The motherboard in my old 2007 build finally gave up the ghost, so I salvaged the video card, optical drive, and SSD from it for a new PC. But there are electronic bats in my belfry: The new build will not POST. After several hours of work, I only have a blank screen; all of the LEDs light up on the new motherboard (an ASUS Z87-PRO), however.
I have meticulously checked and reseated every connection--memory, video card, CPU, and SSD. I have also double-checked both power connections to the Z87-PRO. Everything was fine.
Here's what I know: The PSU is delivering power. I checked it with a power supply tester, and swapped out the new PSU with my old unit. The result was the same: No POST. I also removed the two DIMM units and received the memory error beep, while changing one unit for another and transposing slots. This produced no different effect.
I also tried swapping out the DVI cable to different inputs, including one straight from the motherboard. Still no change.
Dramatis personae
PSU: Corsair TX650
Motherboard: ASUS Z87-PRO
CPU: Intel i7 - 4770K
RAM: Crucial 1600 DDR3 (2 X 4GB)
Video card: EVGA GeForce GTX 550Ti (taken from old PC but working fine)
SSD: Samsung 840 (ditto)
OS: Windows 8
I've worked on this for the past three days, reading other posts and trying different avenues before submitting this query. I am now officially at the end of my tether.
The motherboard beeps once when powering up and then no more (unless I remove different parts). The last Q-code I receive is "A2," which ASUS' guide translates as "IDE Detect." I swapped out my current SSD with an older mechanical drive, but this still went nowhere.
Any ideas…? They would be much appreciated!
Apologies for the length of this. I wanted to provide as much relevant info upfront as I could.
I have meticulously checked and reseated every connection--memory, video card, CPU, and SSD. I have also double-checked both power connections to the Z87-PRO. Everything was fine.
Here's what I know: The PSU is delivering power. I checked it with a power supply tester, and swapped out the new PSU with my old unit. The result was the same: No POST. I also removed the two DIMM units and received the memory error beep, while changing one unit for another and transposing slots. This produced no different effect.
I also tried swapping out the DVI cable to different inputs, including one straight from the motherboard. Still no change.
Dramatis personae
PSU: Corsair TX650
Motherboard: ASUS Z87-PRO
CPU: Intel i7 - 4770K
RAM: Crucial 1600 DDR3 (2 X 4GB)
Video card: EVGA GeForce GTX 550Ti (taken from old PC but working fine)
SSD: Samsung 840 (ditto)
OS: Windows 8
I've worked on this for the past three days, reading other posts and trying different avenues before submitting this query. I am now officially at the end of my tether.
The motherboard beeps once when powering up and then no more (unless I remove different parts). The last Q-code I receive is "A2," which ASUS' guide translates as "IDE Detect." I swapped out my current SSD with an older mechanical drive, but this still went nowhere.
Any ideas…? They would be much appreciated!
Apologies for the length of this. I wanted to provide as much relevant info upfront as I could.
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