Help Troubleshooting "New" build

tech chick

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Nov 9, 2013
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Hello,

Before i begin with my case i will post my specs...
MB: Asus Sabertooth P67
CPU: i7 2600K
GFX: AMD 7970
PSU: Corsair 750W
RAM: 4x4GB Corsair Extreme
Cooling: Corsair H60
HDD/SSD: 1x Force 3 120GB SSD, 10TB of various HDD (5)
Cabinet: Fractal Design XL R2

Yesterday i got my new cabinet and decided to move my computer to it.
Now it worked perfectly fine, no sounds nothing in the old cabinet, but a lot of cable clutter and such and not enough room for disks.
I was very meticulous in disassembling and reassembling the machine and thought it all went perfectly, but when I tried to start the machine nothing popped up on screen, i figured cabling, screen card or MB had to be the problem (before I continue I just want to add I have already gone through the list), so i tested all if it and its all in.
Highly doubt its the PSU, everything including disks seem to be alive.
Also there is a sound the seems to originate around the CPU that i dont like, it comes instead of the standard POST check sound.
Anyways, the last thing i tried was unplugging the power from the screen card and booting, and after also unplugging the RAM and boot, neither of these produced any sound, so I believe it never gets to POST check, which means the MB is fried.

Can someone with a lot of experience confirm my suspisions?
Also, I'm wondering... how would I notice it if it was the CPU? Does it POST anyway?
And lastly I guess this is a stupid question, but if I did something wrong assembling the water cooling, could the MB notice this and stop boot before POSTing?
 

animal

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yes, bad cooling on the cpu will cause a system not to boot/post.......if the cpu is overheating it will detect the over-temp and shut down. Did you clean the old thermal paste before applying new? are you sure your waterblock is mounted correctly/making proper contact with your cpu?
 

animal

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the noise may be coming from the pump, if it is not working properly it could cause the cpu to overheat. Do you still have the stock cooler that came with your cpu? If so, you might try using it and see if the condition persists. Also, it's possible that your cpu seating in the motherboard is at issue, might try removing it and inspecting cpu/mobo pins for damage (although that should be unlikely) then re-install it if everything looks ok.