Grrr! Help - Custom build.

[Luke]

Right, I'll sum it up
Got an;
Asus M4A89TD PRO/USB3 motherboard
AMD 955
Corsair 4GB XMS3 DDR3 RAM

Right. In January, I installed them together, turn system on and i got: No video, fans spinning and "MemOK!" LED lit. Pressed MemOK button, still nothing. Tried 1 module of ram, (tried both of them) in every slot. nothing. reset CMOS etc, took battery out. Nothing.

So i RMAed the CPU. Got it today, EXACT problem.
No Video.
Fans spinning max speed constantly.
MemOK! lit up permenantly.

I've tried with and without the heatsink etc.
Tried with 4 & 8 pin CPU cable.

There's no HDD's plugged in, tried with and without PCI-E graphics card. Still nothing.
The PSU works on other builds so it's not that.

Haven't a clue what to do anymore.
Anyone help?

[Recursion]

Tried another GPU?

Might be time for a mobo RMA :P

[Luke]

Tried another GPU and tried onboard GPU. Still nothing. LOVE how Asus can't even be arsed to keep their support lines open on a weekend ¬_¬

[Recursion]

Hold down the MemOK! button until it flashes, then the MoBo should go through a test routine till it finds a config that will work with the RAM if you haven't done already.

[Luke]

Done that a million times :/
The MemOK lights up even with no ram..

And my ram is on the QVL.

[N!ck]

Dodgy RAM or board.

[Luke]

It can't be the RAM, since I don't even get a POST with no RAM installed.. think I'll try RMAing the board then. Piss take, -.-

[N!ck]

It can't be the RAM, since I don't even get a POST with no RAM installed.. think I'll try RMAing the board then. Piss take, -.-

You can never POST without RAM.

[Luke]

Fair. Even so, never worked (N)

[N!ck]

Try and borrow some RAM to test it before jumpling to conclusions about the board though. It could still be incompatible RAM, I'd ignore the QVL.

[Luke]

Don't know anyone with DDR3 unfortunately, but I've googled the problem, and people are using this RAM with the mobo successfully

[Recursion]

Don't know anyone with DDR3 unfortunately, but I've googled the problem, and people are using this RAM with the mobo successfully

Just because other people have done, doesn't mean you will.

[Luke]

Just because other people have done, doesn't mean you will.

How come? If it's the exact same RAM, I would think it would work on the same motherboard.. :S Apart from mine possibly being defective however.

[Jack!]

Sounds like a mobo problem to me.