Big time problems. System won't boot after adding new cooler

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I'm upgrading my now 5 year old first build which so far has worked very well. I tried to add a new artic extreme 2.0 cooler and 2 more sticks x4gb of G.Skill Ripjaws. I disconnected power and all components. Then inserted new ram and lastly installed the cooler and plugged in the fan. When I went to turn on the system all fans kicked on like it was starting, but then after 2 seconds shut down. I then went backwards removed new ram and tried again. Same result. There is a red cpu light on near where the power connects which according to ASUS means it's a CPU problem. I then took everything apart removed board from case thinking maybe I pushed a little hard and somehow was grounding something out. That didn't work either. I tried removing cpu and reseating still no fix. Tried removing CMOS battery to reset bios and that didn't help either. Did I some how fry the cpu? Maybe the board? Is there a way to tell which? I also removed the artic cooler and reinstalled the stock cooler and that too failed to fix the problem.



This is the system before any upgrades:

ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 AMD 890FX 6 x SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 6-Core 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W
EVGA 01G-P3-1373-AR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked EE 1GB 256-bit GDDR5
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
FirePower ModXStream Pro 700MXSP 700W 80Plus Semi-Modular High Performance ATX PC Power Supply - Formerly PC Power & Cooling
Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
WD 1TB 7200rpm drive for storage

I use the system mainly for photo editing using Photoshop CC and Lightroom.

 
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Very unlikely that you actually fried anything. With Asus boards, the red LED can also indicate a RAM problem. Here are some suggestions:
1. Breadboard (add parts to mobo while it's outside of the case) to eliminate the possibility of a short. See link in my signature for instructions.
2. While putting together your computer (still outside the case), add only one DIMM, preferably one of the original DIMMs (we know they were working)
3. Do a thorough inspection around the CPU cooler to ensure there is no excess/run-off thermal paste. Remove with 95%+ Isopropyl Alcohol if any excess.
4. Connect only boot-necessary devices (CPU/HSF, RAM, GPU, & PSU).
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Very unlikely that you actually fried anything. With Asus boards, the red LED can also indicate a RAM problem. Here are some suggestions:
1. Breadboard (add parts to mobo while it's outside of the case) to eliminate the possibility of a short. See link in my signature for instructions.
2. While putting together your computer (still outside the case), add only one DIMM, preferably one of the original DIMMs (we know they were working)
3. Do a thorough inspection around the CPU cooler to ensure there is no excess/run-off thermal paste. Remove with 95%+ Isopropyl Alcohol if any excess.
4. Connect only boot-necessary devices (CPU/HSF, RAM, GPU, & PSU).
 
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Ok tried that. I tried not connecting one of the power wires. The smaller one top rear of board. If I leave that unplugged the fans all run but I still see nothing on my monitor. Tried moving the mouse which is wireless but it seems that there is no power to the use ports or the hard wired keyboard (purple jack).
 
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Tried everything step,by step again outside the box. Cleaned everything blew off the board. It starts up now. Maybe a piece of debris was causing a short or something. Thanks for your help. Hopefully it all works once I put it back in the case.
 
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