute ago, Josh.Drayton said:

Just after doing some googling I found this post

 

"Qcode 99 is "Super IO Initialization" and IO meaning anything connected to the board by any interface is not initializing.
If you have just built the system, then it is saying a device is not connected properly or there is a lack of power to a device causing the IO error.

First check all cables and components are seated flush and level and aligned in parallel with Pci-e slots and your DIMMs seated correctly.

Should the condition continue, you will have to Bench test outside the case and reapply your TIM after checking for bent pins. Test with minimal configuration, till you post successfully or identify the failing component."

 

Found it here https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?53977-Asus-Maximus-VII-Hero-Issues-Q-Code-99-with-quot-no-signal-quot-showing-on-monitor

 

Hopefully that can help, just try reseat all the power connectors (8 pin, 24 pin, gpu ones, hdd/ssd power connectors) and ram/gpu. Hopefully that will fix it

yeah, ive already seen that post and done all that. i never even put my mobo in the case in the first place, im still trying to boot it from a bench. my psu is 750w gold so ishould be fine there. i also tried to boot from a different mobo and no dice. maybe bad cpu?

 

[DrDray]

Just now, Bigheart said:

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are you able to try a different cpu or ram? 

[Bigheart]

5 minutes ago, Josh.Drayton said:

are you able to try a different cpu or ram? 

ive tried two sets of ram, two mobos, two psus (ive got a lot of extra computer junk laying around) two boot drives, two monitors, and with and without graphics card, but the 99 error is not a error code for cpu, but its the only thing i can think of. 

 

[Bigheart]

8 minutes ago, Josh.Drayton said:

are you able to try a different cpu or ram? 

but i have not tried a different cpu. this is my second skylake build, but the other cpu is currently in another pc that i cant take apart because it needs to be running rendering softwares for school. 

[Bigheart]

14 minutes ago, Josh.Drayton said:

Just after doing some googling I found this post

 

"Qcode 99 is "Super IO Initialization" and IO meaning anything connected to the board by any interface is not initializing.
If you have just built the system, then it is saying a device is not connected properly or there is a lack of power to a device causing the IO error.

First check all cables and components are seated flush and level and aligned in parallel with Pci-e slots and your DIMMs seated correctly.

Should the condition continue, you will have to Bench test outside the case and reapply your TIM after checking for bent pins. Test with minimal configuration, till you post successfully or identify the failing component."

 

Found it here https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?53977-Asus-Maximus-VII-Hero-Issues-Q-Code-99-with-quot-no-signal-quot-showing-on-monitor

 

Hopefully that can help, just try reseat all the power connectors (8 pin, 24 pin, gpu ones, hdd/ssd power connectors) and ram/gpu. Hopefully that will fix it

yeah, i saw this post too. ive tried to boot from 2 of everything; including the mobo, except for the cpu. am i having a cpu error? but that wouldnt make sense because 99 is not for cpu

[Bigheart]

1 hour ago, Bigheart said:

yeah, i saw this post too. ive tried to boot from 2 of everything; including the mobo, except for the cpu. am i having a cpu error? but that wouldnt make sense because 99 is not for cpu

holy crap i figured it out. apparently, the stock cooler i was using was putting  uneven pressure on one side of my cpu, causing it not to post. i switched it out with a 212 evo and it works like a dream. 

[DrDray]

On 2/4/2016 at 6:49 PM, Bigheart said:

holy crap i figured it out. apparently, the stock cooler i was using was putting  uneven pressure on one side of my cpu, causing it not to post. i switched it out with a 212 evo and it works like a dream. 

That's very odd haha, at least it's fixed at no cost  just a little frustration

[Murphy]

Hey guys,

i have the same problem. I did everything you said and read all posts regarding this problem i could found...

My system:

MOBO: Asus Maximus III Hero

CPU: Intel 6700k

DDR: 16GB GSkill Trident Z( 3000mhz)

GPU: Gigabyte GTX980Ti Gaming G1

PSU: Corsair RM850i

Drives: Samsung 950pro 250gb, Kingston SSDnow 240gb, WDBlack 1TB, Seagate SSHD 2TB

 

Everything worked fine till now and i dont know what i did to break it.

Biggest problem for me: I cant even get to the fucking bios...

 

Hope you guys can give me some tips to figure out what the problem is.

 

Greets

Murphy

[DrDray]

On 5/14/2016 at 9:31 AM, Murphy said:

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what cpu cooler are you using? and did you do anything before it not posting? like at all that could've caused it?? Also you'd be better off posting your own thread and referencing this one