M5A99X & AMD Phenom 2 x4 cpu led

[627PCFan]

I hope someone can shed some light. I ordered a PC kit. The MOBO is a Asus M5A99x and a AMD Phenom 2 x4 Black edition cpu. Since it arrived I get a CPU led light (solid) on the mobo during start up. I switched to a second CPU (identical) and same thing, so I figured it was a bad MOBO, I switched it with a new mobo and the LED is still lit. Can anyone give me any insight to continue troubleshooting? I cant get past POST so Im not sure where to go from here.

 

[clutchc]

Breadboard it. Put the board on an insulated surface and connect the PSU 24 pin and 8 pin CPU cables. With just the processor/HSF, 1 stick of memory, and a video card installed, see if it can boot into BIOS.
If not, you can connect a motherboard speaker, listen for any beeps. Then go to your manual or the website and check what the beeps represent.

 

[627PCFan]

Got it figured out. The build came preconfigured for me with a Coolmaster V8 hanging off it. Guess it got jostled in shipping and broke something in the MOBO #1. When I pulled the MOBO #2 after it wouldn't work, I hadn't seated the processor right. Im up and running now. Thanks