MSI X99S Gaming 7 Won't Boot

[nytiger73live]

Hi -

I just recently purchased an X99S motherboard.  I put it all together, and all was fine for about 24 hours.  I updated the BIOS and then started running a defrag and left the machine on while I went to work.  When I got home, the machine was off. It's not responding to the power button the board or on my case.  If I turn the power off on my PSU and turn it back on and hit the power switch, I get a split second flash of lights and then nothing.  I initially thought that it was my power supply so I bought a new one.  I got that installed and same thing.  One thing to note is that the MSI LED up by the 24 pin connector is on red.  I've already tried the secondary BIOS and I have removed all of the memory except the DIMM in Slot 7. I haven't yet tried to remove the board from the case yet and tried it on a non conductive surface.  I just wanted to get some thoughts on that debug LED that is currently on. I believe the motherboard has just died, but wanted to run it by someone first.

Here are my specs:

Board: MSI X99S Gaming 7
Bios: Version 14.7
VGA:  MSI GTX980 Gaming
PSU:  EVGA 1000 Watt G2
CPU:  Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz
MEM: Corsair Vengeance 2666 4x4gb CMK16GX4M4A2666C16
HDD: PNY 256GB SSD
COOLER: Corsair CWCH60 Water Cooler
OC: None
OS: Windows 8.1 64bit

 

[Nichrome]

Take it out of the case, place on non conductive surface (wooden table, motherboard box) and run it then. Also try with single RAM stick in every RAM slot.
Try clearing CMOS >>Clear CMOS Guide<<

Also make sure all power connectors are properly fitted in.
What way did you update the BIOS? Also was it successful?

 

[nytiger73live]

Yes, I tried the single stick in the RAM slot trick.  I updated the BIOS because I don't think that my memory was running in Quad Channel mode. It was successful.  My system ran for a good 12 hours after updating the BIOS.  As I said in my post, I left it running while I went to work and at some point between the machine just shut off.  I've replaced the PSU and checked all connections  What exactly does that red debug light mean?

 

[Nichrome]

A red LED let's you know that overcurrent protection is active.

According to description of the product.

Maybe try different power socket?

 

[nytiger73live]

No dice on the different wall socket.  I'll pull it out of the case.  If that fails, would it be reasonable to assume I have a bad board?

 

[nytiger73live]

Pulled it out of the case. Same thing.  Any other thoughts?

 

[Nichrome]

I guess you better RMA the board.

Did you have occassion to check temps of CPU, motherboard and GPU?

 

[nytiger73live]

Yes I did.  Temps of the CPU at idle were around 30-35c and under load, I believe around 55-60. I really hadn't done much gaming yet. For the GPU, I put the fans at 100% and it idled at around 28c. Under load with the Uniengine Heaven Benchmark it got to around 63c if my memory serves me correctly. For the motherboard, I think the temp was around 34c.

 

[Nichrome]

Temps were fine so can't blame that.
RMA the board and see if the new one will work fine. Might be also that other part of the system failed and we think it's motherboard.

 

[nytiger73]

Not sure if it's cool to bump an old topic, however, I thought I'd report that I got my new board back and everything is functional again.  Thanks again for your help.  It was indeed the board.  My guess is a capicator went south on it.

 

[Nichrome]

Yes it's fine. If you're OP then that's completely fine.

And thanks for reporting back