- Sep 23, 2013
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Hi there, I am building a PC and am having some issues. The story is: I bought:
MSI P67A-c43 (b3) Motherboard,
Intel Core i5 3570K CPU,
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2X8GB) RAM,
AMD Radeon HD 4870 GPU,
A KINGWIN 650W PSU (Can't find the exact name; no box. If desperately needed, I can find it),
And a 500GB Seagate HDD.
I bought all of these components, put them together (minus the hard drive – wanted to test POST), and when it powered on, the "4-light power phase" lights came on: first one light, then immediately all 4 lights came on. I heard a 4 long beep code. We researched that and found out that either the motherboard was bad, or the BIOS didn't support the CPU, which was very likely. The CPU fan started running, as did the GPU fan (The CPU fan kinda does a sort of 10 degree rotation twice, then starts spinning normally). After a second or two of the CPU fan running normally, the machine immediately shuts off, lights, fans, everything. And after a few more seconds, repeats the process over for forever. My dad and I looked into this, and discovered that the BIOS version did not support my Ivy Bridge processor, so we ordered an Intel Celeron G440 processor (the cheapest Sandy Bridge one that my processor officially supported), put it into the machine, and booted it up. The CPU fan does the same thing; however, it doesn't shut down. The lights stay on, the fans keep spinning, but I get NO BEEPS, NO DISPLAY, nothing. Even when I remove all the RAM, rearrange it, etc., and take out the GPU, all of that, I get no beeps or display (I know the GPU gives display via DVI to VGA, but you know what I mean). I tried all that I could – resetting CMOS, swapping CPUs, swapping RAM, EVERYTHING. Nothing is getting me a display. The monitor works, and so do the other monitors I've tried. Everything appears to be seated and connected properly, so what could be wrong? Could my motherboard REALLY be bad? I really hope I can get everything running, because I've been dying to play some games! Thanks so much! OH! Another detail: when I click the power button that's connected to the power switch port, I can't completely turn off the machine; it only reboots, if that helps anything. Thanks!
- Alex
Added: Just so everyone knows, my 3570K is officially supported by my motherboard.
MSI P67A-c43 (b3) Motherboard,
Intel Core i5 3570K CPU,
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2X8GB) RAM,
AMD Radeon HD 4870 GPU,
A KINGWIN 650W PSU (Can't find the exact name; no box. If desperately needed, I can find it),
And a 500GB Seagate HDD.
I bought all of these components, put them together (minus the hard drive – wanted to test POST), and when it powered on, the "4-light power phase" lights came on: first one light, then immediately all 4 lights came on. I heard a 4 long beep code. We researched that and found out that either the motherboard was bad, or the BIOS didn't support the CPU, which was very likely. The CPU fan started running, as did the GPU fan (The CPU fan kinda does a sort of 10 degree rotation twice, then starts spinning normally). After a second or two of the CPU fan running normally, the machine immediately shuts off, lights, fans, everything. And after a few more seconds, repeats the process over for forever. My dad and I looked into this, and discovered that the BIOS version did not support my Ivy Bridge processor, so we ordered an Intel Celeron G440 processor (the cheapest Sandy Bridge one that my processor officially supported), put it into the machine, and booted it up. The CPU fan does the same thing; however, it doesn't shut down. The lights stay on, the fans keep spinning, but I get NO BEEPS, NO DISPLAY, nothing. Even when I remove all the RAM, rearrange it, etc., and take out the GPU, all of that, I get no beeps or display (I know the GPU gives display via DVI to VGA, but you know what I mean). I tried all that I could – resetting CMOS, swapping CPUs, swapping RAM, EVERYTHING. Nothing is getting me a display. The monitor works, and so do the other monitors I've tried. Everything appears to be seated and connected properly, so what could be wrong? Could my motherboard REALLY be bad? I really hope I can get everything running, because I've been dying to play some games! Thanks so much! OH! Another detail: when I click the power button that's connected to the power switch port, I can't completely turn off the machine; it only reboots, if that helps anything. Thanks!
- Alex
Added: Just so everyone knows, my 3570K is officially supported by my motherboard.
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