Please Help! ASUS Z170 Motherboard not working

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Hey guys. I just did a fresh build on a new PC and picked the Asus Z170 Deluxe motherboard. I have Windows 10 running with everything updated. I played a few steam games last night and everything was working great. I decided to try the 5 way optimization from the AI Suite 3 and ever since then, it won't boot anymore or show Windows. After I pressed the 5 way optimization button, there was a message that said the computer might restart a couple times during the process. After it restarted, it came back on and the fans are extremely loud now. Nothing comes up on my display. Blank screen, loud fans. I've tried restarting. Tired unplugging and plugging back in. Even tried unplugging and pressing the power button to drain capacitors. Still, nothing. Blank screen, loud fans. Sometimes when I restart the code is A9 and others A0. Please help!!!! I have no idea what to do. Thanks
 
Update:

So if I take my graphics card out completely and plug my HDMI into the onboard graphics, windows boots up just fine. So I went ahead and uninstalled all the Nvidia drivers while I was in windows and then re-inserted my video card. Windows booted up fine but nothing showed up if I have the HDMI plug into the video card. I went back into the onboard video, went into device manager and my graphics card was not showing up. I tried scanning for new devices and it still didn't show up. I tried reinstalling the Nvidia driver and it would stop because it said there was no graphics card detected. I was starting to think it was a hardware problem and I still had my old video card which is an nvidia gtx 680. I plugged it into the second PCI E express port just in case it was something on the motherboard. So, different card, different slot. Started it back up and then the fans were running super loud like they did before. I can still get into windows if I have my HDMI cord plugged into the onboard video but still it's not recognizing any graphics card. My friend who is a computer guru seems to believe it's a Windows related problem. I installed 8.1 and then upgraded to 10. He thinks it's something that happened in the upgrade. I disagree because everything was working just fine and I was able to play games until I did that stupid five way optimization. Any ideas?
 
I also tried pressing the clear cmos button on my motherboard. Still didn't fix Windows not recognizing a video card and also the fans running full speed when a video card is plugged in.
 
It is likely the GPU driver got borked, I've never had any success upgrading to Windows 10 and having things work properly from either 7 or 8.1 yet and I've done it probably 40 times. Something always fucks up. Have you used DDU in safe mode to remove the Nvidia driver?


Also, Depending on the options you selected, the 5-way optimization can overclock the piss out of your system. Something may have gone out. I would start fresh and minimal, one stick of RAM and onboard GPU. If you have a spare or unused hard drive, I would get the Windows 10 ISO and do a clean install, just make sure to skip the part where it wants a key. Then start adding each part one at a time and see if something doesn't work.
 
So just to make sure I'm understanding you correctly, you're suggesting to start with a clean install of Windows 10 on my pc and start from scratch? I'm still having a hard time believing this is a Windows issue because it was working perfectly fine before the 5 way optimization. Also, the fans kick on super fast and loud anytime there's a Graphics Card plugged in to the mobo as soon as the computer comes on. I would think that Windows doesn't affect how the hardware runs until it's booted up all the way. Not as soon as power is on. But then again, I'm not a computer expert like you or my friend :)
 
And as far as taking everything out, I question that only because it sounds to me like the issue has been isolated to a graphics card being plugged into a PCI express slot. As long as there's nothing there, no loud fans, everything boots up and runs fine in Windows.

I don't know. I'm just frustrated because it was working great until I clicked that stupid optimization.
 
Can you get into BIOS? Is the BLCK set to 100? Maybe try using the BIOS flashback tool in case something got corrupted.
 
Dude, I'm an idiot. I took everything back to micro center where I bought it and they looked at it and found the fix within 15 seconds. The power cable going to my video card wasn't pushed in all the way at the power supply....... Yup. I felt like an idiot. Sorry for wasting your time. I really appreciate your help. Thanks!!
 
JewDaddy said:
Dude, I'm an idiot. I took everything back to micro center where I bought it and they looked at it and found the fix within 15 seconds. The power cable going to my video card wasn't pushed in all the way at the power supply....... Yup. I felt like an idiot. Sorry for wasting your time. I really appreciate your help. Thanks!!
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lol we've all had those days. Lesson learned! Now you know why tech support always asks if its plugged in.
 
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