Gene-z not posting, LED give error 34

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I've just setup a gene-z with a new 2500k and it is not posting. I get consistently error 34 in the LED and the BOOT_DEVICE_LED is red.

I've put only 1 4G stick in the slot farthest from CPU, removed graphics card, and still error 34

Upon close inspection, I saw that some pins were actually bended, and unbended them (now it looks ok at least visually). But it didn't change the error. I've also changed CPU (new unused 2600k), still same error.

Any hints? Look like I should RMA.

BTW, what do the LEDs display when the system has posted ?

[xeromist]

Did you strip the board down to bare minimum needed to post as listed above?

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yep... and got a speaker now: 1x long, 4 short: hardware component failure... not very informative 😞

[xeromist]

Did you check the socket for bent/broken/missing pins and reseat *everything* (mem, gpu, cpu, power connections)? You may want to check the power connections to make sure none of the pins are pushing out the back of the plug as well.

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yep...
i think about trying with another vga, also thinking about bringing the board back...

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solved, it was a vga error anyways... different problem as the other guy here suggestd, got me on the wrong track 😄

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hi bud,

would u tell me how did u troubleshoot it?

regars

2600K crossair 16G with cooler 240SSD vertex3

[xeromist]

Glad you got it sorted 🙂