New build...no boot. Tried everything in the sticky thread.

[mik417]

Hi everyone. I have an ASUS H-97 Pro gamer mobo on an intel I5-4590 chipset. I can't hear a beep for the post, so I now have it taken out of the case. Just the Graphics card, cpu and cooler, PSU, keyboard, RAM and monitor are connected. I was worried it was shorting out on the case, but that doesn't seem to be the problem. The 24 pin connecter looks good, The CPU has no bent pins, The 8 pin connecter to the mobo is connected, Wierd thing is the other end of the cable is 4x2 molex connecter. The 8pin is connected to the PSU, while the 4x2 is connected to the mobo. So when I jumper the power pins, the CPU LED on the mobo turns on and off, the DRAM LED then turns on and off, and then the BOOT DEVICE LED turns on and stays on. This is where I am stuck. My BenQ moniter shows "no signal detected" and then turns off. I had the HDMI connected to the VGA card, then the I/O panel, and now I have the DVI CABLE connected to the I/O panel.
My PSU is the EVGA 550w G2.
Any help would be appreciated.

I can't load my drivers, O.S, etc. This bites.
Thanks for any help.


Intel Core i5-4590
Asus H97-PRO GAMER
A-Data XPG 2x8GB DDR3-1600
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB VGA
EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
BenQ GW2760HS 60Hz 27.0" Monitor

 

[clutchc]

"Wierd thing is the other end of the cable is 4x2 molex connecter. The 8pin is connected to the PSU, while the 4x2 is connected to the mobo"

Can you provide a pic or a better explanation of what you are talking about? I can't imagine any Molex that connects to the board.

 

[Lawrence Taylor]

Change that PSU to something higher. First i suggest you taking out one of the ram sticks and checking to see if it boots up, if not i'll say the PSU

 

[clutchc]

? The Evga Supernova G2 is a tier one PSU. And 550W is sufficient for the i5 and the GTX 960.

 

[mik417]

Change that PSU to something higher. First i suggest you taking out one of the ram sticks and checking to see if it boots up, if not i'll say the PSU

Tried that.

 

[mik417]

"Wierd thing is the other end of the cable is 4x2 molex connecter. The 8pin is connected to the PSU, while the 4x2 is connected to the mobo"

Can you provide a pic or a better explanation of what you are talking about? I can't imagine any Molex that connects to the board.

Maybe I'm wrong in calling it MOLEX. Anyhow the PSU cable I am connecting is the top left cable in this image.

The 8 pin goes to the PSU and the 2x4 pin split (they look like 2 pin due to the camera angle, but are actually 4 pins each) insert into the mobo. Am I doing this wrong?

 

[mik417]

Update: Ok....I removed the Thermal Paste....was maybe a bit too much. And installed a speaker. Mobo didn't come with one, and I thpught it did. Ran the barebones (one stick of RAM, no Video card, and managed to get into the ASUS UEFI BIOS Utility.) So things are looking up. Will keep this thread updated.

 

[clutchc]

The cable in the top left corner of your picture is not a PSU cable. It is a CPU cable. It goes from the PSU to the 8 pin header on the motherboard. You put the 2 x 4 pin ends together to make an 8 pin connector.

What we commonly refer to as a "Molex" connector are the cables in the lower left portion of your picture. They are marked PERIFeral. The gfx card power cables are the ones marked VGA; the 6+2 end goes to the card, the other end goes to the PSU.

 

[mik417]

The cable in the top left corner of your picture is not a PSU cable. It is a CPU cable. It goes from the PSU to the 8 pin header on the motherboard. You put the 2 x 4 pin ends together to make an 8 pin connector.

What we commonly refer to as a "Molex" connector are the cables in the lower left portion of your picture. They are marked PERIFeral. The gfx card power cables are the ones marked VGA; the 6+2 end goes to the card, the other end goes to the PSU.

Right you are clutchc. The ATX cable.
Moreover I have solved the problem. There were 2 possible problems. I missed installing one standoff, possibly shorting out the mobo, and when people say put a "pea sized amount" of thermal paste on the CPU, I can now say that is overkill. I used the X method on the CPU, and assembled the build neatly back together. It works. IT'S ALIVE!
The Cougar case fans are near dead silent. I haven't built a P.C. in over a decade....wow how things have changed! The EVGA PSU has an ECO mode which kills the fan until it hits a certain load.....dead silent.
A shout out to you Clutchc, and this site in general. I used this site a lot to research my build. Awesome site.

So I missed a standoff. Would have been nice to have that in the manual for the mobo, or case, but it wasn't in there.
One thing I can say to anyone doing first-time builds and reading this thread....You-tube it. In example....The Seidon 120M CPU cooler. Only on the official Seidon video, does it tell you to install the rad hoses towards the bottom of the case. I hadn't done that the first time around. It makes so much sense. Think of air-bubbles floating up. Google images of the Seidon M and tons of build have them upside down. Probably not a major problem, but nevertheless. So what if my Cooler Master logo is upside down. Integrity is what matters.
Now I can load my drivers. Yayyyy!

 

[mik417]

The cable in the top left corner of your picture is not a PSU cable. It is a CPU cable. It goes from the PSU to the 8 pin header on the motherboard. You put the 2 x 4 pin ends together to make an 8 pin connector.

What we commonly refer to as a "Molex" connector are the cables in the lower left portion of your picture. They are marked PERIFeral. The gfx card power cables are the ones marked VGA; the 6+2 end goes to the card, the other end goes to the PSU.

Right you are clutchc. The ATX cable.
Moreover I have solved the problem. There were 2 possible problems. I missed installing one standoff, possibly shorting out the mobo, and when people say put a "pea sized amount" of thermal paste on the CPU, I can now say that is overkill. I used the X method on the CPU, and assembled the build neatly back together. It works. IT'S ALIVE!

Side note:
The Cougar case fans are near dead silent. I haven't built a P.C. in over a decade....wow how things have changed! The EVGA PSU has an ECO mode which kills the fan until it hits a certain load.....dead silent.

A shout out to you Clutchc, and Tom's Hardware in general. I used this site a lot to research my build. Awesome site.

So I missed a standoff. Would have been nice to have that in the manual for the mobo, or case, but it wasn't in there.

One thing I can say to anyone doing first-time builds and reading this thread....You-tube it. In example....The Seidon 120M CPU cooler. Only on the official Seidon video, does it tell you to install the rad hoses towards the bottom of the case. I hadn't done that the first time around. It makes so much sense. Think of air-bubbles floating up. Google images of the Seidon M and tons of build have them upside down. Probably not a major problem, but nevertheless. Integrity is what matters.
Now I can load my drivers. Yayyyy!