Wow, after reading the whole thread at once I'm tired... joking!
I was kinda hoping to find a solution to my problem. It's been 3 weeks since I started assembling my rig, with no other than the here discussed BoneTrail. I had really high hopes for this mobo, and I still do, but I'm stuck. Setup is the BoneTrail of course, C2D E8200, 8800GT and the, as far as I can tell, offender - OCZ Platinum 1333 (10666) 2x1Gb dual channel kit.
So far, not even my monitor has even displayed a thing, no boot, no POST, nothing, only the 3 beeps. I know this is a memory issue. the sticks seem to be fine, the shop I got them from tested them with an Asus board and they're ok. OCZ states that these are 777-20 at 1.8V although SPD on them seems to be 777-20 at 1.5V, probably for safe booting. However, for me it seems to be preventing correct boot, maybe insufficient voltage is applied.
Tried only one stick in the first slot, both sticks, no sticks all with the same result - 3 beeps.
Also tried setting the jumper to diagnostic mode without any luck, also removed the jumper with the same outcome.
Can't think of anything else and I was trying to find an answer here but I'm not sure anyone can help.
I guess I need at least one stick of some other mem that can boot so I can gain access to BIOS, since I couldn't even do that, I don't even know what BIOS version I have!!
GTJ, you are the man!! Any thoughts?
I have seen people with a similar setup, Platinums 1333 and working. I guess maybe it's this particular sample that is more voltage sensitive than others or there's a trick to make it work that I've missed.
Mr Steveo, nice to see you back!! I remember a few years back exchanging posts, back in the times of the good old Coppermine and Mushkin PC150 and i815 was king of the hill. Nice to see you back, like you I've been kinda away for a while...
thanks you guys for any help you can provide and sorry for the already long post.