Hello,
I am fairly new to PC building and am trying to develop good habits when building. I've read that when assembling a computer for the first time you should hook everything up outside of the case first to make sure it works before you spend all the effort to put it inside the case. What is the minimum amount of components that you need in order for the BIOS to show up? Currently I've only installed the powersupply, cpu, cpu cooler, and ram (PC has onboard graphics.) My parts are a i7 6700k, be quiet Dark Rock Pro 3 cpu cooler, 4 x 8gb sticks of G.Skill Ripjaws DDR4 3400, Seasonic 1000W Platinum power supply, and Asus Z170-DELUXE. I have all these hooked up and when I short the power pins with a screwdriver all the lights come on on the motherboard, the CPU fan spins(then stops), the power supply fan spins(then stops), and then nothing. I am plugging into the HDMI on the motherboard and have a keyboard and mouse wired in.
Thanks for any input,
Sal