New x99 build not posting

[Pineapple Wolf]

So I just finished building the computer, went to turn it on with a monitor connected however it doesnt show an output. The case light turns on when the power button is pressed but appart from that I cant see or hear anything.

 

Mobo: x99e-itx/ac from asrock

CPU: i7 6800k

Graphics card: 1070 evga SC 

 

I know to get the CPU working on the mobo it needs a bios flash, but wouldnt it still post with the mobo not having the correct bios?

 

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks Pine

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, Pineapple Wolf said:

So I just finished building the computer, went to turn it on with a monitor connected however it doesnt show an output. The case light turns on when the power button is pressed but appart from that I cant see or hear anything.

 

Mobo: x99e-itx/ac from asrock

CPU: i7 6800k

Graphics card: 1070 evga SC 

 

I know to get the CPU working on the mobo it needs a bios flash, but wouldnt it still post with the mobo not having the correct bios?

 

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks Pine

Nope, without the right BIOS you won't get a POST or anything.

[Pineapple Wolf]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

Nope, without the right BIOS you won't get a POST or anything.

Damn, and I don't need to use a keyboard mouse or monitor to do a bios flash then I guess?

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, Pineapple Wolf said:

Damn, and I don't need to use a keyboard mouse or monitor to do a bios flash then I guess?

You can't flash the BIOS without booting into windows. You can either try to contact their support and see if they have a removable BIOS chip they can ship you or if you have local computer shop see if they'll do the upgrade for you.

[deWaardt]

3 minutes ago, Lurick said:

You can't flash the BIOS without booting into windows. You can either try to contact their support and see if they have a removable BIOS chip they can ship you or if you have local computer shop see if they'll do the upgrade for you.

some mobo will flash if you put a USB with the bios .bin file or whatever on the root of it.

 

I understand OP's logic, lots of mobo's will boot with an unrecognized CPU, but on the lowest multiplier and thus with crap performance.

Or they will atleast boot to BIOS.

 

Depending on what his motherboard can do, he might be able to do the USB stick method.

[Pineapple Wolf]

3 minutes ago, Lurick said:

You can't flash the BIOS without booting into windows. You can either try to contact their support and see if they have a removable BIOS chip they can ship you or if you have local computer shop see if they'll do the upgrade for you.

Ugh that's a pain, if I download the bios on a laptop then transfer it onto a USB stick, will that work?

[DXMember]

I know what happened.

[Wander Away]

4 minutes ago, Lurick said:

You can't flash the BIOS without booting into windows. You can either try to contact their support and see if they have a removable BIOS chip they can ship you or if you have local computer shop see if they'll do the upgrade for you.

There are certain boards that can do usb bios flash without booting into bios menus, including some asus and gigabyte boards. not entirely sure how asrock works tho

[Lurick]

2 minutes ago, deWaardt said:

some mobo will flash if you put a USB with the bios .bin file or whatever on the root of it.

 

I understand OP's logic, lots of mobo's will boot with an unrecognized CPU, but on the lowest multiplier and thus with crap performance.

Or they will atleast boot to BIOS.

 

Depending on what his motherboard can do, he might be able to do the USB stick method.

Only motherboards I know of that support this are Gigabyte and Asus boards.

 

1 minute ago, Wander Away said:

There are certain boards that can do usb bios flash without booting into bios menus, including some asus and gigabyte boards. not entirely sure how asrock works tho

Yah, I don't think Asrock supports this functionality, or at least I've never heard of one that does.

[FloRolf]

Wtf are you guys talking about? Why would he need to get into Windows to do a bios flash? 

He just needs a Cpu first that properly boots with that boar which will only be 5820, 5930 and 5960 (and some xeons) 

Just try to go into some store and let them flash it for you with the right cpu or send it to asrock. 

[deWaardt]

3 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Only motherboards I know of that support this are Gigabyte and Asus boards.

 

Yah, I don't think Asrock supports this functionality, or at least I've never heard of one that does.

I don't think it does either.

 

He might be able to get a cheap supported low-performance chip to update the BIOS with.

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, deWaardt said:

I don't think it does either.

 

He might be able to get a cheap supported low-performance chip to update the BIOS with.

Yah, either that or go to a repair ship that might have a chip available that can do the flash for him.

 

 

2 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

Wtf are you guys talking about? Why would he need to get into Windows to do a bios flash? 

He just needs a Cpu first that properly boots with that boar which will only be 5820, 5930 and 5960 (and some xeons) 

Just try to go into some store and let them flash it for you with the right cpu or send it to asrock. 

I wasn't sure how ASRock offered their BIOS but it's possible they only offer it via an executable which needs to be run within Windows.

[Pineapple Wolf]

10 minutes ago, DXMember said:

I know what happened.

Any further advice?

 

 

I don't think getting a "cheap" x99 chip is a viable option really, I'll contact asrock and see what they say, but I'm just wondering if anyone here knows any more

[jj9987]

9 minutes ago, Lurick said:

I wasn't sure how ASRock offered their BIOS but it's possible they only offer it via an executable which needs to be run within Windows.

It has been always recommended to not do BIOS flashing via Windows due to way higher chance for issues. Most, if not all, including ASRock, can do BIOS update from within the BIOS menu, you have to have the BIOS file on a USB drive.

[DXMember]

17 minutes ago, DXMember said:

I know what happened.

 

6 minutes ago, Pineapple Wolf said:

Any further advice?

your stuff don't work

[done12many2]

5 minutes ago, Pineapple Wolf said:

Any further advice?

 

 

I don't think getting a "cheap" x99 chip is a viable option really, I'll contact asrock and see what they say, but I'm just wondering if anyone here knows any more

You can either borrow a Haswell-E chip or send it back to AsRock for flashing.  Those are pretty much your choices.  Do you know anyone who'd be willing to let you use their chip to update your BIOS?  Are you near a Micro Center?

[deWaardt]

3 minutes ago, jj9987 said:

It has been always recommended to not do BIOS flashing via Windows due to way higher chance for issues. Most, if not all, including ASRock, can do BIOS update from within the BIOS menu, you have to have the BIOS file on a USB drive.

My asrock motherboard can just download the BIOS from the internet, from the BIOS itself.

[Lurick]

AsRock will also send you a BIOS chip, although you'll need to check if that board has a removable chip. If yes, great, otherwise send it to them or do as @done12many2 suggested.

[Pineapple Wolf]

2 minutes ago, DXMember said:

 

your stuff don't work

Well thanks

 

2 minutes ago, done12many2 said:

You can either borrow a Haswell-E chip or send it back to AsRock for flashing.  Those are pretty much your choices.  Do you know anyone who'd be willing to let you use their chip to update your BIOS?  Are you near a Micro Center?

I'm not in America and I ordered most of my stuff from overclockers.co.uk, just sending a report request to asrock now and I'll see what they say

[Pineapple Wolf]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

AsRock will also send you a BIOS chip, although you'll need to check if that board has a removable chip. If yes, great, otherwise send it to them or do as @done12many2 suggested.

It has a removable chip which is a good sign I guess

2 minutes ago, deWaardt said:

My asrock motherboard can just download the BIOS from the internet, from the BIOS itself.

I can't even get into the bios menu at all, no input what so ever is coming out

[DXMember]

5 minutes ago, Pineapple Wolf said:

Well thanks

You're welcome (:

 

http://www.asrock.com.tw/mb/Intel/X99E-ITXac/?cat=Download&os=BIOS

http://www.asrock.com.tw/support/BIOSUI.asp?cat=BIOS8

 

there is no QuickFlash without POST,

but you can try being persistent and mashing F6 even during black screen, maybe you'll luck out and get into Instant Flash wizard

if not, you'll have to go to local store and ask if you can use any of the Haswell-E to quickly flash the BIOS

[Pineapple Wolf]

8 minutes ago, DXMember said:

You're welcome (:

 

http://www.asrock.com.tw/mb/Intel/X99E-ITXac/?cat=Download&os=BIOS

http://www.asrock.com.tw/support/BIOSUI.asp?cat=BIOS8

 

there is no QuickFlash without POST,

but you can try being persistent and mashing F6 even during black screen, maybe you'll luck out and get into Instant Flash wizard

if not, you'll have to go to local store and ask if you can use any of the Haswell-E to quickly flash the BIOS

Yeah, my mobo has version P1.20 and it says for the broadwell-e support I need P3.10, and I think the only way I'll get that is if they give me another chip (dunno how long thatll take x.x).

 

Didn't think the new cpu meant it wouldn't post but oh well, thanks everyone for your help!

[DXMember]

3 minutes ago, Pineapple Wolf said:

Yeah, my mobo has version P1.20 and it says for the broadwell-e support I need P3.10, and I think the only way I'll get that is if they give me another chip (dunno how long thatll take x.x).

 

Didn't think the new cpu meant it wouldn't post but oh well, thanks everyone for your help!

be brave, don't let go of it - try F6

go to your local store, pretend to buy 5820K then return it, it'll be faster than ASRock responds to the support ticket

[GzeroD]

If your trying the instant flash, have you plugged in a USB drive with the updated bios on it? also my Asus board has a bios flashback (similar to the instant flash that Asus offers) that works without the CPU even in the socket so I wouldn't be surprised to see it work.