No video on inital boot up

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   Hi

I am building a freenas using main components I got from newegg.com

- ASRock E3C226D2I Mini ITX
- Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Server Memory Model CT2KIT102472BD160B
- Intel Core i3-4160 Haswell 

On initial boot up, I am not getting any video using onboard vga.  All fans are running, I see solid bright green led on motherboard at first then  blink constantly.  
I read that it takes a while to boot up the first time so I let it sit there for 20min and still nothing.
I've tried a different lcd monitor, vga cable and it the same. I know the lcd and cable are good when I hook it up to another working PC.   The bios version is still original, haven't done anything to the board since I can't see the video.  No issue with powering up or down,  just no video.  I even took out the onboard battery for a few minutes to reset the bios.
Bad motherboard ? Bad BIOS ?  Any suggestion ?   

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dnguyen68 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05 May 2015 Location: NC Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote dnguyen68 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: No video on inital boot up Posted: 05 May 2015 at 11:00pm
	Hi I am building a freenas using main components I got from newegg.com - ASRock E3C226D2I Mini ITX - Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Server Memory Model CT2KIT102472BD160B - Intel Core i3-4160 Haswell On initial boot up, I am not getting any video using onboard vga. All fans are running, I see solid bright green led on motherboard at first then blink constantly. I read that it takes a while to boot up the first time so I let it sit there for 20min and still nothing. I've tried a different lcd monitor, vga cable and it the same. I know the lcd and cable are good when I hook it up to another working PC. The bios version is still original, haven't done anything to the board since I can't see the video. No issue with powering up or down, just no video. I even took out the onboard battery for a few minutes to reset the bios. Bad motherboard ? Bad BIOS ? Any suggestion ?

sltd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30 Apr 2015 Status: Offline Points: 20	Post Options Post Reply Quote sltd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 May 2015 at 5:46am
	Recheck assembly; Recheck cable connections; Remove one memory dimm; If still no success, remove the other and put back the first one; Try to update BIOS by IPMI http://asrockrack.com/support/ipmi.asp#BMC

NAS4REG Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 06 May 2015 Location: Milwaukee Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote NAS4REG Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 May 2015 at 6:46am
	Intel Core i3-4160 Haswell Dual-Core 3.6GHz LGA is not on the CPU Support List http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=E3C226D2I#CPU

sltd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30 Apr 2015 Status: Offline Points: 20	Post Options Post Reply Quote sltd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 May 2015 at 7:44pm
	I think it wont matter. If you check i3 4150 and i3 4160 there are only a few differences. He must update bios to 2.0 (last column of CPU Support list).

den-175 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 04 Jan 2017 Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote den-175 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Jan 2017 at 5:07pm
	Hi, guys! I have some problem. I use G1840, it's supported since P2.00. On my MOBO stick a label P1.60, so I think there set up BIOS v. P1.60. Need I other CPU to update BIOS? I can't get IMPI via IP 192.168.3.1.

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 27113	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Jan 2017 at 5:26pm
	Contact Tech Support with your issue: http://event.asrock.com/tsd.asp Typically you have 2 choices Use a supported CPU to flash the BIOS New BIOS chip with correct version for your CPU If you can get the store to do it for you (cheaply) then that is an option or borrow a supported CPU. Tech support may be able to help you with a new BIOS chip though.