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Crosshair V Formula-Z fail to post

Sourmug
Level 7
Hello all,
I have spent the last few hours searching through posts and have not been able to find a solution to correct my build.
The back ground on it: 3 months old (been running fine until yesterday)

-Crosshair V Formula-Z AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX
-MD FX-8150 Zambezi 3.6GHz (3.9GHz/4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor with Liquid Cooling Kit FD8150FRGUWOX
-EVGA SuperClocked+ 03G-P4-3663-KR GeForce GTX 660 Ti 3GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Video Card (2-SLI)
-G.SKILL Trident X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model F3-2400C10D-16GTX
-Thermaltake Toughpower Grand TPG-850M 850W ATX 12V v2.3 & SSI EPS 12V v2.92 Power Supply

Symtoms-Upon powering on, system fails to post. All LEDs are on, monitor and connected USB devices do not activate. Q Code has been 'A0', however I have also seen '05' and '10'. I have already tried reflashing the BIOS through ROG Connect, no change.

Any ideas or suggestions? Any would be greatly appreciated!
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Sourmug911
Level 7
Back up and running. I did a combination of reducing the RAM to two banks and flashed the BIOS. Seems like that did the trick as suggested, thanks for the help!

chrsplmr
Level 18
Congrats .. Now back to some fun !!! Well Played goodSir.c.

Sourmug911
Level 7
Another update, seems that one of the RAM has gone dark. I will have to RMA that one. Kept getting pesky blue screens and restarts. went into BIOS and one stick wasn't even registering.

HiVizMan
Level 40
Do a full two cycles of memtest86+ see link in my sig for a good guide.
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DarkFoss
Level 7
A bit late but also check that you don't have the MS security update KB 2823324 installed. Microsoft pulled it and recommends uninstalling it. It messed with my daughters comp as well as my wife's laptop.