- Mar 31, 2014
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Hi folks,
This isn't my first build, but my previous builds have been several years apart, so I'm still kind of noobish.
Anyway, my new box isn't booting up properly. The fans spin and my optical drive can open and close and sounds like it's spinning up, but there's no video, no beep, and no lights on the keyboard.
While installing the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, I used too much thermal paste like an idiot. A tiny strand of it got on the motherboard while I was trying to wipe it off. So I took it all apart, cleaned it with kimwipes and isopropanol, and reapplied it correctly. This was all before powering on for the first time. The paste that comes with that heatsink isn't supposed to be conductive, so that shouldn't have killed anything, right?
I've tried switching the RAM to all possible combinations recommended by the motherboard manual. The CMOS jumper is in the right place, and I've tried using it to clear the CMOS. The case audio is plugged in and the monitor was working with my last computer. I've tried re-seating the video card, which is appropriately plugged in to the power supply.
Any ideas? I'm going to RMA the motherboard if I don't find a fix soon.
Here are the build specs - everything was listed as compatible on pcpartpicker.
SAPPHIRE DUAL-X 100365L Radeon R9 270 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card With BOOST & OC
Antec TruePower Classic series TP-650C 650W 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Power Supply
BIOSTAR TA970 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
AMD FX-6350 Vishera 3.9GHz Socket AM3+ 125W 6-Core Desktop Processor FD6350FRHKBOX
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120 mm PWM Fan
Crucial M500 120GB SATA 2.5" 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter) Internal Solid State Drive CT120M500SSD1
G.SKILL Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C7D-16GTX
Corsair Carbide Series 200R Black Steel / Plastic compact ATX Mid Tower Case
KeyTronic E03601U2M Black USB Standard keyboard & optical mouse bundle
And a working optical drive, monitor, and HDD from my previous build.
Thanks for your help!
This isn't my first build, but my previous builds have been several years apart, so I'm still kind of noobish.
Anyway, my new box isn't booting up properly. The fans spin and my optical drive can open and close and sounds like it's spinning up, but there's no video, no beep, and no lights on the keyboard.
While installing the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, I used too much thermal paste like an idiot. A tiny strand of it got on the motherboard while I was trying to wipe it off. So I took it all apart, cleaned it with kimwipes and isopropanol, and reapplied it correctly. This was all before powering on for the first time. The paste that comes with that heatsink isn't supposed to be conductive, so that shouldn't have killed anything, right?
I've tried switching the RAM to all possible combinations recommended by the motherboard manual. The CMOS jumper is in the right place, and I've tried using it to clear the CMOS. The case audio is plugged in and the monitor was working with my last computer. I've tried re-seating the video card, which is appropriately plugged in to the power supply.
Any ideas? I'm going to RMA the motherboard if I don't find a fix soon.
Here are the build specs - everything was listed as compatible on pcpartpicker.
SAPPHIRE DUAL-X 100365L Radeon R9 270 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card With BOOST & OC
Antec TruePower Classic series TP-650C 650W 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Power Supply
BIOSTAR TA970 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
AMD FX-6350 Vishera 3.9GHz Socket AM3+ 125W 6-Core Desktop Processor FD6350FRHKBOX
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120 mm PWM Fan
Crucial M500 120GB SATA 2.5" 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter) Internal Solid State Drive CT120M500SSD1
G.SKILL Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C7D-16GTX
Corsair Carbide Series 200R Black Steel / Plastic compact ATX Mid Tower Case
KeyTronic E03601U2M Black USB Standard keyboard & optical mouse bundle
And a working optical drive, monitor, and HDD from my previous build.
Thanks for your help!
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