Urgent - These parts should work together correctly right?

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Hi, I am currently building a computer for a friend but I am unable to get the computer to post. I have been though the common check lists and have also tried putting the ram into different slots/swapping the ram to no avail.

I have installed the motherboard speaker and get no beeps when all the components are installed. When I remove the ram and start up again I get three beeps (The board is identifying the ram is missing, good)

The MSI EZ Debug LEDS on the board do this on start up:
CPU - on for roughly 1/2 seconds
Memory - On for roughly 2-3 seconds
GPU - Does not light up

I have build several computers in the past with minimal problems. However as this is a DDR4 board I can't test the majority of the components on my DDR3, LGA1150 board to see if anything is faulty:(

I tested the graphics card on my DDR3 board (It worked fine).

ANY help would be greatly appreciated, thank you :)

The main components list:

MSI B150 PC Mate - motherboards (DDR4-SDRAM, DIMM, Dual, Intel, Core i5, Core i7, Celeron, Pentium, Core i3, Serial ATA III) LGA 1151 SOCKET

Corsair CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 3000Mhz CL15 XMP 2.0

Intel Core i7-7700 3.6 GHz QuadCore 8 MB

Corsair CP-9020078-UK Builder Series 750W CS750M

EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Superclocked Gaming 6 GB GDDR5
 
Solution
Since that board is a 200 series board, yes, it should work from the word go with your chosen CPU. :)



RipeMango

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I would have never thought of that, thank you. I take it if I just send that motherboard back and get a 6th/7th gen board it will solve the problem?

This would work? MSI Intel B250M Mortar 7th/6th Gen USB2 Motherboard - Black (Intel Core i3/i5/i7 Processor, LGA 1151, Dual Channel DDR4, USB 3.1, PCI-E 3.0, PCI-E x1, Sata 6 GB)
 
Your motherboard may need a BIOS update to be able to run the CPU you've got installed... Not sure that's related but just an FYI.
(Just checked, yea, you need BIOS version C.A or C.B or 7971vCC for that CPU to work. Not sure what issues not having this updated will cause.)

Do you have the 6-pin power connector connected to the power supply?
Do you have the GPU in the right spot for a single GPU setup for that motherboard?
(Typically motherboards expect you to install the card into the top PCIe x16 slot)

Looks like the system has onboard graphics, you may need to disable that.
 
Since that board is a 200 series board, yes, it should work from the word go with your chosen CPU. :)



 
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I have tested the card in all of the slots and test the system with it in the x16 slot and the 6-pin is connected. How do I disable the onboard graphics? I get no output to the monitor.
 

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