Asus P9 X79 Pro - Help with SATA

[EarthDog]

That would be the first thing to do... give that a go before you start breaking down.

 

[On_Point]

That would be the first thing to do... give that a go before you start breaking down.

This board seems to have quite a few BIOS utilities. I was wondering, do you know if I need to put any of these on the flash drive?

Or can I just put the BIOS file only on a flash dive, plug it in to the white USB port and click the onboard BIOS button?

 

[EarthDog]

Please read your manual for instructions on how to flash it that way. I do not own the board so I have no idea how that process is done.

 

[On_Point]

Please read your manual for instructions on how to flash it that way. I do not own the board so I have no idea how that process is done.

Do you know if a phone will work for this? Because I dont have a flash drive
Also its saying you need to check your BIOS version to see if its .ROM or .CAP
If its .ROM its saying to use this BIOS converter. But I have no way to find out what my BIOS version is.

http://event.asus.com/2012/mb/usb_bios_flashback_guide/

 

[EarthDog]

A phone?!!

A USB stick is what you need.

 

[On_Point]

A phone? WHAT?!!!

A USB stick is what you need.

Yea i mean a smartphone and pluggin that into USB lol

 

[EarthDog]

I understood what you meant, just surprised it was even brought up as a potentially viable solution. I mean who knows, but I doubt it as I you may need to make the USB drive bootable. Again, read what your manual says needs to happen for that process. You can find a cheap USB stick for $10. Go get yourself one.

EDIT: After thinking a bit more, perhaps if the stick does not need to be bootable, it can work.. but navigating to the files may be a pain.

 

[On_Point]

I went ahead and bought a memory stick, hope it dont take too long to arrive.
I also read everything about BIOS in the manual. But there is nothign about finding out BIOS version without booting into BIOS in the first place

 

[EarthDog]

At this point, we don't care much about what is installed really. So just flash to the newest one. You do not have a local store that carries USB sticks? I mean even Walmart or something of the like? A simple drive to town would yield one today if you wanted.

 

[On_Point]

Well I live in a village in UK so no Walmart. And im too poor to even have a car
So the cost of getting a bus to town and back would be as much as the memory stick

 

[EarthDog]

Ok. Keep us posted!

 

[On_Point]

Will do

 

[Ajay57]

Hi i am back hope you have that PC up and running by now??? If you going to get a USB STICK make sure its a FAT32 one else it will not work properly.

So it seems no joy at all!!

EDIT: I was hoping with ED's help it would be flying by now.

Right buddy with your post 35 with photo i would pull out all the front panel wire connectors. And leave them disconnected and try the buttons for me on the Motherboard please!!

AJ.

 

[EarthDog]

He tried that already... though not sure if he unplugged those headers and then tried it. Anything is worth a try.

At this point, we are looking at flashing the bios as a resolution. But since he lives in the middle of nowhere, he had to order a USB stick so we will be waiting a bit on that side of the house.

Perhaps you did this already, but, have you tried only using 1 stick of memory in the correct slot for one stick (see your manual for the correct slot).

 

[Ajay57]

No ED we only used 2 sticks but , as you say anything at this point yep.

As for flashing the Bios all you need is the 24 pin power + 8 pin power and that is all plus it switched on. But if his PSU is the problem then he can not Flash anything at all!!

 

[EarthDog]

Yeah, he can't test the PSU. And now, the more I think about it, not sure how he can flash if he cannot even get to the POST. Yikes.

 

[Ajay57]

At this point i would take it out of the case and start again, step by step i think that is the only way where going to find the answer here ED.


Looks like he has had enough and logged off, i feel sorry i could not get that up and running ED.

 

[EarthDog]

LOL Ajay, nothing we could do here...he should try each ram stick alone in the slot for one ram and see if it boots before yanking it.

 

[Ajay57]

Its got me scratching my head as to what you can do next ED!! But i do really care its just the way i feel here, i do like helping people.

 

[On_Point]

Hi guys, thanks for all the suggestions. But I got it to work today and it was as I originally suspected!

The damn fan controller was probably trying to suck too much power. Because when I unplugged that from the mobo and used a molex to power it, the pc booted up.

But the problem I have now is, it sounds like one of the fans on my graphics card ( Gigabyte Nvidia GTX 780 OC ) is rattling.

Should I try to get this replaced before its too late?