That's what I was thinking. Could be a return or similar. Was the box all sealed when you got it?
I've had an issue with a mobo before where I couldn't boot it. It turned out the bios version wasn't compatible with my ram, but elevated version was. Grant On Jan 24, 2016 3:24 PM, "Ken Schaefer" <k...@adopenstatic.com> wrote: > Could it be that someone’s already had a play with the board? Seems like > an odd configuration, and if it were normal, I’d guess that it’d be the > #1-10 hits on Google as every man and his dog would be running into the > same problem. > > > > Also, just a thought, if the board supports Intel vPro, then the AMT > feature would allow someone to reconfigure the BIOS over the LAN, thus > getting around the Catch 22 situation you describe. > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh > *Sent:* Saturday, 23 January 2016 6:04 PM > *To:* ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> > *Subject:* Re: [OT] New PC no video > > > > My friend just rang to say he got the new box working, but in a way the > confused and worried him. He also could get no video out of the > motherboard, so in desperation he stuck a video card in, and it worked. > Then in the BIOS screen he set it to use "onboard video" (which normally > has to be the default), after which it works without the video card. So how > stupid is that?! A perfect Catch-22 .. you can't configure the video to > work until you get the video working. Sheesh! I'wondering if the ASRock > board come out of the factory with the wrong settings -- *GK* > > > > On 23 January 2016 at 17:43, Ian Thomas <il.tho...@outlook.com> wrote: > > We couldn't even get the BIOS screen to show -- *GK* > > That’s tell-tale for RAM not seated, and/or CPU. I’m not sure with these > new MBs whether there is a connection to a speaker but it was used as a > useful fault detection by a pattern of “beeps”. Your MB’s guide may show a > pattern of LEDs for fault diagnosis (green/red lights on the board). > > > > Ian Thomas > > Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia > > > > >
