***Asus Rampage III Extreme Owners Thread***

[kpablo]

I fed up with this board. I owned several ASUS products in the past time but this is the most annoying one. My setup is as follows:

MB: Asus R3E with 0402, 0702, 0802 BIOS
CPU: Intel Core i7 930 Batch 3945
RAM: Corsair Dominator GT 2000C7 6 GB Kit
VGA: Zotac 285 GTX 1 GB
HDD: Seagate 200, 320, 500 and 1500 GB
PSU: Enermax Revolution+ 1250W

Everything is in the case which is LL V2110. When I put rams in red slots I can get a screen which says "Press DEL to run Setup, Press TAB to display BIOS POST message". When press either of DEL or TAB, I get this screen and nothing happens. With CTRL + ALT + DEL, I can restart it. But can not get in the BIOS. The screen I got:

http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/8868/mg2307.jpg

If I put one DIMM in red slot, same thing happens. Also RC Poster reports "Initial USB".

Then if I go with black DIMM slots, it got even worse. No screen, no sound. QLed in MB, hangs on DIMM and RC Poster reports "Memory Detect". I know my RAMs are in working condition.

Any ideas?

Much appreciated.

Wow~! I guess is not only me with the problem!!!

Try powering up outside of the case... mine did boot it and pass the usb check, entering to the bios... And see if work... then please post your result...

If boot, do this:
- Put in your case.
- Put all the screws except the one i have market with yellow circle in the next picture.



I don't know the reason... is not for shortening because i already tried putting a washer in all the holes... in the back and in the front with same result, no pass USB Check.

Maybe when you screw all, the mobo get bowed... who knows...
But it work to me that way.