Maximus Vii Hero Used

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selarom

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Hello!

Need your advise!

I was given a system comprised of

Asus Z87 Maximus VI Hero
Corsair 16GB DDR-3 1600mhz c10 Vengenace Pro
Intel Core i7 4790k
Corsair H60
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB
PNY GTX 780 (will be replaced by my current GTX 1060)
Coolmax ZU-1000B 1KW power supply
Cooler Master HAF XB cube case (Don't like it, will replace it for sure)

The system booted but it was very dusty. I was able to install Win10 no problems. So I take things apart to clean it. I used a 3M electronics safe vacuum cleaner on the radiator, and fans. Didn't want to try on the motherboard.

So I put the system back together and at first it would show 00 in the Q-Code LED display and It would spin the fans and then shutdown by itself. I left the system alone for a couple of weeks until I could work on it again and now it wont turn on at all. It only shows the LEDs for system start, but that's it.

I tried re-seating the ram, power connections, removed the GPU, the SATA cables, tried one stick or RAM, removed CMOS jumper, removed front panel connections and nothing. I never took the cpu off, nor the cooler cpu block.

I still need to try with a different power supply (that coolmax 1kw PSU sells for around $100 and does not have the most glowing reviews in Newegg/Amazon) and see if it boots. If not then I believe that I killed the MOBO. I would still check in the ROG forums, I think I killed when dusting it. :-(

So I bought a new EVGA 650G3 power supply from Amazon to test it out... Also was considering buying a Z97-A motherboard which was well reviewed here and I can get on Amazon for $149 with a $30 Rebate, but I am very interested in a ROG Z97 board. Those boards go for between $175 and up on ebay, used or refurbished, sometimes without accessories. The same goes for used Z97 Pro and Z97 Deluxe board, which have more phases for the CPU. The Z97-WS would be very nice but it's crazy expensive.

So the big question is... Do you think it is worth it to get a used (even if not much abused) ROG board or go with a new board, even if it is not as nice but has a warranty for 3 years?
 
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No I did not. Was I supposed to? I did disconnect the 4-pin connectors for the fan and pump from the motherboard
 
I was just curious since it seems odd that you cleaned it out and now it doesn't work. As if something is loose. You said you removed the CMOS jumper. Do you mean "moved" it to pins 2 and 3? That motherboard has a feature called USB BIOS flashback with might be worth a shot as well. You can find the instructions in the manual where it outlines the rear I/O panel
 
Johan45 said:
I was just curious since it seems odd that you cleaned it out and now it doesn't work. As if something is loose. You said you removed the CMOS jumper. Do you mean "moved" it to pins 2 and 3? That motherboard has a feature called USB BIOS flashback with might be worth a shot as well. You can find the instructions in the manual where it outlines the rear I/O panel
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Yes, i also tried that too... I will check again all connections... I also bought some Noctua NT-H1 Thermal paste to replace whatever is used on the cpu block. I also have an Artic Cooling Freezer 13 CPU cooler I could try.

Couple of questons

1) Even without a cooler, would a motherboard boot into bios?

2) Can I boot into Bios without any ram sticks?
 
#1 yes but CPU might overheat and shut down
#2 no

If you never removed the cooler I can't see any reason the CPU could have "shifted" I just thought maybe you had bad contact on the pins
 
Johan45 said:
#1 yes but CPU might overheat and shut down
#2 no

If you never removed the cooler I can't see any reason the CPU could have "shifted" I just thought maybe you had bad contact on the pins
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Thanks,

I was given the PC with the CPU already on. I haven't taken it out yet to see if there are some bent pins. Thanks for the suggestion.
 
UPDATE

OK so finally all ordered parts arrived.

Took the CPU out, checked the pins on the socket and all looked OK.

Put CPU back and only one RAM stick. Tried to boot the system but it was a no go. The LEDs for START and RESET were lit, but the system would not respond at all.

Tried with the new PSU and it would do the same.

Tried the same thing on the new Z97-A motherboard and it booted to UEFI fine.

So there you go. The nice Z87 ROG Hero is dead.

1) If the BIOS on the mobo is corrupt, would the system at least try to boot or having the board not responding is normal in that kind of situation?


2) I noticed that when the system booted, the CPU temps, would be as high as 65C while being on the BIOS at idle. Is this normal? The cooler is a Corsair H60 AIO, and the room has A/C set to 22C which would let me to believe that it should be lower. My old system with a 130w TDP Xeon @3680 idles at ~39C with an air cooler, so this worries me. Could someone with AIO experience confirm?

Thanks to all in advance.
 
Good that you sorted oit out. I would check on asus site with the serial number and see if the ROG board still has warranty.
In BIOS there's still a load on the CPU and as I remember the 4790K could be a hot CPU a lot would depend on what voltage the CPU is receiving on auto settings
 
Johan45 said:
Good that you sorted oit out. I would check on asus site with the serial number and see if the ROG board still has warranty.
In BIOS there's still a load on the CPU and as I remember the 4790K could be a hot CPU a lot would depend on what voltage the CPU is receiving on auto settings
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Will do! Thanks for the suggestion! If I can get that ROG board working, then I could return the z97a and save me some cash
 
kirbyrj said:
Asus RMA won't be a quick turnaround.
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as a guy with over 15 asus RMA's (I do IT work and build a 3-4 custom PCS as week). All have been flawless, effortless, and awesome. Because you read every once and awhile of a :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: GPU catching fire :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: and Asus not wanting to RMA it doesnt mean everyone has a bad experience for everyone.
 
Dan said:
as a guy with over 15 asus RMA's (I do IT work and build a 3-4 custom PCS as week). All have been flawless, effortless, and awesome. Because you read every once and awhile of a :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: GPU catching fire :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: and Asus not wanting to RMA it doesnt mean everyone has a bad experience for everyone.
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I've RMA'd boards to Asus without issue. I didn't say it wouldn't go through, I just said it wouldn't be quick. Like not within the 30 day period to return the other board.
 
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