Tried all of those. No post happens at all. Press a power button - instantaneously code 00 is displayed.
I’ll drive to microcenter in few hours to replace the mobo. It’s just an unnecessary hassle…when opening ‘new’ box it felt that someone already done it before me. Hopefully that wasn’t the case. Someone with same error returning mobo and store just dumbly reselling broken motherboard.
Asus doesn’t advertise meaning of that code. I found majority of people online saying it’s the mobo.- either corrupt bios or something similar.
I never found a solution that fixed the code…
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I did a look and CPU was the main result via:
- Dead CPU
- Insufficient power supply output
- Bent motherboard pin
Basically 00 people said was “CPU not detected” and for some who had a second CPU to try - it worked with the other chip. Can also try reseating the CPU.
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Or better yet this…
Oof. Hate having to change a board since you have to take everything apart.
Could be it‘s got an old BIOS version. The 3900X is supported starting with version 0707. There‘s older versions on the list of available ones.
Ah good call, if the board supports the USB BIOS flashback I think it’s called - could be worth a try.
Finally returned. Exchanged motherboard…and after all of your CPU discussions, I’ve exchanged that also. Surprisingly it was very easy and no questions asked.
So computer is booting up and now I’m loading windows. I’ll play with tiding up cables little later.
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I’ve always had a good experience with micro center. Great place. One time I bought some RAM “open box”. Someone had returned DDR3 sticks with a DDR4 label on them and I didn’t notice till I got home and it didn’t fit the DDR4 slot. I returned it and they let me get a brand new set at open box price. Ill buy all my stuff from there.
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Well…everything is assembled and most of things installed.
Last time I build PC was …oh over +10 years ago.
RGBs look pretty. Probably will be turned off soonish.
Now relaxing and drinking grapefruit soju.
Cheers! Thanks for the the help 'all.
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Nice build sim, I just did the same thing (different specs). It feels like when we were young (and financially independent), an upgrade was maybe once a year. Then maybe once every five years as we got older. Now, with a mortgage and a wife and kids, it’s been almost ten years! So, if this is a continuing trend, should I expect to put off the next major upgrade to 2040? Will an i5 9600K last that long?
2030? Might just lol.
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Finally tested IL2 and DCS in VR. I see big improvement. Especially in IL2. Much more enjoyable. DCS on other hand needs to get Vulcan thing going ASAP.
Witcher3 @ 4k max settings (minus NVIDIA hair) at constant 60 fps in cities/combat/everywhere. Amazing.
Also, new SSDs is amazing. 5,000mb/sec read/write. Booting up from a button press is 22 seconds. That is without enabling fast boot in BIOS!
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All’s well that ends well. Congrats on getting the new box running! May she serve you well over the coming years 
(watching these threads closely, as I’ll be rebuilding my box come fall. Already saving up for it)
Yeah having the OS on a NVMe is a game changer. I’m helped my nephew put more ram in his PC that runs on a HDD. I legitametly thought something was messed up with the ram because it took so long to boot. He looked at me kinda funny and said that startup was faster than it usually is.
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NVMe discs are great. I love how my PC can do continuous backups while I work or play, an I do not even notice.
And everything is so snappy. I now hate „waiting“ for my SSD powered Laptop at work.
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Adding a little stress to CPU. temp reaches slightly below 80C which is quite normal according to the net.
Single Core bench is 537.
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Those temps seem fine. I like CPU-Z, good program to make sure everything is kosher on a new setup. Also like to us HWMonitor to see voltages and detail temps. Bet that thing rips.