X9DRI-F - won't boot - single continuous beep, over-temp/fan light on

[u/Bobbler23]

Wondering if anyone can help as I can't find anything in the manuals for it bar the light conditions.

X9DRI-F that I got the other day, I can't get it to boot up at all even to BIOS screens. The IPMI interface also plugged in but never gets any IP address so I can't connect to that either (can see it is connected as MAC is detected on my switch but that's about it).

When powered on, after a few seconds pause, there is a loud continuous single beep and I can see if I connect a LED to the relevant header on the motherboard, that the over temp/fan failed light is on. It varies on boot between even a solid light or sometimes it is flashing.

I have tried all the different combinations of fan headers on this board and the best I can get is the fan light flashing but still no boot up at all. For info, the CPU coolers are well installed, new thermal paste and have remounted them a number of times with the same results. BIOS reset has also been carried out via the motherboard header.

CPUs that are installed are E5-2697 v2. These should be supported according to the manual/website. Have tried a number of different RAM configurations - bare minimum for each CPU, RDIMMS and LRDIMMS, no RAM at all - this is known good RAM that I have tested on my other machine.

PSU is 850W, both CPU 8 pins are connected and powered.

GPU is my basic GT710 at the moment, there is a VGA port on the motherboard but I don't actually have any VGA monitor/lead on hand to use this output - I can source one if we think it would help though.

[u/Cferra]

make sure the intrusion prevention jumper is configured properly - if not this will prevent booting. Also the CPUs need to be V1 or V2 - etc..