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No video on inital boot up

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Topic: No video on inital boot up

Posted By: dnguyen68
Subject: No video on inital boot up
Date 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 ?

Replies:

Posted By: sltd
Date 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" rel="nofollow - http://asrockrack.com/support/ipmi.asp#BMC

Posted By: NAS4REG
Date 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

Posted By: sltd
Date 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).

Posted By: den-175
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2017 at 5:07pm

" rel="nofollow - 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.

Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2017 at 5:26pm

Contact Tech Support with your issue:

http://event.asrock.com/tsd.asp" rel="nofollow - 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.

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