New build not posting no video

Yo! I am having an issue with a new build not posting. My PC building knowledge is intermediate at best, I built my last system no problems but that was over 5 years ago so I figured it was time for an upgrade. I gathered all the pieces I needed and got down to business. Specs are below. I put it all together without any issues and fired it up and there was no video. The power supply fires up fine and the hard drive starts spinning. I triple checked everything and used http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems and confirmed all was assembled properly. Still no video/post. I have a few ideas of what the issue is, but wanted to post here before I try anything to see if anyone has experience with the components I'm using. I unhooked all components and tried booting with just the CPU and I got 3 long beeps. Then I tried booting with the CPU and the RAM and got 5 short beeps. I tested just one stick of RAM in all 4 slots and got the same 5 short beeps. Does this indicate the RAM is faulty or not compatible? Would I get a different beep code if the CPU was faulty? I'm thinking of just getting the cheapest stick of DDR3 I can find and testing it. Something else I'm wondering is if the CPU cooler is working, it's a liquid cooling system so it's hard to tell if it's "spinning up". I made sure it was connected to the CPU fan input. Is there a way to tell? I tried feeling it after powering up but I've never had a liquid cooler before so I wasn't sure. Another possibility I think is the CPU/Mobo compatibility. I checked ASRock website and it says the mobo supports this CPU with BIOS version 1.30. I have no idea what BIOS the mobo I have shipped with. Is there a way to tell? I'm not even sure it would make a difference because BIOS 1.30 was released in June 2012 so it would be hard to imagine the board I bought last month has an older BIOS. If it is just the BIOS needing to be updated I may run into another issue. I am switching from Intel to AMD, so I have a few Intel processors laying around but I don't have any Socket AM3 processors. Is there a way to update the BIOS with the system unable to post? Maybe with USB? If not my only option is to buy a cheap AM3 processor that is compatible with my board out of the box in order to update the BIOS. The video card shouldn't be the issue b/c it was taken out of my last system which was working fine. I'm planning on upgrading at a later date. Sorry for the lengthy post. I am open to any suggestions and I appreciate any help you guys can provide. Thanks!



NZXT Phantom Full Tower Case
SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold
ASRock 990FX Extreme3
AMD FX-8350 Vishera
Corsair H60 Liquid Cooling
WD Black 1TB
2x Crucial Ballistix 8GB DDR3 1600 Low Profile RAM
Nvidia 8800 GTS