New Build not working

[Deceptivejunk]

These are my parts:

Mobo: Biostar TZ77B,
PSU: COOLER MASTER Silent Pro 850W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V v2.92 SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply, RS850-AMBAJ3-US
CPU Fan: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, RR-212E-20PK-R2
HDD: SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 2TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive, ST2000DL004
DVD drive: LG DVD Burner 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model, GH24NS90
SSD: 1 x SAMSUNG 830 Series 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD), MZ-7PC128B/WW
Case: COOLER MASTER HAF X 1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case, RC-942-KKN
GPU: GIGABYTE Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX, GV-R787OC-2GD
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770K
RAM: G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9D-16GAR


For some reason, my computer will turn on, but will not boot past a black screen. I cannot even get to the BIOS. I thought it might be the CPU, so my friend and I swapped processors(his is an i5) and it worked in my pc fine, booted up and everything. Putting my i7 in his computer didn't work either, until we updated his motherboard BIOS, at which point it worked. We then updated my motherboard bios and put the i7 back in. Same thing, just a black screen. I have no idea what else I can do, because the processor works fine and should work in the TZ77B mobo because its supported, but doesn't.

What should I do? WHat's causing the problem?


On a different note, the SSD also doesn't seem to work. The BIOS won't recognize the SSD at all, and putting the SSD in my friend's PC causes it to bluescreen. Is it a dead drive?

 

[inzone]

I think that if I were buying a over $300 i7 cpu I wouldn't be putting it in a sub $100 motherboard, I know you may be trying to save money but then put a $150 cpu in a sub $100 MB.
Your friend has an i5 cpu and what does he have for a MB, is it also a Biostar? Your i7 is what the 3770k and your friends i5 is what the 3570k?

 

[Deceptivejunk]

My friend's processor is the i5-2500k

 

[inzone]

Ok and what is his motherboard?

 

[Deceptivejunk]

I am not sure about his motherboard, but its almost definitely ASUS or Gigabyte

EDIT: He has GIGABYTE GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

 

[Deceptivejunk]

I'm 90% certain it's the motherboard, what do you think? It SHOULD work with the BIOS updated to the current version right?

 

[inzone]

With the update of your friends bios allowing the i7 to work on his board then the update on your boards bios should allow for the i7 to work on your board.
I would contact Biostar or if your still in the 30 days from purchase then the place you bought it from and return it for another MB because it's not working with the i7 and it should. It should actually be working without having to do the bios update.
The SSD that you tried in your friends computer did it have anything on it or was it empty? If there's a problem with that then you may have to RMA it as well.
Di you have the SSD installed in your motherboard all the time while your trying to get the i7 to work? If yes then take it out and see if the i7 will work on your MB , it may be the SSD causing all the issues.

 

[Deceptivejunk]

The SSD has been empty, we can't get it to show up at all. I'll see if taking it out helps.