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Asus z97 wont display after flash drive with windows inserted(Fixed)

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September 24, 2014 7:52:31 AM

My build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jn9tkL

Reaching out to you wise cats. First build and everything magically works first boot, bios comes up and all that. I turn off power and put in an extra fan on top of my case(plug in fan power/connection to case) while I'm formatting a flash drive with the windows 7 utility to be able to boot with it. Flash drive boot order is on top

Now I put the flash drive in and a couple strange things happen, one is there is no display, but another is I cannot turn off the system, even pressing the power button on mobo. Taking out the flash and cycling power on PSU allows me to turn off normally, but still no display.

I've tried:
* Checking all connections
* checking tv setup
* changing to different hdmi (mobo and not gpu)
* switching to VGA cord
* Taking out all USB connections
* Unhooking SSD/HD

All the diagnostic lights on mobo are good, double checked connections, done all the seemingly easy stuff. So my question is could the flash drive have jacked it up semi permanently? And is there there a master reset on a mobo? What am I missing?

Thanks everyone in advance!

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September 24, 2014 8:13:04 AM

Try unplugging the psu from the wall.
That sometimes resets all.

If no joy, remove the motherboard and parts from the case and retest.
Possibly the new fan has some sort of a short or...
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September 24, 2014 4:08:54 PM

Looks like the gremlins got me. HDMI had a short, so thats why it just stopped working and when I tried it on my laptop it seemed to work fine. Only put me back about 4 hours, haha.
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