- Aug 13, 2012
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Hello Everyone,
Let me start out by saying this post is about a friend's build. He lives out of state and I have been trying my hardest to help him out with his first PC build. I will give as much detail of the situation as I can.
Build Specs
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/29Ak4
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/29Ak4/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/29Ak4/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $199.99)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (Purchased For $150.97)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $169.99)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.93 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (Purchased For $297.00)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Microcenter)
Case Fan: Cooler Master R4-S2S-124K-GP 44.7 CFM 120mm Fans ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Rosewill RFA-120-RL 74.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($4.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Rosewill RFA-120-RL 74.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($4.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $74.99)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $1041.83
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-09 12:43 EST-0500)
The Problems
He hasn't gotten past the breadboard stage. His first issue was that with only MB, PSU, CPU, and RAM installed the fans would spin up for a second then it would all shut off. No debug code, nothing. Verified all necessary PSU cable plugged in and after troubleshooting with him over the phone we found bent CPU pins on the MB.
So, he went back to MicroCenter and got the MB replaced. Now (still breadboarding with only CPU, PSU, MB, 1 stick of RAM) the fans spin up, a strange debug code is given, then it shuts off. It will then try and spin up again then back off, repeatedly. He tried an older PSU he had lying around and it does the same. The debug "code" looks about like this:
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Everything I can find suggests it's another bad MB. Before I make him go back to the store one more time for another MB I wanted to see if I am missing anything?
Thank in advance for the help.
Let me start out by saying this post is about a friend's build. He lives out of state and I have been trying my hardest to help him out with his first PC build. I will give as much detail of the situation as I can.
Build Specs
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/29Ak4
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/29Ak4/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/29Ak4/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $199.99)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (Purchased For $150.97)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $169.99)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.93 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (Purchased For $297.00)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Microcenter)
Case Fan: Cooler Master R4-S2S-124K-GP 44.7 CFM 120mm Fans ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Rosewill RFA-120-RL 74.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($4.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Rosewill RFA-120-RL 74.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($4.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $74.99)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $1041.83
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-09 12:43 EST-0500)
The Problems
He hasn't gotten past the breadboard stage. His first issue was that with only MB, PSU, CPU, and RAM installed the fans would spin up for a second then it would all shut off. No debug code, nothing. Verified all necessary PSU cable plugged in and after troubleshooting with him over the phone we found bent CPU pins on the MB.
So, he went back to MicroCenter and got the MB replaced. Now (still breadboarding with only CPU, PSU, MB, 1 stick of RAM) the fans spin up, a strange debug code is given, then it shuts off. It will then try and spin up again then back off, repeatedly. He tried an older PSU he had lying around and it does the same. The debug "code" looks about like this:
__
| |
|__
Everything I can find suggests it's another bad MB. Before I make him go back to the store one more time for another MB I wanted to see if I am missing anything?
Thank in advance for the help.
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