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Impending MoBo failure? AsRock 890GX Pro 3 failed to boot
Well, the title sez most of it. When I switched on my computer this morning, it powered up, but that was it. The monitors' lights remained amber (usually they turn green once the computer enters POST). The 890GX has an LED that indicated boot status and error codes. It was showing E8. I did a search on this and found, on AsRock's website where this refers to the MoBo not liking the slot the memory is in and directs one to change the slot to the preferred one. Turns out I already had my memory stick in the correct slot. So . . . what now?
I tried shutting the system down and rebooting a couple of times. Each time I switched on the system, the E8 code immediately lit up. I thought that was a bit strange. And then I remembered, thankfully, that with an ATX MoBo, it isn't really off until one shuts off the power supply. So I did this, and whaddyaknow? It booted. Now Win7 is up and everything appears to be normal. The LED flickered through a bunch of codes as the system was booting and now it's off altogether. A good sign?
But my question for the Groupmind is this -- should I be concerned that this condition is the first sign of a MoBo failure, or was it perhaps just a hiccup. I hope the latter because I really like this MoBo a lot. It's an older unit, but it supports 8-core processors (mine is "only" 4-core), up to 32GB of memory, USB 3.0, SATA3, and more, plus it has 3 PCI slots (which I need for some legacy stuff) and has a 1394 port, which I also need.
Any advice or perspective you may be willing to provide is appreciated, as always.