Help with my birthday build (continued from purchase)

seekheart · Mar 5, 2014

I just built my rig last night, (took me about 4-6hrs omg..) but I got all the parts to fit and when I did a test boot the motherboard (Asus Z87 Pro) Led booted, the graphics card lit up (GTX 780), Chasis power and reset switch works (NZXT 410), but my Asus blue ray/cd/dvd drive wouldn't open. I also tried hooking an HDMI cable to my monitor off the motherboard (I assumed the gpu wouldn't be functional yet) and I didn't get any signal. Did I do anything wrong?

tiny voices · Mar 5, 2014

Yes, you have to connected it to the GPU ONLY. If a GPU is installed, the motherboard video is disabled.

seekheart · Mar 5, 2014

ok I'll try it, I was wondering just now what the difference is between the yellow satas and the dark brown satas on the mb? I have my disc drive on a yellow and was wondering if that was the cause, other than possible no power... when I press the ejection on the drive it doesn't light up or anything.... SSD on dark brown, HDD and Cd on Yellow satas both 6gb/s

HiTechObsessed · Mar 5, 2014

Are you sure you have the SATA power connector plugged in fully to the BD Drive?

seekheart · Mar 5, 2014

I'm going to check that and post update when I get home this evening, completely forgot about that >.<
Should I move my ssd from the brown sata to yellow sata on the MB?

HiTechObsessed · Mar 5, 2014

Yes, you want your HDD and SSD on the yellow, as that is controlled by the Z87 chipset. The CD drive is fine to be on whatever is open.

seekheart · Mar 6, 2014

Update: CD drive works and everything seems to boot, but when I try to hook it up to a monitor (vga/dvi/hdmi) it shut the monitor off saying on the monitor entering power saving mode.... Help? I've tried taking the graphics card out and doing it with just the board but the same result happens. I'm using a 760Watt psu and a gtx 780 gpu.

HiTechObsessed · Mar 6, 2014

Do you have another monitor you can try?

seekheart · Mar 6, 2014

I've tried it on 2 monitors, both work with my laptop hdmi or vga.

HiTechObsessed · Mar 6, 2014

Go through the steps in the link in my signature and let me know.

seekheart · Mar 6, 2014

HiTechObsessed :

I'm starting to think the motherboard is the problem. I've made sure all the plugs are in and the psu works just fine.
Do you think it's worth bringing to a local computer repair center like microcenter and get it fixed there?

tiny voices · Mar 6, 2014

Dumb question, but did you install the motherboard standoffs between the motherboard and the case?

seekheart · Mar 6, 2014

the standoffs are where they should be, all 9 are in their slots and screwed in.

tiny voices · Mar 6, 2014

Have you tried booting with no fans/HDDs/DVD drives?

what brand is the PSU?

seekheart · Mar 6, 2014

After reading the manual over I found that the mb actually tells you what is wrong, and quickly fixed it. (Ram sticks needed to be in other slots).... Thank you everyone for your input and advice!

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