[MVF] Boot loop - Motherboard boots for 3 seconds and turns off -> repeats endlessly

[xylles]

Hi.

I just bought the Maximus V Formula motherboard, and it seemed awesome.

However

After installing it into my chassis and turning it on, aswell as the computer, it seemed to go into a boot loop, as I would call it. It starts, nothing on screen, 2 - 3 seconds later, it turns off. Two seconds later, it restarts. And this goes on and on.

I found a couple of threads
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?32541-Maximus-V-Formula-Rebooting-before-posting-errors&cou...
and such

I have even tried to take out the battery and waited a minute before placing it back on the motherboard.

I have also tried to unplug every connection, GPU, CPU etc, and put it back on. Didn't work. Then I tried to update the BIOS for 1707. Did also not work. This board seems bricked in my eyes.

My setup:
Chassis: R4
nVidia 560Ti
I5 2500 (upgrading this soon)
Corsair XMS 1866mHz CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 (compatible)


Any suggestions? I'm really considering to get a new one through guaranties, but not before I've tried this forum.

[Preacher]

I agree with the PSU, I had this problem a few years back, I swapped out my PSU and it fixed the problem.

[Nodens]

It can be the PSU indeed or it could be that the board is shorting somewhere. Make sure the backside of the board is not "touching" the backplate anywhere.

Just because you see leds lighting up it does not mean the PSU is ok.:)

[sstephan]

i hope you are not forgetting the cpu power connector .

[HiVizMan]

CPU is toast and it happens. RMA the CPU and enjoy your new system.