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Gigabyte ga-x99 ultra gaming stuck in boot loop, no display, no post.

kronen88
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Hiya guys 

 

Really stuck on this one! 

 

My specs are as follows 

 

i7 5820k socket LGA2011v3

gigabyte x99-ultra gaming 

16gb (4gbx4) ddr4 corsair dominator platinum 

gigabyte g1 gaming 1070

corsair h100i water cooler 

evga supernova 850 G2 PSU

 

system has been running fine without issues until i switched it on the other day, came up with starting windows automatic repair and crashed at 0% so i restarted it. Crashed again so i restarted again and that leads me to where I am stuck now. 

 

So the PC now has a few different behaviours. In every scenario I have no display, no bios, no beeps. 

I turn the PC on now and the fans all kick in, motherboard lights up it stays on for around 5 seconds and switches off, it then comes back on and stays on. Lights and fans working but again no display. 

I have tested my gpu in a friends PC and it works perfectly fine. 

I have removed all the RAM and tried 1 chip in the #1 slot, the pc constantly restarts itself. As soon as I add a chip to slot #2 the PC comes on for around 5 seconds, reboots and then stays on again.

I have the mobo, cpu, cooler and gpu setup outside the case currently on a box to eliminate shorting. 

As for the PSU I have used a PSU tester and all seems consistent and stable. I have reseated everything. 

I have also tried to flash the bios but as you need to remove ram to do so, every time I try and boot with the usb in with no RAM I just get a constant reboot cycle. 

 

Is my board dead? Really desperate to get this up and running as I use the PC for a lot of work from home too. 

Any help would be hugely appreciated!!

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Try using different RAM, those ones might be faulty. If that doesn't work then I would try to clear the CMOS first to make sure it's not something with the bios settings. If that doesn't work either, I would try replacing the CMOS battery since that keeps track of the time and bios settings, the CMOS battery are usually CR2032 3V, DL2032 3V are the same thing. If that doesn't work you might have a dead bios chip, those can be replaced by simply pulling out the old chip and putting a new one in. But I wouldn't go through replacing the bios chip unless you really want to keep the board.

 

Other than that, if none of those work except replacing the bios chip then your board might be dead.

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8 hours ago, Rainbow Dash said:

Try using different RAM, those ones might be faulty. If that doesn't work then I would try to clear the CMOS first to make sure it's not something with the bios settings. If that doesn't work either, I would try replacing the CMOS battery since that keeps track of the time and bios settings, the CMOS battery are usually CR2032 3V, DL2032 3V are the same thing. If that doesn't work you might have a dead bios chip, those can be replaced by simply pulling out the old chip and putting a new one in. But I wouldn't go through replacing the bios chip unless you really want to keep the board.

 

Other than that, if none of those work except replacing the bios chip then your board might be dead.

Unfortunately I don't have any more DDR4 lying around to test out. What would be the chances of all 4 RAM dying at the same time? 

I've taken out the CMOS battery for 10 minutes and popped it back in, also tried to boot without it. 

I feel my motherboard has gone on me but out of all the boot attempts yesterday, just once we got to the bios. After that it was back to the boot loop. I just don't want to replace the board if it turns out it isn't the board causing the issue here. 

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Some people had the same problem and they are able to fix it with the following instructions:

  1. Remove all RAM modules from the mainboard
  2. Download the latest Bios (for your mainboard)
  3. Rename file to GIGABYTE.BIN - Copy it to a formated USB Drive
  4. Plugin into White USB port on the back - Turn on PC after that
  5. Wait for the flashing lights to stop (USB and Motherboard LED) 
  6. Turn off the system - Hard Turn off is possible
  7. Unplug USB Drive
  8. Insert one RAM Module - Turn on PC
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10 minutes ago, SirMorokei said:

Some people had the same problem and they are able to fix it with the following instructions:

  1. Remove all RAM modules from the mainboard
  2. Download the latest Bios (for your mainboard)
  3. Rename file to GIGABYTE.BIN - Copy it to a formated USB Drive
  4. Plugin into White USB port on the back - Turn on PC after that
  5. Wait for the flashing lights to stop (USB and Motherboard LED) 
  6. Turn off the system - Hard Turn off is possible
  7. Unplug USB Drive
  8. Insert one RAM Module - Turn on PC

Without any RAM the system just powers on/off/on/off, its not even on for a second before turning back off. 

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1 minute ago, SirMorokei said:

Did you plugged in the USB Drive too?

Yep USB plugged into the white port on the back. I'm also getting no beeps for having no RAM, no RAM is just an infinite reset loop. 

 

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You could also remove your GPU, CPU and RAM and try it again. If this doesn't work your mainboard might be broken.

This Method is called Q-Flash+ there is no need for GPU, CPU and RAM. You only need power to start your PC/Mainboard.

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Just now, SirMorokei said:

You could also remove your GPU, CPU and RAM and try it again. If this doesn't work your mainboard might be broken.

This Method is called Q-Flash+ there is no need for GPU, CPU and RAM. You only need power to start your PC/Mainboard.

I've just installed all of my RAM and tried it and it has done the first flash, restarted and is now sat with a green light on the back but no flashing. 

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1 minute ago, SirMorokei said:

So you are still in a boot loop or is the system on and you have no video output?

After it reset from the recovering BIOS it stayed on with no video output. 

Have just removed all RAM, switched if back on and I now get the no RAM beeps! Just attempting to flash BIOS once again to see if we get that 2nd reset. 

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28 minutes ago, SirMorokei said:

If it doesn't work after a reset and flash, I would recommend to contact the support. Because something is really wrong.

I will try Gigabyte support but not really sure they will be able to advice me any differently. Thank you for your time. 

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2 hours ago, SirMorokei said:

No problem let me know how it goes 

Requested to join the gigabyte forums, so far no good. Attempted to flash the BIOS a further time and nothing different. 
Strangely enough if I load RAM into the left bay of slots I get the no ram beep code, doesnt matter if I have just 1 or all 4 chips in, anything in the left bays gives me the no ram code. I have put all 4 chips in the right bay of slots and no beeps! 

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Okay so I just flashed the BIOS AGAIN! 

It flashes the BIOS and then restarts and sits with the no ram beeps going on an endless loop. I turned the machine off and put some RAM in the bays on the right. I get 1 beep and the recovering BIOS screen again, it goes to the end then reboots. After this I then get again no beeps, no display, nothing. 

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Just now, SirMorokei said:

I would bet that your Mainbord has a Firmwareproblem or something worse.

Just about to open a ticket with Gigabyte but 3-7 days response time is a bummer. I get frustrated not being able to fix things. Just tried to put on an earlier BIOS version and same happens again. We need Linus on this one! lol. 

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