2016/11/14 06:59:14
CanadaDry
As suggested by some members I'm creating a new post to definitely put to rest the X79 FTW Pure garbage thread.
Well now the thing is that my system was working normally but I noticed that the reset button's white light located on the mobo was flashing. I thought perhaps that was some sort of short so I turned off the PC, don't remember if I also plugged off the power cord, and pressed the reset button a few times. When I turned the system on the only thing I got was this 19 post code error. I tried to clear the cmos but obtained the same result and switching to the second BIOS was giving me the same issue I had before re flashing the first one.
Doing some research I found that this code seems to be related with memory issues, I think perhaps the system is only stable with the memory's SPD. Rigth now I intend to re flash the second BIOS repeating the same process I did before and then from the Windows environment try to repair the first one.    
2016/11/14 16:25:32
bcavnaugh
"reset button's white light located on the mobo was flashing" LED for the Hard Drives.
 
19- Pre-memory South Bridge initialization is started http://www.evga.com/support/manuals/files/151-SE-E777.pdf
Start off with One Memory Chip and check to see if you CPU is a little tight the screws that is.
Even check for Bent CPU Socket Pins.
2016/11/15 07:35:01
wmmills
bcavnaugh
"reset button's white light located on the mobo was flashing" LED for the Hard Drives.
 
19- Pre-memory South Bridge initialization is started http://www.evga.com/support/manuals/files/151-SE-E777.pdf
Start off with One Memory Chip and check to see if you CPU is a little tight the screws that is.
Even check for Bent CPU Socket Pins.


+1.... most likely the cpu HS/F is probably wrenched down too tightly. 19 is one of the first codes the POST cycles through so for it to stop there its def cpu related. Try backing it off a half turn on each screw and try to boot again. If its the same, do it again until you get a change in behavior or until the HS/F seems kinda loose then stop. Also, DO NOT use the xmp garbage to auto sense any memory or cpu voltage. You need to manually input the correct voltage, timings and set command rate to 2 if you want stable Ram.
2016/11/15 08:16:26
CanadaDry
Thanks for the answers.
The reset button's light being the HDD led that's definitely new for me, lol, and there was me thinking in a short. I don't have a lot of experience building systems, actually this is my third one but coming from ASUS boards I've never seen this before. 
I tried to loose the screws of my cooler a bit, but nothing happened, so I switched to BIOS 2 and flashed it  following the same procedure I explained in the...pure garbage thread..this time I did not play with the memory, so for now they are just in auto mode, I'll keep it like this a few days to check the system's stability.
Now, if the system is running with BIOS 2 I guess that an over tighten CPU wasn't the issue. I think the next step is try to recover BIOS 1, I'll appreciate any advice for doing this.   
2016/11/15 08:54:46
wmmills
It could of been the combination of things you did, or no, the cooler loosening didn't have a affect. Just loosening them that little bit can also take enough pressure off the chips mem controller, northbridge, caches etc...  to make which ever section that was tweaked function correctly. It doesn't take much force to screw them up and the pins in the socket are gold which bends very easily, so you may have moved the pressure back enough for a pin to spring up and hit the right spot just right. Its hard to say at this point. Just make sure whenever you go to do a bios flash that your doing it from a set of stable bios settings.

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