New XFX780i Doesn't load BOIS : CODE 43

[Solid T D]

:help: My brand new XFX 780i motherboard turns on, but stays in the XFX boot screen. I tried the BOIS jumper with no success. I did get a code 43 on the motherboard, but I didn't understand the user manuals description of code 43. I had it configured in SLI and with out and still no boot. :frown:

ABS Tagan BZ1100
XFX 780i
Q6600 Quad Core
(2x) 8800 GTS Alpha Dog Edition
(1GBx2) 2gb PC800 Corsiar Turbo
>500gb Hard drive space (between 3 hd's)
MASSCOOL CS-ICS8200

[Miker]

Before you load windows only use 1 GPU. DO you have 2 sticks of ram or 4?

[werty316]

Do you have any PCI cards installed?

Try booting up your system with the bare minimum hardware installed like the CPU, CPU cooler, one video card, one stick of RAM, and one hard drive. Don't have any other piece of hardware installed.

[Solid T D]

I can't even get into BIOS much less install windows. Also i did try using only one GPU and only one mem stick.

[Solid T D]

OK on the new***.com website the xfx 780i has a FSB of 1066/1333, but on every other website Ive seen the 780i has only 1333 FSB ???? which of these is true?

[ghidora]

OK on the new***.com website the xfx 780i has a FSB of 1066/1333, but on every other website Ive seen the 780i has only 1333 FSB ???? which of these is true?

According to the screen shots in the manual I downloaded, it shows 1066 as a setting. It also mentions that in Unlinked mode you can manually set the FSB speed.

But if you can't get to the BIOS, there is some other conflict.


I see what you mean about the description being pretty useless.
"Code 43: Test Stuck Interrupt
Turn off interrupts then verify no 8259's interrupt mask register is on. Test 8259 Force an interrupt and verify the interrupt occurred."
What they hell does that mean?

[Solid T D]

This flu I've got doesn't help my dilemma much either.:explode:
any who, is there a way to RMA this to the manufacture.


I really don't want to but there seems to be no other choice for me.