ASUS P5B-Deluxe; Problems & Fixes

[Tomek]

C2D E6600 2Gb G.Skill HZ P5B-Dlx
It doesn't beep, no keyboard lights, nothing. Hitting Reset on case causes the board to cold boot (power down, then up after a second or two). Tried one stick of ram at a time, same result. Can get it to beep if pulling out both sticks of ram, other then that its silent.

I have been plagued by very similiar problems...I don't think I've ever heard this board beep.
Sometimes she just wont POST. Black screen and vid card fan just spins at full speed. (same as if there was no RAM inserted)

I'm on my 2nd P5B delux now and it just wont POST anymore.
I used to use a cheepo stick of samsung RAM to get her up,
before putting my TeamX D9s in, but now even that don't cut it.

I can honestly say this is the most problematic board I've seen in 15 years.
Although... I just bought a 3rd one and picking it up tomorrow! HAHA
Gonna RMA #2 which I got in exchange for #1 :P

I'm hoping #3 will be good, because the OCing on
this board w/ my E6300 and TeamX RAM is SICK on air!

I have a serious love hate relation with it.
WHAT HAPPENED TO QC/QA ASUS!?!

Tomek.

Edit - the one that now won't POST (#2) is made in China Rev 1.03G
I think alot of these P5B problems can be attributed to RAM compatability.
IF you have high end micron RAM (TeamX or G.Skill etc) you might need more volts than the defualt 1.8 the board supplies..
If P5B #3 has the same problems, I'm considering VDIMM mod to bring the default to 2.0V or 2.2V