PC will not POST

[wolfofteal]

Hi everyone, I just built my first PC today and I’m having some issues getting into the BIOS.

 

When I press the power button, everything looks fine at first glance, i.e. all lights and fans come on. But when I try to plug in a display, nothing. It’s giving me Error Code 53, which I discovered is a memory issue from the MOBO manual.

 

I have the Asus X99-A II with an i7 6800K and 32GB of Corsair Dominator Platinum (4x8GB). All parts were purchased online within the last month.

 

Things I have already tried:

-Reinstalling all 4 sticks of RAM into various slots.

-MemOK! button (cycled between flashing the DRAM and CPU lights and error codes 13, 53, 60-61, eventually coming back to square one with just the solid DRAM light and error 53).

 

Things I have NOT tried:

-Reinstalling only one stick of RAM

-Updating the BIOS

 

These are the only two solutions I can come up with based off the MOBO manual. I think updating the BIOS is my best shot, but I wanted to put this out there and ask for help because I’m honestly at a loss. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

Other PC specs:

EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W

Corsair H115i AIO cooler

EVGA GTX 1070 FTW

Samsung 950 Pro 512GB

Samsung 850 EVO 250GB

HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB

TP Link A1300 WiFi Adapter

[ShadySocks]

Return mobo? Try each stick individually?

[Litargirio]

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[wolfofteal]

6 hours ago, Litargirio said:

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Done! Sorry about that!

[wolfofteal]

8 hours ago, ShadySocks said:

Return mobo? Try each stick individually?

If all the lights and fans are working though, doesn't that mean the mobo is functional?

[Litargirio]

6 minutes ago, wolfofteal said:

If all the lights and fans are working though, doesn't that mean the mobo is functional?

Try. One. Stick. Individually.

[wolfofteal]

3 hours ago, Litargirio said:

Try. One. Stick. Individually.

Just tried one stick. Exact same result.

[Litargirio]

4 minutes ago, wolfofteal said:

Just tried one stick. Exact same result.

Try the other stick?

[wolfofteal]

7 minutes ago, Litargirio said:

Try the other stick?

I've now tried all four sticks individually, all in the same DIMM and then each in different DIMMS. Zero change.

[wolfofteal]

6 minutes ago, wolfofteal said:

I've now tried all four sticks individually, all in the same DIMM and then each in different DIMMS. Zero change.

I get the same result with no RAM at all as well.

[Litargirio]

Can you get into the BIOS at all? If so try clocking the RAM down.

[wolfofteal]

1 minute ago, Litargirio said:

Can you get into the BIOS at all? If so try clocking the RAM down.

I can't get into the BIOS at all. I've got it connected to power, mouse, keyboard, and monitor via HDMI from my GPU. The only clue I have is that there is a RAM error.

[Litargirio]

Are you using the right slot configuration? You have to populate the RAM slots in a certain order if you aren't utilizing all of them.

[wolfofteal]

2 minutes ago, Litargirio said:

Are you using the right slot configuration? You have to populate the RAM slots in a certain order if you aren't utilizing all of them.

Yes, I made sure to check the manual before the very first install to ensure I had the proper 4 stick configuration.