Maximus V Gene Not Booting (Q-Code 32)

[Endgame124]

Hello,

I have been running a 3570K on a Maximus V Gene for around 4 years now. Just upgraded to windows 10 and figured I'd give a shot at getting a little more OC out of my chip. Its been running fine at 4.2Ghz at 1.20 V for this whole time. The system booted fine at 4.7 at 1.27V and ran prime 95 for about 2 hours without issue, and then crashed. Since the crash, the system will not boot and stays at Q-Code 32.

Troubleshooting steps taken so far:

Remove ram and reseat
Run with only 1 stick of ram in slot 2A
Swap ram with other known good ram
Power system off, pull CMOS battery, wait 30 minutes and try again.

Any other suggestions, or is something seriously broke?

[Nate152]

Hi Endgame124

Code 32-36 = cpu post memory initialization.

Have you tried clearing the cmos with the button on the back?

You may also want to try a bios update. Acquire a usb flash drive, format it to FAT32 and rename the bios file to M5G.CAP

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?1142-How-to-use-ASUS-ROG-USB-BIOS-Flashback

[MeanMachine]

Hi guys

Hi Endgame124 and sorry Nate152 for butting in however, I don't think the Downloaded Bios file needs to be renamed anymore.

It comes as a zip file and just needs to be extracted to the USB stick. That link to Bios flashback is outdated. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[Nate152]

Hi MeanMachine, thank you for butting in 🙂

It's been a good while since I've updated the bios on any of my motherboards and I have not done it yet on my maximus viii formula. The last I heard if you're using the bios flashback method the bios file needs to be renamed, if using the ez flash utility it does not.

If someone can confirm this please feel free to comment.

[Endgame124]

Nate152 wrote:
Hi MeanMachine, thank you for butting in 🙂

It's been a good while since I've updated the bios on any of my motherboards and I have not done it yet on my maximus viii formula. The last I heard if you're using the bios flashback method the bios file needs to be renamed, if using the ez flash utility it does not.

If someone can confirm this please feel free to comment.

Thanks Nate! Flashing the bios with flashback resolved the problem and I'm back up and running. I DID have to rename the file on my flash drive, but I was running the original bios that came with my Gene V, so I don't think that is a surprise.

[Nate152]

You're welcome

Thank you for reporting back that your problem is solved. 🙂

[jblanc03]

Hi, i have the same issue except im on a R4E motherboard. I always keep the CPU overclocked and stable. One day i needed to hard power off the computer by holding the power button in for 8 seconds. I regret doing that because usually i get a message when i go to power it back on that the "Overclock Failed. Press F1 to enter bios"

But this time i get that LED code 32 constantly and nothing i do seems to fix it. I have tried the following:

Cleared the CMOS by pressing the button(tried with no power to the MB and with power)

Flashed the BIOS using the ROG connect button with a USB Stick. I tried the latest bios which my MB was already on the same bios. This did not solve it.

Tried to remove all but 1 memory stick to see if this would make a difference, it did not.

Tried to remove all but 2 memory sticks, one in each channel. This did not fix it.

Tried to remove my CPU and re Install it.

Ive run out of ideas.

Please HELP!