Maximus VI Extreme only blinking BIOS 1 led....Help

[managerman]

Hello,

I have spent two months working on my new build.....Got it all together and now when I go to turn it on all I get is one orange blinking BIOS 1 led. NO other power..no lights, no fans..nothing...

I tested all components outside of the case before doing the final build and everything worked great...

I tried another power supply and same issue...

Any thoughts on what might cause this...I am praying the board is not dead...

Help..

Thanks,

-M

[Chino]

There is a possible short. Check to make sure your motherboard is aligned with the standoffs correctly. And recheck all your connections and see if anything out of place is touching the motherboard.

[HiVizMan]

Remove your motherboard from the case and test again on the test bench, or the motherboard box which ever one you used.

[managerman]

Problem solved....took about 3 hours of google searching, but found a similar problem with an owner of a maximus v board who stated that the screw that holds the wifi module on the board through the io shield causes a short..solution is to use a plastic washer or remove the module. As soon as I removed the module....boom....system fired right up....asus should look into this as it probably causes unnecessary RMA's..

-M

[HiVizMan]

There is a sticky post here on the forum on how to correctly install that little module and I fully agree with you it is a pain. I am just pleased you are sorted.