H81M-DGS R2.0 Powerup Issue

This is the first time writing in a Forum such as this.I have been building rigs/Systems or whatever you want to call them for more than 15 years. But this time i need Help.

I built myself a nice little moderate gaming rig due to some financial shortcomings.(details will follow)

it hast been running for little over a Month now. Its running almost 24/7. This Morning it was in sleep mode but wouldnt wake up no matter what i did. Since i had that issue once before i turned the psu off (power button wouldnt work either) and back on. Last time it worked this time nothing. this was roughly 14 hours ago. I completely checked and rechecked everything. Button is ok Psu is perfekt reset CMOS pulled the battery for CMOS AND set the jumper and tried only doing one of those at a time. Only reaction i could get from the Board was a little flashing lights in my g15. Nothing else.

My System:

Asrock H81M-DGS R2.0

i5 4460

8gb DDR3 1600

hdd 2xsataII 1tb&2tb

Geforce 560 GTX

PSU: Thermaltake cable management 750W

DVD/RW

Everything in an old but very nice and well handled chieftec tower. 

Thanks in advance.

Asko aka Ben

I would try just 1 stick of RAM, the CPU and PSU connected and test to see if that makes a difference. 

I see you have already cleared CMOS by both clear CMOS jumper and battery removal (I assume by your experience level you had the system disconnected from the power when using the battery removal method) so this is a more complex issue than simple UEFI corruption.

If the basic config fails then the next course of action is to check the individual components. Most often in situations like this it is the PSU, you say you have checked that but you did not mention how. If you used the paperclip test then that is not a definitive test method as it does not apply any real load to the PSU's rails. The only way to actually test a PSU (without expensive testing equipment) is to try it on another system. 

If you have done this and the PSU is working then I would check the CPU socket for any burn marks/bent pins. If that is all clear then try powering on the system with no RAM installed, if the system powers up and beeps (RAM missing error code) then it may be the RAM or CPU that have become faulty. If the board does not power on even without RAM installed then it is likely the board has failed, in which case you should be able to start the RMA process given the system is only a month old and should still be covered by warranty.

Let us know how it goes, good luck  

The power cord must be removed from the back of the PSU or from the wall during a battery removal clear or the power from the PSU will prevent the CMOS from clearing. 

Power is getting to your keyboard so something is happening, another useful test is attaching a LAN cable to the LAN port and a router/swtich, if the LAN LEDs light up then there is power getting to the system. Your keyboard lights are flashing however so that isn't necessary in your situation as we know power is getting to the keyboard, briefly as it may be.