No BIOS, No power to the peripherals, no signal and RAM or Motherboard not working

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Kangarang

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I made a previous post regarding this problem and after reading the troubleshooting guide I have come to suspect the RAM or the motherboard

As the title states, I have no BIOS screen or power to the peripherals except for my mouse, which is always on as long as my PSU is on. the buzzer makes the long beeps when turned on without the RAM but doesn't when the ram is installed. I installed each stick of ram in every slot and re checked and reconnected all the power cables. I installed all the standoffs and made sure nothing is touching the back of the mother board. It also shuts of 30 seconds in.

Also, the ROM chip on the motherboard that contains the BIOS gets pretty hot. its like uncomfortably warm to just warm. Is it because I rebooted my PC too many times or a hardware error?

The monitor was plugged into the motherboard because I didn't have a monitor with HDMI and removed the GPU so the the connection to the monitor comes from the motherboard. I also cleared the CMOS and made sure the battery was in correctly.

My specs are...

Intel i5 4670k
MSI Z87 G43M mATX motherboard
Corsair CX600M PSU
2 sticks of DDR3 RAM, 8Gb total at 1333 GHZ at 1.5v

Thanks
~Steve

EDIT:

The motherboard makes the long beeps when you turn it on without the ram

EDIT 2

Tried turning it on manually. still shuts off about 30 seconds in. Begining to suspect that motherboard

EDIT 3

All standoffs are in place. already took it out. no problems.

EDIT 4

Tried booting without the battery. same result.
 
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ingtar33
your symptoms are that of a dead motherboard. there is an off chance it's the psu. but 20 years of working on PCs is screaming at me it's a cooked motherboard.
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Just to make sure, I'm gonna test with a working stick of RAM from my friends PC to make sure its the motherboard. I'll probably RMA sometime this week

 
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ALSO double check with a different psu, and without the graphics card plugged in (with the onboard video)... lets be 100% certain, but yes, it does look like a cooked motherboard.
 
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ALSO double check with a different psu, and without the graphics card plugged in (with the onboard video)... lets be 100% certain, but yes, it does look like a cooked motherboard. [/quotemsg]

I don't have another PSU :( and I tested with and without the GPU
 
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your buddy is supplying the extra ram, see if he's willing to supply the psu too. understand i'm rating it as a 15% chance it's the psu. but my every instinct says MB. I still think it's worth the try to try another psu just to be 100% certain it's not the psu before you go around replacing parts.

~i would see if the supplier will honor the warranty on that motherboard. I like MSI gpus, but unfortunately their motherboards are notorious for short life spans and being DOA. I hope your replacement board serves you better.
 
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