New PC Build Problem

DanJK

DanJK

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Well I got my new motherboard, all the parts are installed and I can push the Power button and all the LEDs, and fans start spinning but I get no BIOS menu or splash screen, just no signal at all to my TV/Monitor. Just my luck, i've had nothing but problems so far.

If its relevant at all, my Ram had a red LED light, but I cleared the CMOS and re seated the ram and that is no longer a problem but I still get no BIOS or Splash.

Anyone know how to fix it?

Parts:
Case:
Azza Triton 401 ATX Mid Tower Case 4X5.25 1X3.5 4X2.5/3.5INT 120MM Blue LED Fans Window No PSU Black

Processor:
AMD FX-6200 Six Core Processor Socket AM3+ 3.8GHZ 8MB L3 Cache 125W

Hard Drive:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB 3.5IN 16MB Cache SATA3 Internal Hard Disk Drive HDD

Ram:
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B Vengeance Blue 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Dual Channel Memory Kit

CD Drive:
ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24X SATA DVD Writer OEM Black

Power Supply:
OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w ATX 20/24PIN SLI Ready Modular Cables 135mm Fan 80PLUS Power Supply

Graphics Card:
XFX Radeon HD 6870 900MHZ 1GB 4.2GHZ GDDR5 2xDVI HDMI 2x Mini DisplayPort PCI-E Video Card

Motherboard:
ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AMD970/SB950 ATX AM3+ DDR3 2PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 SATA3 USB3.0 CrossFireX Motherboard

Please only post if you have experience with building PCs and actually know what your talking about. I don't want any ridiculous suggestions.
 
And you're still not getting tv/monitor signal either? Have you tried switching out cables, re-seating your radeon, attempting VGA or DVI cables, if you're using HDMI, just to get it to launch?

It's a stretch, but when I got my ASUS Crosshair awhile back, I had a similar issue. I was running a 650w PSU, and it wasn't sufficient, so I had to upgrade to a 750w. Just a thought.
 
1) Remove the RAM and try to boot up with one stick at a time. If both sticks fail, try using different RAM. If second set fails (but you know they definitely do work), then the problem is somewhere else.

2) Double check the connections on the motherboard, as well as ensuring it's properly seated. It is a possibility that you may have the wrong wires connected to the wrong port. When trying to boot up the first time, you actually don't need to worry about having the hard drive plugged in, since all you are doing is verifying that the motherboard DOES boot. It has a small amount of built in memory that allows this (for testing). If you cannot get a boot screen to show up at this bare level, then the problem is with the motherboard (or its connections).

3) Assuming motherboard will boot up, and RAM is fine, but once everything is put together, nothing works again. You just confused me. I can throw random guesses (PSU is bad, not operating at full efficiency (or the efficiency it's rated for) so you're drawing more power than it can supply, causing power outage and not letting PC boot up) out for ya, but the RAM and motherboard are the two primary suspects if you don't even get a boot screen.

The more onerous process to go through is to use a working PC system, and swap out parts with the new ones you got, to test and verify that they're working properly (this is what I would do for the RAM and PSU). This solution is more time consuming, but sometimes if nothing else works, it helps to at least isolate the most probable causes and then RMA or get a replacement and then try again. Good luck.
 
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