Asus Maximus VI Hero no boot.

[Shurrekin]

Hey this is my first build and here are the specs.
Intel i7 4790k
32gb G.Skill
Gigabyte 970
Asus Maximus VI Hero
Seasonic 460w fanless PSU
Toshiba 256gb ssd

What the issue is, is the computer will not boot. I have turned it on before when I was bench testing it and it all worked. Every fan was moving and everything was working fine. I went and updated the drivers for the my 970 which was on at the time. After the reset and I went back into windows 8.1 it was fine. 5 minutes later into it, the whole system turned off unexpectedly. I gave a fresh re-install to windows 8.1 (I don't know if that was the problem), and nothing. I have reset the CMOS battery about 4-5 times to see if that would do anything. My power supply is sufficient enough to power everything. I even took everything out and re-did everything. I also updated the bios after resetting it to 1606 which is the newest bios update for the Asus Maximus VI Hero. I have taken each and every dimm out and put in one by one with the GPU in and the GPU out. It would not boot at all with any in but it would boot with the GPU unplugged. I made sure that every cable is plugged in even the CPU 4+4 pin connector and the motherboard 24-1 pin connector. I have tried to see if the GPU would turn on without the CPU cables being plugged in (getting very desperate right now lol) and nothing. I'm starting to think if the GPU died after the second boot or something else is the issue. ALSO, I tried plugging in the 970 into another PCI-E slot to see if that would do anything. I think I attempted to turn off the Integrated Graphics so it would try and get signal from the 970 but no boot. I don't get any Q_Code so that is no help. :mad::mad: If nothing pops up I will try to RMA the 970 back and get a new one.

[Nate152]

yes please I will be waiting for some good news hopefully. 🙂

[Nate152]

if your 970 is warm that's a sign that it is working, If it was not warm then I would be more worried that it wasn't working.

All right try this:

Remove the gtx 970 and connect the hdmi cable to your motherboard.

Do you get display now?

[Shurrekin]

Even more unpleasant news. I reseated the 970 and every connection. It moved on from A2 to AE. No signal from the 970 whatsoever...

[Shurrekin]

Yes I do I'm sitting at the bios right now and won't touch a thing unless told to do so

[Nate152]

OK this is good.

Now install your gtx 970 again let's hope it just needs reseated after your first psu died .

Connect both pcie cables and connect the hdmi cable to the 970.

Fingers crossed you get display.

[Nate152]

OK this is good.

Power down your pc and turn the psu switch off.

Now install your gtx 970 again let's hope it just needs reseated after your first psu died and let's hope when your psu died it didn't take your gtx 970 with it.

So yeah install the 970 again connect both pcie cables and connect the hdmi cable to the 970.

Fingers crossed you get display.

[Shurrekin]

N/A I'm guessing either its not seated properly or ...:(

[Nate152]

Wow not good

Let's check to see if the 970 is showing in the bios. Let the 970 installed and connect the hdmi cable to the motherboard.

On the extreme tweaker tab go to gpu dimm post and see if your 970 is showing in there.

[Shurrekin]

Should I try to put it in the PCI 8x? or the other one at the bottom

[Shurrekin]

The last of the Unpleasant news. It is not showing up in the 8x slot. I think the graphics card is toast.