p5k motherboard, no display on boot

[magictorch]

Have a word with asus to see what memory*manufacturer is supported and go from there.

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by magictorch

Have a word with asus to see what memory*manufacturer is supported and go from there.

P5K is pretty compatible with every type of memory out there. I'd say its more like improperly setup memory or bad memory controller.

[magictorch]

yep i see what you mean enaberif-sorry guys i hadnt read the above comments as you all of course suggested looking at supported mem!!!
I know my opteron wouldnt post with dual channel transcend RAM..perhaps a cpu mem compatibility problem as well?

[sswilson]

Originally Posted by magictorch

yep i see what you mean enaberif-sorry guys i hadnt read the above comments as you all of course suggested looking at supported mem!!!
I know my opteron wouldnt post with dual channel transcend RAM..perhaps a cpu mem compatibility problem as well?

That's an AMD specific issue due to the built-in memory controller on the AMD procs, not something you'd see on Intel chips.

[magictorch]

Not much left to troubleshoot then. Maybe I should stick to eating tasty pies!

[synapse08]

Thanks alot for all your input!

I'm heading to the shop today where i got the motherboard, gonna have them check if its defect and if not, try with another type of mem. will post back later what works and what did not.

[synapse08]

so here's the latest news on this issue for those interrested, if any :)

went to the shop, they tested the motherboard and it turns out, it was defect. I refused to bring home another unless they could test it for me first. they went through 5 motherboards which all turned out to be defect. Supposedly they've received a batch of defect p5k's from asus. So to anyone having similar problems regarding p5k, if the troubleshooting tips i got from this thread does not work, you might have received a copy from a bad batch :)

they gave me a p5k premium board without having to pay for the additional cost..yay. so now all is good.

i'll probably be back when i overclocked everything and messed up somewhere along the road hehe

[sswilson]

Originally Posted by synapse08

so here's the latest news on this issue for those interrested, if any :)

went to the shop, they tested the motherboard and it turns out, it was defect. I refused to bring home another unless they could test it for me first. they went through 5 motherboards which all turned out to be defect. Supposedly they've received a batch of defect p5k's from asus. So to anyone having similar problems regarding p5k, if the troubleshooting tips i got from this thread does not work, you might have received a copy from a bad batch :)

they gave me a p5k premium board without having to pay for the additional cost..yay. so now all is good.

i'll probably be back when i overclocked everything and messed up somewhere along the road hehe

Thanks for taking the time to drop back in with that info. Could save somebody a lot of grief down the line.

Let us know how you make out with your new build!!

[jebusau]

hello all, just joined to reply to this forum...

i've got the same issues and am going back to the store for my 3rd board tomorrow - i had some links posted but need at least one post to do that... so stay tuned

[jebusau]

here they are;


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