sad to discover the end of intel's desktop boards was a reality. but regardless i wanted one to take that leap to 1150 since my 750 media series board is still going strong for a decade! almost went with EVGA or ASUS, but i found a single remaining dz87klt floating around on amazon with IO shield only. no boxes, software, or accessories. although it's bare bones for me this was a no brainer to sacrifice current generation to at least have an intel board... a board that's basically non existent... a ghost!
it was a struggle just to even find one, and now it's more of a struggle to get it operational.
got everything installed; i7-4771; 32GB 1600 RAM; 1TB HDD; 500w PSU; 1GB pci express card (since it was posting a video error)
turn the machine on with OS disk it hangs on POST CODE "15" no splash
run in bios mode using the red button i get POST CODE "EB" splash & menu are visible but keyboard is unresponsive (both USB & PS2)
pull the bios jumper and try to emergency flash bios 336 with USB it hangs on POST CODE "06"
if i try the exact same thing with bios 457 i think it hangs back on POST CODE "EB" or "15" again
if i pull ram or drives on next boot it will text that it noticed a change, but i still cannot hit enter and proceed to bios.
i had a similar issue with dp35dp trying to run a quad core, i had to reinstall core duo just to install a bios to recognize the quad core chip. however, all the processors in the compatibility list for dz87klt claim min bios "336"... is that what the board ships with? how could i update the bios if all the chips have same min bios? i feel like i'm taking crazy pills!