If you have the patience to help a frustrated newbie out. Then thank you, cuz this is gonna be a long post.
Okay so I received all my components yesterday, and after an excruciating, long night of sweating and cussing I believe I've narrowed down the faults of my new build.
New Build
Motherboard-ASRock Z75 Pro3
Processor-Intel i5 3350p (no IGP)
RAM-2X4 GB GDDR3-1333 Mushkin Silverline
GPU-Sapphire HD Radeon 6770 1GB
HDD-Seagate-Barracuda 500GB SATA 6GB/s
PSU-Corsair CX 430 V2
Basically as described by the title above, after I first plugged in all of these components of my new build i get a black screen, but whats really bad, is that my speaker doesn't give any beep codes.
Here's a list of what I've tried so far. (I also read and followed the sticky post..."read before posting about blackscreens")
1. Reseated everything (except CPU and CPU Fan Cooler)
2. Checked if all power chords are properly plugged in (including the 8 pin ATX CPU)
3. Cleared CMOS
4.Individually checked each stick of mushkin ram I got in every ram slot
5.Most importantly i've tried different combinations of components to see if anything works.
-I've booted with just the mobo, cpu, psu, and ram. [Result] No beeps. Blackscreen
-I've booted with everything including GPU. [Result] No beeps. Blackscreen.
-I've booted with everything except RAM, and HDD. [Result] No beeps. Still Blackscreen.
6. And Finally!! To check and see if the speaker itself is broken, which would explain why my new build isnt sending me any beep codes at all. I put the new speaker in my old computer. And the speaker works there. It sends all the proper error codes.
FINAL ANALYSIS- It must be the motherboard....right??
I've done a lot of troubleshooting, tried every combination of components in my new system, and absolutely nothing is working. And im not receiving any beep codes from the mobo to tell me what's wrong. Yet my old computer (which i tested only using its motherboard, cpu, and ram) sends me all of the proper beep codes through the speaker that I just got.
So I have to ask you ppl, the experts, do you think I received faulty motherboard from newegg and I should return it immediately? Or is it possible that I missed something important, or did something wrong?
-thank you if you actually read this.
UPDATE-I also must add that the PSU, GPU, and HDD of my new build was taken from my old build. I can confirm that they all work fine, since I just used them yesterday before i swapped the components into the case. The HDD however has not been reformatted for this new build. I dont think that it could be a problem since I've tried booting without it installed and the same blackscreen problem persists.
Okay so I received all my components yesterday, and after an excruciating, long night of sweating and cussing I believe I've narrowed down the faults of my new build.
New Build
Motherboard-ASRock Z75 Pro3
Processor-Intel i5 3350p (no IGP)
RAM-2X4 GB GDDR3-1333 Mushkin Silverline
GPU-Sapphire HD Radeon 6770 1GB
HDD-Seagate-Barracuda 500GB SATA 6GB/s
PSU-Corsair CX 430 V2
Basically as described by the title above, after I first plugged in all of these components of my new build i get a black screen, but whats really bad, is that my speaker doesn't give any beep codes.
Here's a list of what I've tried so far. (I also read and followed the sticky post..."read before posting about blackscreens")
1. Reseated everything (except CPU and CPU Fan Cooler)
2. Checked if all power chords are properly plugged in (including the 8 pin ATX CPU)
3. Cleared CMOS
4.Individually checked each stick of mushkin ram I got in every ram slot
5.Most importantly i've tried different combinations of components to see if anything works.
-I've booted with just the mobo, cpu, psu, and ram. [Result] No beeps. Blackscreen
-I've booted with everything including GPU. [Result] No beeps. Blackscreen.
-I've booted with everything except RAM, and HDD. [Result] No beeps. Still Blackscreen.
6. And Finally!! To check and see if the speaker itself is broken, which would explain why my new build isnt sending me any beep codes at all. I put the new speaker in my old computer. And the speaker works there. It sends all the proper error codes.
FINAL ANALYSIS- It must be the motherboard....right??
I've done a lot of troubleshooting, tried every combination of components in my new system, and absolutely nothing is working. And im not receiving any beep codes from the mobo to tell me what's wrong. Yet my old computer (which i tested only using its motherboard, cpu, and ram) sends me all of the proper beep codes through the speaker that I just got.
So I have to ask you ppl, the experts, do you think I received faulty motherboard from newegg and I should return it immediately? Or is it possible that I missed something important, or did something wrong?
-thank you if you actually read this.
UPDATE-I also must add that the PSU, GPU, and HDD of my new build was taken from my old build. I can confirm that they all work fine, since I just used them yesterday before i swapped the components into the case. The HDD however has not been reformatted for this new build. I dont think that it could be a problem since I've tried booting without it installed and the same blackscreen problem persists.
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