Z690 Aorus Elite AX.. had a really hard time getting this to post for 1st time... had to wait like 10 minutes after Q-Flash Plus

[atarione]

Well on the upside my computer is now (finally) working, However has anyone else had this happen?

So I put this together yesterday afternoon... had the devil`s own time trying to mount the Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 cooler...no seriously maybe I was being dumb, but I have never had this much trouble mounting a cooler before... after much aggravation hooked monitor, mouse keyboard , power..etc up and turned computer on. NO post.. boot and DRAM debug lights just alternating red flashing... Fantastic..

I prepared a flash drive and performed the q flash procedure and after 10 minutes the q flash button stopped and RGB motherboard lights came on...(why does this stupid thing have rgb and how do I turn it off? meh doesn`t really matter as it is in my NZXT H630 case which thankfully has no case windows.) Then it just sat there with the red boot led lit solid.... finally after 30 minutes turned it off and tried it again.... still just sat there.

So being a wise and responsible adult, I turned it off, unplugged it, and went down the pub... with my friends... which was probably for the best.

This morning I decided after a latte to try this thing again.... turned it on ... no post // turned it off unplugged it, plugged it back in powered it on and it started up and then restarted and restarted again and (maybe 4 times)... I was looking for info on my phone when after 10~ minutes all the sudden I finally see a post screen...

Everything seems pretty good temps are good performance is good, but this thing was a real PIA to get to post... maybe I just wasn`t waiting long enough (at least after qflash because I think I needed to upgrade BIOS for my Corsair DDR5 5600???). I have never had to wait 10~ mins to get a post before.

Anyone else have something like this with LGA1700?

Behold my very crappy cable management (also note additional stumbling block of forgetting to plug my RTX3070 in) ....I was pretty stoked about that.

(note cable leaning on fan is aforementioned forgotten video card power cable... doh.)

Blah blah Specs:: i7-12700K / Z690 Aorus Elite AX / 32GB DDR5 5600 (corsair)/ RTX3070 FE / 2TB Samsung 980 Pro //and 4 other SSDs of assorted types (and a 1 and 2TB mechanical drive).. Seasonic X750 Power supply.

 

[pendragon1]

I have never had this much trouble mounting a cooler before

how so? i found it pretty simple. back plate goes on(i tape it in place), blue spacers go on, crossbars sit on top and get screwed in. then the cooler just screws on to the two posts.
ive built two z690 based systems, both asus rog gaming-f, one was a real bitch and one was a breeze. the easy one i just flashed first then wait a couple minutes while it posted. the bitch; i did the same but could not get it to post. waited and waited and nothing but its light always stopped on gpu(3070ti) error. i ended up having to put an old ATI pcie 1 card it, it posted and then the 3070ti started to work. its like it couldnt downclock for pcie 5 to 4, but 5 to 1 got it unstuck.

 

[Niner]

I had one of those Aorus boards when I first dabbled in Z690. I didn't have the same problems you were having, but it was definitely the most quirky board I've owned.

 

[atarione]

how so? i found it pretty simple. back plate goes on(i tape it in place), blue spacers go on, crossbars sit on top and get screwed in. then the cooler just screws on to the two posts.
ive built two z690 based systems, both asus rog gaming-f, one was a real bitch and one was a breeze. the easy one i just flashed first then wait a couple minutes while it posted. the bitch; i did the same but could not get it to post. waited and waited and nothing but its light always stopped on gpu(3070ti) error. i ended up having to put an old ATI pcie 1 card it, it posted and then the 3070ti started to work. its like it couldnt downclock for pcie 5 to 4, but 5 to 1 got it unstuck.

I think judging by what little I could find online, Thermalright has changed the mounting bracket for LGA1700 at least once, the current (one I received) required putting little plastic washers on back of motherboard and then putting for screws into the backplate and trying to put all that mess onto the back of the motherboard.... which then quite helpfully would all start falling off when I would try to put the standoffs on the front ... The instructions fold out was fairly unhelpful, I also could really see it very well as the printing was tiny... I don`t know maybe i was just tired but I had the mounting brackets wrong way around at first and everything just seemed to be hard to get seated correctly the screws that went thru the back plate didn`t want to sit flush with the back... It may have been me or just whatever, but I really hated dealing with the Peerless Assasin, in fairness it seems to work pretty well now that it is installed.

I had one of those Aorus boards when I first dabbled in Z690. I didn't have the same problems you were having, but it was definitely the most quirky board I've owned.

Hmm... This was really a experience here for sure, my X570 motherboard is also and Aorus and it wasn`t a problem to get up and running..but this Z690 was a real PITA for sure... oh well /touchwood it is working now.

 

[Furious_Styles]

Whenever you have problems like this OP go min boot. ONLY CPU, GPU (integrated if possible) mem, kb & mouse.