Hi all,
I've had the same situation many times before with a couple of other RoG boards (Maximus IV Extreme, VI Hero etc), but this is the first time I am working with an Impact board, so I thought I'd post on here to make sure I've ruled everything out - as in the past 00 has always led to dead hardware.
I've got a Maximus VIII Impact - and when connected with a Pentium G4400 and a 4GB DIMM of Vengeance LPX, I get the infamous 00 Q-Code.
-- The system is running on the box, so I can rule out a short.
-- G4400 and 4GB DIMM are working - running with no RAM installed still gives 00 (with no ram I'd expect 53 or 55 etc.)
-- CPU socket is fine
-- 8-Pin EPS connector is definitely connected 🙂
-- Cleared CMOS/RTC on many occasions, no avail.
The board came installed with BIOS version 0907, which should run the G4400 anyway, but I ran USB BIOS flashback and flashed 1504 and then 3401 and they seemed to install as usual (increasing speed of flashing for ~2 minutes) - both of which had no effect.
Using the CX750M which is my standard PSU I use on the bench - and I recently used it to test other boards so I know its good.
At this point I'm 99% sure its the board that's fried considering the CPU is confirmed good, but I'd like to rule out any other configuration errors before I start RMA.
Thanks in advance for your input.