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First build. ASUS M5A97 R2.0 with AMD FX-6300, no boot, no post. Help appreciated.

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August 29, 2014 8:37:26 AM

Hello, thank you for taking the time to read. My system won't post or beep and I have run out of ideas. Any help is appreciated.

Short version:
At this point I have just my CPU, CPU fan, PSU, board speaker, board power button, and board power light connected to the motherboard. When I turn the PSU on, the board power LED comes on. When I push the power button, the power light comes and the CPU fan starts spinning but only for a split second then both stop. No beeps. Board power LED remains on.

Board: ASUS M5A97 R2.0 (BIOS 2501)
CPU: AMD FX-6300 6-Core 3.5 GHz
PSU: EVGA 600B 80+ 600W

Long version:
I'm trying to build a simple machine to play with Linux on and make a Minecraft server eventually. I was a Mac service tech for about a year, so I feel I am generally careful with electronics and know what I'm doing. Initially I put everything together and started getting the symptoms I'm seeing now. I have since striped it down to a minimal test setup and the issues persist. I have been through the "Perform these steps" post, but I will lay out everything I've tried so it's clear.

- I have been over the motherboard manual quite a bit in the days I've been trying to fix this. Lots of research both on this site and ASUS's support site.

- I did plug in (and reseat several times) the main power plug and the 8-pin CPU plug to the board.

- I did double check the standoffs under the board. The motherboard is back in the case now because I had to move it to another room, but breadboxing it earlier had no change.

- I'm currently testing it with no RAM just to try to get even an error beep.

- Board had no plastic socket guard to remove.

- I double checked CPU installation. No bent pins, the arrows in the corners lined up, seated smoothly. Using the stock CPU cooler, no extra thermal paste anywhere.

- CPU fan is properly plugged in.

- I have reset the CMOS a couple times with the jumper, no change.

- After reading the forums here I wondered if the BIOS needed updating for the CPU. I did that with the USB BIOS flash feature. According to the BIOS LED it updated successfully, but no change.

- The fact that the board seems to start up then stops points me to the board itself or the PSU. I have a bit over a week to return any of this to the store, but always feel like a doofus returning things.

I don't know what else to try. Thank you for your time.

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August 29, 2014 8:40:39 AM

Which is your gpu?
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August 29, 2014 8:43:51 AM

GPU is an ASUS HD 6450, not connected currently.
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August 29, 2014 9:21:39 AM


You need RAMs and a GPU to POST (Power-On Self Test) ...

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August 29, 2014 9:23:21 AM

Oh I don't expect it to fully POST at this point, I just want it to show signs of life, like error beeps that it has no RAM, or even stay on for more than a split second. Once I get that I'll start adding more parts on. Even when I had RAM and the GPU connected, it did the same thing.
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August 29, 2014 9:38:19 AM

Already flashed the BIOS to the current 2501 from ASUS, no change. Machine doesn't stay on long enough to do anything video related. I removed the GPU to isolate the issue.
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August 29, 2014 9:43:58 AM

Can u access the bios?
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August 29, 2014 9:53:14 AM

Nope, the ASUS board has a USB BIOS flash feature that I used to do that. Works apparently when the board has power. According the the LED for that feature, I flashed it successfully.
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August 29, 2014 10:04:38 AM

Ok check it with other gpu cards if u have or use a simple vga card
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August 29, 2014 3:45:05 PM

I took the machine back to the store and their techs helped me determine that the motherboard was bad. Got it swapped out and now it boots fine. Thanks all.
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