Not posting and reboot loop :-(

[NexoPlay]

Hi everyone.

 

I just got a new GPU and swapped the old one out and put in the new..

 

Now my ASUS Maximus VII GENE is not posting and appears to be rebooting over and over.

I've tried swapping back to the old card with no difference.

 

It powers on, and i can see the Q-Code display showing a lot of numbers, it shows a Q-Code 15 followed by a 00 and then starts over.

I've tried without a GPU, with out any HDD/SSD's the same every time.

 

Any Ideas..??

 

My setup is.

 

I5 4690K

2x8gb Corsair DDR3 Ram

MSI GTX 960 (OLD)

EVGA GTX 980Ti (New)

Corsair RMi 850W PSU

[Ruhel]

Have you tried clearing the BIOS settings?

[NexoPlay]

Thank you for your reply. 

I have just tried the clear CMOS button on the board and it does not help unfortunately :-(

[Ruhel]

5 minutes ago, NexoPlay said:

Thank you for your reply. 

I have just tried the clear CMOS button on the board and it does not help unfortunately :-(

Is there any chance one of the components have before dislodged during the swap? I would remove the CMOS battery and check all the components are seated properly.

[NexoPlay]

Ive have tried to reseat everything but the CPU, because i dont have any new thermal paste on hand.

But i'll try the CMOS battery right away.

[Ruhel]

Was the system overclocked?

[NexoPlay]

I've just tried to remove the CMOS battery and that unfortunately did nothing. :-(

[NexoPlay]

No the system was running at stock clock.

[Ruhel]

5 minutes ago, NexoPlay said:

I've just tried to remove the CMOS battery and that unfortunately did nothing. :-(

The closets article I could find with the same Q Code suggest the CPU. Most of the problems in the articles started after component change.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2830216/maximus-gene-vii-code-pre-memory-system-agent-initialization-started.html  

Code 15: RAM or Motherboard.

Code 00: CPU or Motherboard.

[NexoPlay]

Thank you.. I'll have to get som new thermal paste tomorrow and try reseat the CPU.

[NexoPlay]

Okay I got some thermal paste from a friend, and tried to take the hardware out of the case and test it on the table. Hooked up one component at a time to make sure everything worked.. 

 

All worked fine, and I started putting things back in the case, again testing for post with every component.

 

As everything was back in the case, I turned it on, it booted into Windows, I tried to create a folder on one of my drives and it crashed and started all over again. 

I thought okay it's the drive, disconnected the drive and hit the power button, no luck.

 

im out of ideas by now. ??