Quote Originally Posted by MaddMuppet View Post
Hey guys i have a question. I have just inherited a Black Edition R3 board. I set it up outside the case and put in my Xeon 3570. The thing is when I go to boot it up, it goes straight to the FF code. It doesn't go through any other codes, just straight to FF only. I took out the CPU and checked all the pins with a magnifying glass and they appear to all be fine without any bent ones. I reseated the CPU and same thing again. I took out the battery for half an hour and also cleared the bios, but no difference. I also pressed down on the bios chips to make sure they hadn't come loose. Also i removed all sricks of ram and tried one at a time, but no difference. Also tried a different PSU and still the same.

So if anyone else has another idea i could try...
I`m not to familiar with the old biosses, what version you`re running?
Have the latest, and it`s running fine with a W3680. X990 also working fine.
Have you tried a different core?