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ASRock Fatal1ty Z270Gaming K6 problem

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Topic: ASRock Fatal1ty Z270Gaming K6 problem

Posted By: magicdragan
Subject: ASRock Fatal1ty Z270Gaming K6 problem
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2018 at 6:49pm

" rel="nofollow - Hello, everyone,

I am almost giving up on putting together a new gaming rig...

Case: NZXT Phantom 820

Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming K6

Processor: i5-8600K

VGA: ASUS GTX1070TI

RAM: 4x 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 2400MHz

Cooling: LEPA Aqua Changer 240

PSU: Corsair RM650x

HDD: 500 GB Samsung + 128GB SSD by Corsair

First problem I have encountered: there are so many fan connectors on the NZXT case, and they are all 3-pin. But the ends are not the one's you'd connect to a motherboard, but vice-versa - they seem to be open for connecting additional fans.

Main problem: upon turning on the PSU, the MB Aura LED's light up in light-violet color, then change to red, blink 3 times and then keep flashing slowly (pulsating). Nothing else happens. No beep, no post, no video signal, no Dr. Debug codes, no feed to HDD. Nothing. Just pulsating light.

So far I have tried:

Removing VGA card and connecting HDMI monitor straight to motherboard
Removing two RAM modules, then 3, then all of them (at least to get an error, a beep, whatever)
Switching PSU
Checking all connections from PSU
Removing battery
Reseting CMOS
Pressing the power and/or reset buttons on the motherboard

Nothing seems to work. Nothing happens, period. Any suggestions? I am starting to think I got a faulty MB?

Replies:

Posted By: Animalm4st3r
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2018 at 5:46am

" rel="nofollow - Uhm are u really Sure that u sre using a Z270 with an i5-8600k?
Despite having the same socket 1151 the i5-8600k only and exclusively runs on Z370 boards, because intel changed the pin layout you need a Z370 mainboard. On Z270 only 7th generation or older work.
and your mainboard showing nothing no POST no video signal is due to the lack of a working CPU

Posted By: magicdragan
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2018 at 5:50pm

" rel="nofollow - Jesus Christ... Somehow I have not encountered that information... Thanks for the heads-up. Will return the Z270 and get Z370 then. Anything specific you'd recommend by looking at my setup?

Posted By: Animalm4st3r
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2018 at 11:34pm

i have a ASRock Taichi and i like it very much ;)
but if you like the Fatality their should be a Z370 version available

Posted By: Knight
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2018 at 2:32am

Lolz, woops! It happens, Intel really dropped the ball with making the 8th gen stuff exclusive to the Z370 boards. I've got the Z370 version of the Fatal1ty K6 board, I like it.

As for your case fans, the 820 manual states those male ends are supposed to plug into the included fan controller.

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8700k, Z370 Gaming K6, TridentZ RGB 3200, 1070 FTW, 960 EVO

Posted By: Animalm4st3r
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2018 at 3:19am

Knight wrote:

As for your case fans, the 820 manual states those male ends are supposed to plug into the included fan controller.

well thats typical NZXT stuff making it exclusive to the case :P