MAXIMUS VI FORMULA Q-CODE 55,58,3b

[QoCooRoQ]

Hi Guys,

I'm coming across these Q Codes :55, 58, 3b, sometime 69(very rare).
Mostly up to 58 and back to 55 and restart from 13.
Also got something like 55--->58--->69, or 55--->58--->55--->3b, and 55--->58--->3b!!
I did read the User Guide to define what those codes are but just not making any sense to me.
I research in forums and tried all of them turn out none of them work.

here are my built:
ASUS MAXIUM VI FORMULA
I7-4770K
KINGSTON HYPER X 16GB DDR3-2400(2X8G)
CORSAIR H80I
SAMSUNG 540 EVO 120GB SSD
PHANTOM FULL TOWER CASE
NZXT PS-700W
ASUS GEFORCE GTX 750TI OC 2GB

The system just keep reboot again again and again.
The lights next to the 24pin went from CPU to DRAM and then reboot start all over again.

I wonder what is really happened to my system.
I check the CPU pin, that is alright no pin had been banned, tried the fan came with CPU SAME THING.
I think the problem was on the RAM because the light clock out on DRAM and reboot.

Can anyone help me with this !?

Thank you very much guys,

Ryan

[jab383]

The DRAM Q-LED is the big clue. BIOS is having trouble with the RAM overclock setting. Mine does the same thing when I push RAM out of bounds.

While it is doing that Q-code sequence, push the MEM OK button on the M6F. The board will try to reboot a few more times with an LED near the MEM OK button flashing. When it finishes, it should have read the SPD data from the RAM and found a workable, but slow, setting. It should then enter BIOS setup where you can make changes.

Hope that's the only problem.

Jeff

[QoCooRoQ]

Hi Jeff,

Thank you for replying my post. Unfortunately I still can not boot up my system into BIOS.
When I press the MEM OK system shut down and all the lights went off except for the start, reset, and ROG in the middle.
I dont know what to do now, maybe bring it back to the vender both motherboard and ram. Let their tech support test out for me.

Thank you once again for you help Jeff

Ryan

[Retired]

did you by accident harm any pins in the cpu socket?

Try to swap DIMM slot, with only 1 DIMM (single channel), try the slots, separately..

CLR CMOS, if you have done so already

Its a new board, it should post, and let you enter bios just fine..

[QoCooRoQ]

Hi WhitePaw,

I checked the pin again nothing is banned or out of place.
I did everything like swap RAM to single or dual on every slot and mix match with slot too(I know that won't work)!
I did clear the CMOS and using the Direct Key, turn off the fast boot...etc.
The system just not going to boot up to BISO, always reboot at q-code 55,58,3b.

Thank you very much for your help WhitePaw,

Ryan

[Retired]

If you have some other DDR3 sticks at home, try them..

[Corsair_Riker]

Just to let you know - when you turn on the computer - the motherboard will always cycle through various Q-Codes. What matters is the Q-Code it ends up staying on.

For you - it appears the Q-Code it stays on is always 3B?

From the user manual:

3B - 3E : Post-Memory PCH initialization is started

If its not progressing beyond this - all I can say is that it appears to point to an issue with your RAM.

You really need to make sure you have motherboard set to its default state. Do the following:

1. I recommend that you disconnect everything non-essential from your motherboard. i.e. disconnect any usb devices (keyboard, mouse, etc), AND if possible - remove the graphics card and connect your monitor to the onboard video, etc

2. Make sure that your SSD is connected to one of the Intel SATA ports - not the ASMedia SATA ports.

3. Clear the CMOS using the Clear CMOS button.

3.a. Alternatively - you may need to ensure that no power is going to your computer (i.e. don't just have your computer off - turn off the power supply as well) - and then remove the battery from the motherboard. You may need to leave it out for a while to ensure the motherboard has been completely reset to its default state. I would do a search on the forums of how to do this correctly.

4. Once you've done this - try to power on your computer with only ONE stick of RAM in the motherboard (in the correct slot) and see how you go.


The idea here is that we want try and get everything working with only the abosulte essentials connected.