So I just built an office PC for my mom because her store bought one basically failed on her. Here's the list of components I have used.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nVP8VY
So assembled the PC and I thought I had everything set (I'm not 100% sure if all the front panel and PSU cables went where they should but I think I got them in the right place). It took a while fumbling around with getting the motherboard to fit on the standoffs and fit the IO plate, as well as a few other things I had to tinker with before I could get things plugged in. The mobo still doesn't like..."properly fit" the IO...like I can plug stuff into it, but it's sliiiightly out of place but I didn't know that would be an issue. However, when I went to try to boot up the PC, no display showed up no matter how long I waited. The system powers on and I can see the CPU fan and GPU fans spinning and there's a green light on the mobo that stays on. My monitor recognizes that something is plugged in (because otherwise it would show the "no signal detected") but the screen remains blank. I also never got a beep sound which is something I think you're supposed to hear as a way of the computer saying it checked all the components?
I can't seem to get the display to show up and I've tried reseating the RAM in the same slot, different slots, reseating the GPU, but that's about it. However, when I was installing the CPU and cooler, I put the cooler on but then took it back off after a minute or so because I thought I put it on the wrong way. At this point, the paste had already stuck to the CPU so it came off with the cooler. I was able to separate the CPU from the cooler by pulling fairly hard on it, but I think I might've damaged it because I looked at the pins after I separated the CPU and I noticed that one of the pins were ever so slightly bent. I googled around a little bit to see if a bent pin would like make the system explode or something, but eventually I went ahead and reseated the CPU and cooler and tried booting again to the same result of everything powering on but no display.
I'm not sure if the CPU pin issue is why the display is not showing/not beeping when I boot, but is there any way to check if the CPU is indeed the issue or if it is something else I need to do?
**also I'm pretty sure the GPU in this build doesn't require anything connected to it like a 6-pin cable right? I only have this GPU in the first place because my mobo didn't have onboard graphics, so I bought one of the cheapest GPU's I could find.
EDIT: I also forgot to state that I can't seem to get the stock cooler for the FX-6300 off because the latches are really tight or something. Just wanted to state that in case that might mean the cooler or CPU is seated incorrectly? (fan still spins though when I try to boot)
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nVP8VY
So assembled the PC and I thought I had everything set (I'm not 100% sure if all the front panel and PSU cables went where they should but I think I got them in the right place). It took a while fumbling around with getting the motherboard to fit on the standoffs and fit the IO plate, as well as a few other things I had to tinker with before I could get things plugged in. The mobo still doesn't like..."properly fit" the IO...like I can plug stuff into it, but it's sliiiightly out of place but I didn't know that would be an issue. However, when I went to try to boot up the PC, no display showed up no matter how long I waited. The system powers on and I can see the CPU fan and GPU fans spinning and there's a green light on the mobo that stays on. My monitor recognizes that something is plugged in (because otherwise it would show the "no signal detected") but the screen remains blank. I also never got a beep sound which is something I think you're supposed to hear as a way of the computer saying it checked all the components?
I can't seem to get the display to show up and I've tried reseating the RAM in the same slot, different slots, reseating the GPU, but that's about it. However, when I was installing the CPU and cooler, I put the cooler on but then took it back off after a minute or so because I thought I put it on the wrong way. At this point, the paste had already stuck to the CPU so it came off with the cooler. I was able to separate the CPU from the cooler by pulling fairly hard on it, but I think I might've damaged it because I looked at the pins after I separated the CPU and I noticed that one of the pins were ever so slightly bent. I googled around a little bit to see if a bent pin would like make the system explode or something, but eventually I went ahead and reseated the CPU and cooler and tried booting again to the same result of everything powering on but no display.
I'm not sure if the CPU pin issue is why the display is not showing/not beeping when I boot, but is there any way to check if the CPU is indeed the issue or if it is something else I need to do?
**also I'm pretty sure the GPU in this build doesn't require anything connected to it like a 6-pin cable right? I only have this GPU in the first place because my mobo didn't have onboard graphics, so I bought one of the cheapest GPU's I could find.
EDIT: I also forgot to state that I can't seem to get the stock cooler for the FX-6300 off because the latches are really tight or something. Just wanted to state that in case that might mean the cooler or CPU is seated incorrectly? (fan still spins though when I try to boot)
.... I've retried everything... I reseated the mobo on the standoffs, straightened the few bent pins on the CPU and reseated it, put the CPU cooler back in, reseated RAM, GPU, basically retried everything and the PC will still not display anything. It turns on and all the components' fans and the green standby power LED light is on.
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