Howdy all,
 
New to the EVGA community.
 
I picked up a X79 FTW from Microcenter because they were clearance-ing a big pile of motherboards, and the FTW caught my eye.
Board version appears to be 1.0
 
First Config :
Ultra X3 1000 Watt PSU
Cooler-master HAF 932
Dual GTX 780 Ti's
4x4 Crucial Ballistix Sport (BLS4C4G3D18ADS3)
Single Intel 320 80GB
Cooler-Master Seidon 120V
Intel 4820K
 
Obviously, with Bios E777 0.25 x64, this configuration did not boot.
Gave an instant code FF
Searched the forums, Found that this BIOS version did not support an Ivy Bridge.
 
Second config:
Ultra X3 1000 Watt PSU
Cooler-master HAF 932
Dual GTX 780 Ti's
4x4 Crucial Ballistix Sport (BLS4C4G3D18ADS3)
Single Intel 320 80GB
Cooler-Master Seidon 120V
Intel Xeon E5 1603
 
This config hung on 67, Search pointed to the 780 Ti's not being supported correctly by the FTW on this bios Revision
 
Third config :
Ultra X3 1000 Watt PSU
Cooler-master HAF 932
nVidia Quadro 2000
4x4 Crucial Ballistix Sport (BLS4C4G3D18ADS3)
Single Intel 320 80GB
Cooler-Master Seidon 120V
Intel Xeon E5 1603
 
This config boots, and I can get into the bios and edit settings, and save, and reboot.
 
My issue now, is that it will POST, and then stop on code 0d.
0d is one of those wonderful codes that the manual simply states are "Reserved for future AMI SEC error codes"
 
The previous two codes were incredibly helpful in diagnosing the issue.
I do not see many posts or threads or web sites that have information concerning 0d. 
 
I have tried different power supplies,
I have tried moving the 8-Pin EPS between the two inputs, and connecting both,
I have tried different video cards as well, (Old Fire GL, Nvidia 520 etc),
I have tried different PCI-E slots for the video card.
I have ran with a single stick of RAM, I have tried different RAM, (Micron MT4JTF25664AZ-1G6E1)
I have tried the different BIOS positions,
I have tried with no SATA devices connected
I have tried with no USB devices connected.
 
Still can't get it past Code 0d
 
Been reading and researching as much as possible, Kinda stuck here. Any Insight or suggestions would be welcome.

dustingg
elease DateTypeVersionPart NumberOSURLNotes12-19-2013BIOS2.04151-SE-E777Win8/Win7/Vista/XP

 
 
 
you need to update to this BIOS then make sure CSM is enabled before running UEFI

I have a Lexar USB stick with Freedos that I use to Update BIOSes on other machines, I shows up in the Boot menu on this rig, but I can't get it to boot from USB.
 
Is there a way to disable UEFI on this BIOS version? or is it only in a newer BIOS?

dustingg

 
go here, make a bootable USB. Boot to dos and update BIOS. Make sure your new BIOS is on the thumb drive as well.
 
this is how I flash the BIOS from Dos.

That is literally what I did.

dustingg
In your current BIOS make the USB drive the first boot option.
 
your not going to boot from the BIOS to the USB you need to boot directly to the USB.
 
If your not able to boot directly from the USB then you didn't create a proper bootable drive.

Surely you must be Trolling.

dustingg
yah I wen't out of my way to try and help you?
 
If your not able to boot directly to the USB stick then you might need reformat the stick and use the program I linked.
 
If you think I'm trolling, then have fun being stuck!
 
Enjoy your brick.

 
I apologize for the trolling accusation,
The USB stick I am using is formatted with FreeDOS using Rufus, it works on every other machine I've used it on.
As a sanity check, I booted the Dell R5500 i'm typing this on with the same USB stick just a few minutes ago.
 
No matter what boot option is chosen on this machine, immediately after the BIOS Splash screen is displayed, I get a blinking cursor, and 0d is displayed on the BIOS code LCD.
 
I guess my options are to Return it to the store, or RMA it.

Had a similar issue with a buddies rig that after going thru several processes of elimination ended up being a bad cpu. Just shooting in the dark here.