Thread: GA-P55M-UD4 build issues

I am presently building a fresh system and I am containing troubles with some machinery. Expectantly the society can help me nail down the culprit. The system is constructed around the new GA-P55M-UD4 and a Core i5 processor. Also integral is EVGA GTX 260 Core 216, Corsair 520W modular power supply, 1TB WD Black drive, and 2 x 2 GB 1333 DDR3 memory.

Now I imagine this must be either a motherboard or perhaps a power supply subject. Is there any way to settle on what the defective piece might be? Is it possible that the processor is bad? Are my graphics cards shot?

Any help or approaching is really appreciated. Let me recognize if any other information would be obliging.

I would yet concentrate on the RAM. Did you sprint Memtest86+ overnight to check for RAM faults?

Attempted putting the graphic card on the next PCIe slot? If system remains output nothing, possibly sending the graphic card for mend...

I would speak maybe the RAM still acting bizarre, you could try to lower down the DDR speed to 1066 and plunge the memory voltage to 1.5v or lower.

In BIOS, try physically dispense each timing and voltage rather than depart it in auto.

One of the very primary things to verify, which is biting number of people in the world and 'manifests' as evident memory harms, is bent CPU socket pins - you scarcely need to brush against 'me to have caused main damage.

Thanks for the responds.

It may yet be the memory; however devoid of being able to acquire a production from the graphics card, I can not look in the bios to adjust locations. Also, I positioned the graphics card in an alternate system along with the power supply and that stationary did not output video. Even an unused cheaper video card I picked up is not outputting any video on two different motherboards. Maybe the power supply did something to these boards? The memory in the next motherboard had been working for a long time earlier to this, so I do not consider the memory is the problem presently. I will check CPU pins, but this does not explain the second motherboard presently not working either.

That sounds actually bizarre if the subsequent board with the GTX260 + Corsair PSU provides no display, maybe you could attempt another PSU if probable. When opposite with P55M-UD4, is it charitable any POST beeps? BTW, could also try clearing CMOS...

I attempted defrayal CMOS, no modify. No post fault beeps when I activate the machine, just a single beep at establish. I am going to check the monitor and DVI wire to confirm nothing occurred to them during this process.

I may contain neglected it, but how many DIMMs do you contain? If you have extra two, 'it's a dissimilar ballgame...’after clearing CMOS, have you done the (compulsory) "Load Optimized Defaults" from the BIOS? I'd be horizontal to departing with Fat Bird’s suggestion and subordinating the RAM speed, but to 1333 - the officially (by Intel) carried speed for the P55/i5 setups.

I contain two 2GB sticks in the computer. Once I am equipped figure out how to get a video output, then I can go into BIOS and adjust optimized defaults, adjust other settings, and run memtest. Until then, kind of SOL. Not sure why video output died so abruptly on a reboot after a video card driver crash. I even purchased a inexpensive PCIe graphics card to see if I could get the BIOS to come up, but even that would not output a signal. So, optimistically my graphics cards are ok, but the MB or power supply is at matter. Any chance this is the CPU, or could the memory be custody the video card from sending out a signal? Seems unlikely as this happened on a second MB with a different processor that is a known operating computer. Leaning towards the power supply messing up the motherboards here. I may need to end up getting a new MB and power supply.

Any computer needs both memory and a live CPU to reason at all; my first application at this point would be to band the board to one stick of RAM in hole DDR3_1 (the white slot adjacent to the CPU), short the CMOS restructure pins for a second and try to power up; if it fails, drag that DIMM and try it with the other one...