Yet another no POST, no video but I'm hoping this will be informative as well as getting some help for me.
I've been getting some cheap parts for a small gaming build but even for used parts it's causing me more problems than I expected. Here are the part by part list and what I have done already.
PSU: cheap 180 watt (I forget the name)
This is my main suspect for now. I have tried shorting the green wire to power it on and checked the voltages. They all check out. It's a 24/4 pin PSU (no pin 20). Can the voltages check out and still be a faulty PSU?
Motherboard: DH67BL - 3 years old but never used. Fresh out of an anti-static bag from the shelf.
First thing after initial failed boot, I tried only PSU and mobo to hear a POST beep or something but the mobo does not turn on when shorting the power pins. It looks like it will only power up with a CPU installed. Anyway I removed the CR2032 battery (which was only showing 2.8 volts so it needed changing) and held down power button 30 seconds to drain any charge that might cause an issue and replaced battery with a fresh one.
CPU: i3 3225 - used but tested and verified to be working on another system.
Added CPU and cpu-fan. Weirdly (maybe a hint to the issue?) the PSU and cpu-fan mostly come on when I turn on the power to the PSU and once it was (as I would suspect is the norm) only in standby. In either case I can power up with a short to the power pins on the mobo and power down with a long short of the power pins. Still no POST beeps and no image from the video output. In one case I heard a singular beep but nothing else. I have tried booting with BIOS jumper set to both clear and recovery with no different results.
Btw. the 1155 socket seems to be pressing the CPU down pretty hard.
RAM / video / SDD:
I have tried adding the additional RAM (single 8 GB stick from G.Skill) in various dimm slots and SSD (120 GB Kingston Fury X) but it makes no discernible difference. I have tried two different graphics card (GT 730 and GTX 550 TI) in addition to the on-board graphics but none of the three options produce an image on my screen.
I think I will receive a new 350 watt PSU later today so I will try that and also give the whole system a blast of air from a can. Any additional suggestions are greatly appreciated. I am hoping to surprise my GF with a little gaming rig tomorrow (my excuse to fiddle with electronics) so I am a bit pressed for time. Hope that someone will second my suspicion towards to PSU.
EDIT: NO SOLUTION; MOBO DEAD.
I have tried a different CPU that was an older architecture and another PSU and nothing worked. I was hopeful about the sandy bridge CPU as I have read other posts with similar issues. Now I have to unload all my parts because I can't find another 1155 board :/
Thanks for the effort.
I've been getting some cheap parts for a small gaming build but even for used parts it's causing me more problems than I expected. Here are the part by part list and what I have done already.
PSU: cheap 180 watt (I forget the name)
This is my main suspect for now. I have tried shorting the green wire to power it on and checked the voltages. They all check out. It's a 24/4 pin PSU (no pin 20). Can the voltages check out and still be a faulty PSU?
Motherboard: DH67BL - 3 years old but never used. Fresh out of an anti-static bag from the shelf.
First thing after initial failed boot, I tried only PSU and mobo to hear a POST beep or something but the mobo does not turn on when shorting the power pins. It looks like it will only power up with a CPU installed. Anyway I removed the CR2032 battery (which was only showing 2.8 volts so it needed changing) and held down power button 30 seconds to drain any charge that might cause an issue and replaced battery with a fresh one.
CPU: i3 3225 - used but tested and verified to be working on another system.
Added CPU and cpu-fan. Weirdly (maybe a hint to the issue?) the PSU and cpu-fan mostly come on when I turn on the power to the PSU and once it was (as I would suspect is the norm) only in standby. In either case I can power up with a short to the power pins on the mobo and power down with a long short of the power pins. Still no POST beeps and no image from the video output. In one case I heard a singular beep but nothing else. I have tried booting with BIOS jumper set to both clear and recovery with no different results.
Btw. the 1155 socket seems to be pressing the CPU down pretty hard.
RAM / video / SDD:
I have tried adding the additional RAM (single 8 GB stick from G.Skill) in various dimm slots and SSD (120 GB Kingston Fury X) but it makes no discernible difference. I have tried two different graphics card (GT 730 and GTX 550 TI) in addition to the on-board graphics but none of the three options produce an image on my screen.
I think I will receive a new 350 watt PSU later today so I will try that and also give the whole system a blast of air from a can. Any additional suggestions are greatly appreciated. I am hoping to surprise my GF with a little gaming rig tomorrow (my excuse to fiddle with electronics) so I am a bit pressed for time. Hope that someone will second my suspicion towards to PSU.
EDIT: NO SOLUTION; MOBO DEAD.
I have tried a different CPU that was an older architecture and another PSU and nothing worked. I was hopeful about the sandy bridge CPU as I have read other posts with similar issues. Now I have to unload all my parts because I can't find another 1155 board :/
Thanks for the effort.
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