Ultra 5 won't POST

When I flip on the power switch for my Ultra 5, the attached monitor will briefly turn on, and the shut right back off. The same monitor works with other Ultra 5's. I'm not sure where to start with this one. I get nothing, no screen images, nothing.

This sounds like a joke we used to play on fellow admins. We would set the boot-device to "screen" instead of "disk". Anyway, I would suggest you simultaneously turn on the machine and hold-down the STOP-N keys. This should reset all of your POST settings to their default values.
If this fails to help, I would suggest you hook a PC up to your Ultra 5's serial port and un-plug the monitor and keyboard. Then, when you boot the Ultra 5, it will direct all I/O to the serial port. You can then at least see what the system is doing.

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I waited to buy the CPU until last, so I got the X6 1090T. The current BIOS is 7577 1.0 and I have every intention of updating it to 1.C as soon as I can get to the BIOS, but no luck there. I have it bare bones right now and out of the case. Parts list:
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When I turn on the computer after not having used it for over an hour or so, it won't post. Everything turns on, except the monitor. The only way I can turn off my system after it posts, and the monitor is still off, is by turning off the power supply. I found a way of turning it on when doing a cold start, but its really annoying to do. I do this by turning off the PSU, and unplug the monitor from my vid card, and then plug it back in. After doing this, system will turn on no problem. How do I solve this? I know monitor and vid card work good, since they work perfect in my other system.
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Hi,
I've had lot's of trouble with my system. It didn't POST either. The problem you describe is not the same, but I see you are using the same video card as I do.
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If I have to RMA to MSI how long does it take to get replacement?
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I am ready to toss this board and buy another unless I can get this working.
At the moment there is know certainty about the definate cause for your problem. What makes you so sure that the board is the cause (and not your CPU (which hosts the memory controller, after all), faulty RAM sticks (have you tested every single stick of RAM you have in the first slot (check user manual) and cleared CMOS (with A/C power cable unplugged from PSU before each new start-up attempt)?).
A contact problem between CPU Pads and board socket pins could also cause this (please reseat CPU and heatsink). Another possible cause is a short-circuit problem inside the case (test the board outside the case on a non-conducting surface).

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Hello,
Just bought this board today and installed. System won't post. CPU, video card and PS fans start, CD-ROM spins but that's it! No indication on display that anything's happening. No beep codes.
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If you get the same problem its the card, if its fine then its a mobo/power issue on your other PC.

(SOLVED) K8N SLI Platinum won't post with Saphire 5750

Hi everyone. Hope you all had a nice Xmas.
This is my first post on the forums. I’m from Portugal ,so I might write things that won’t make much sense to you but I´ll try to keep it simple.
I bought a Sapphire 5750 vapor-X for my kid's PC and I’m afraid I’m yet another one with the “black screen, no post” syndrome. I have tried the card on another system and it works fine.
What I did:
Remove old card (6800GT)
Put new card in
Reset CMOS
Switch PC on… no image on screen.
The fan on the graphics card starts spinning, the blue lights are ON, but no dice. My HDD LED stays on, my CD+DVD drives LEDs keep flashing but system won’t post, not even show MSI logo.
If I remove new card and get my old one back in the PC, it will post first time.
I have spent Xmas reading forums and haven’t found anything but a lot of ppl with the same problem and no real solution for it.
Hope you guys can help .

MSI forum:
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Yup,I think I have the same issue with you,man.But I have solved it as I flash the latest beta bios V192.Contact MSI Online OCSS to get the BIOS to solve your issue...
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=131546.0
1 thread hinting a board cant support Gen2 cards:
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Comments:
Nov 18, 2009- BTW, I do not even get to BIOS screen at all. All is black as if no card is plugged in.
Nov 19, 2009- After a few hours of search the result is:
Some ASRock boards do not support GEN2 video cards (such as Radeon HD 5770).
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http://www.fixya.com/support/t3235972-asrock_wolfdale1333_d667_radeon_5770
AMD forum
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If i remember right 1.0 is x8 and 1.1 is x16 and i far as i know it will never work as this issue go's back 2 years when the 8800GT hit the market and it would not work on PCI Express 1.0 but it would on 1.1
http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=260&threadid=124445&enterthread=y
driver heaven:
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Warning about the HD5770 well at least on my computer the XFX HD5770 + a PCIe 1.0 slot = doesn't work. Again this was on my computer. I have another computer that it ran on fine using a PCIe 2.0 slot (Asrock 780g board), but my MSI K9A Platinum would not power that card. So you may need to replace your motherboard if it uses a PCIe 1.0 slot.
http://www.driverheaven.net/ati-graphic-cards/191317-5770-performance-increase.html#ixzz2jP3dOQ9e
allover ppl are having problems with 5xxx series on older systems.
i know some comments, solutions and explanations are closer to witchcraft than anything else but where there is smoke.....

MOVED: MSI K8N Neo Platinum (MS-7030) won't post and just beeps

This topic has been moved to AMD64 nVidia Based board.
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