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Appreciate it, I'll get a new one tomorrow and see if I can return this one. Will update this thread with results. Thanks, glad someone has at least seen this before. Most videos I've come across just show a motherboard that will not do anything and say "yep this is dead". The damn backplate to the Hyper 212 Evo. I felt like I was exerting too much pressure but I could not get it to fit right, I bet that's what killed it Either that or the case standoffs not aligning properly. I've heard that can short a board, but can it kill it entirely? I always thought of 'short' as a temporary thing.

So the lights came on and fans spun up and everything? Seems strange that if the motherboard was dead it'd still do all that (not to say I'm disagreeing, I buy it). But did you replace that motherboard? And everything worked after? Perhaps I need to stop handling motherboards like a gorilla.

If I insert the RAM the same thing happens, the video was taken at a late stage of testing. At this point I'm trying anything just to get something.

Hi everybody, When it comes to building computers I'm not exactly a total beginner, I've built maybe 5 or 6 of them over the course of the past few years. For some reason this one is just out to ruin my day. I'll include a video but the problem is basically as follows: When I press the power button the MoBo LED turns on, the CPU fan spins up, and that's pretty much it. My monitor will display "no signal", and the computer will shut itself off and start again in a few seconds. I've tried everything I can think of. I've reseated the CPU, I've tried with the components in and out of a case, clearing the CMOS, I've tried stripping everything away until it is just the CPU and Motherboard, it all produces the same result. Everything is plugged in properly, I've checked and re-checked a thousand times at this point. If the Motherboard were dead, I don't think it would make it this far. If the CPU were dead, same thing (verified by testing without a CPU, could be wrong), perhaps the power supply? The thing that doesn't make sense to me is it's a good power supply (Corsair ax860). I'm really not sure what's going wrong or why, but it's unbelievably frustrating and I really hope to come to a solution. Here are my parts, I haven't even unboxed the graphics cards yet: - 2x GTX 1080 Founder's edition - Intel Core i7 6700K - 32GB (4x8) Crucial memory (literally that's all the box says. It's workstation RAM) - Corsair AX860 PSU - Some Samsung m.2 PCIe SSD whose model number is way too long and has been lost since I bought this particular SSD nearly two years ago. - Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 3 Motherboard - A bunch of NZXT fans - Corsair Obsidian 750D case Without further ado, here is a video showing you guys exactly what happens when I try to boot. It cycles by itself, so if I leave it on it will just repeat this endlessly. It's plugged in via the onboard HDMI port, and all the tv/monitor/any sort of screen says is "no signal" (sorry for vertical video, but my apartment looks like a pit right now): Thanks in advance guys.

Appreciate the suggestions, have tried all of them with no success unfortunately. I am thinking that my motherboard might be broken. I can't really think of another reason as to why on-board graphics wouldn't work.

Yup. Tried with each and tried with none. Only difference is with no GPU the CPU light is off (which is a good thing, however I still don't get video output).

Indeed. Tried with two different monitors and a tv. Through both HDMI and Displayport on each graphics card and the integrated graphics.

Hi there, Let me start out by saying I'm completely dumbfounded, frustrated, and totally lost at this point. I'd also like to note I've tried/looked at all the steps here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-ste... Now then, onto the problem. My computer was randomly crashing during gaming, I didn't think much of it but recently I decided to get a bigger case (thought maybe lack of airflow contributed). So I get my new 750D and I'm all excited and happy putting it together and managing the crap out of all my cables. Get everything all neat and organized and try to boot....no dice. Before I move on, here's what "everything" is: -i5 4690K (Water cooled with Kraken X41) -EVGA GTX 980 FTW (Water cooled with Kraken X41) -EVGA GTX 980 FTW (Water cooled with Kraken X41) -Corsair AX860 850W Platinum PSU -32GB G.Skill Ripjaws 1600MHz Memory -512GB Samsung m.2 PCI-e SSD -Asus Z-97A Motherboard -Corsair Obsidian 750D -3 140mm Radiators Other junk: -Each GPU Rad is cooled with two 140mm static pressure fans in push/pull -CPU Rad is cooled with one 140mm static pressure fan in push -Each GPU block contains a small 70mm fan to cool the card -Five additional case fans (12 fans total) Now that that's out of the way...more details! Everything was working fine in my previous case (h440), outside of the random occasional crash. Once I moved everything over, as I mentioned before, once powered on I would get no video output (and only half of my fans spin up..but that's a different issue). Frustrated, but I noticed the CPU POST LED was on, indicating an inability to boot properly. No idea why though, I remember setting everything up properly. Still, I start troubleshooting. Away with all of my cable management I was so proud of, away with all the happiness and sunshine. What I have at this point is a motherboard on a box with nothing plugged into it. I reset the CMOS and I begin. First I add the cpu and a heatsink. Powers on, fan spins up, pesky CPU LED turns off. Awesome! Should be able to get to the bios by plugging in directly to the MoBo, yeah? Nope. Ok, fine. I'll add my ssd. Nope. Ram? Nope? Ok, ok. Fine, I'll add my GPU and plug into that. Nope, but oh hey, the CPU post light is back on...that's certainly not good. Still no video output. That's pretty much the extent of it. No matter what I do, I cannot get a splash screen or anything. HDMI/Displayport/Different displays/Different combinations of plugging things in and out of my motherboard..nada. I have no clue what to do at this point. I don't even know what's broken. Realistically, I should be able to get to a BIOS screen with very few parts plugged in, no? Especially if I try plugging directly into the motherboard and bypassing a GPU. Anybody have any thoughts?

I have a pair of Sennheiser 558's. I really dig them, personally.

You are now my favorite person on this planet. Thank you so much, for real. I actually wound up following the directions that were posted in response to the comment you linked...so if anyone else encounters this issue give this a shot: " Thank you very much for your contribute but i'm happy to tell that now, with the new bios all procedure is a little bit semplified and i can say without doubts Samsung M.2 ssd XP941 is totally compatible with asus motherboard and all chipsets from z97 to X99. Now the facts: 1) First of all update your bios to the last version, i have an Asus Z97 deluxe and my bios version is 2012 2)in your bios go in Advanced mode and set Sata Express in M.2 mode, Sata mode selection: AHCI (not in RAID!) 3)in boot options go to usb support and set: full initializzation, in CSM (Compatibility Support Mode) set enable (not disable like old bios version!!) and in the suboptions set "boot device control": UEFI and Legacy OPROM, "Boot from storage device": Both, UEFI First, "Boot from PCI-E/PCI expansion : UEFI driver first now the most important thing: YOU MUST HAVE THE CORRECT IMAGE WITH UEFI SUPPORT OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM! Lot of people said its impossible to install, impossible to see the drive, impossile to boot just because they didn't prepare a correct usb drive for the installation: you need to have an image of you os not more bigger than 4,5 gb, prepare it with RUFUS, an utility that create a perfectly compatible MBR GPT UEFI partitioning, don't use modded os images or bigger than 4,5 gb, format pendrive in fat 32! (this is the reason because your os image should be not more than 4,5 gb) " I think that last part is what did the trick. I was using the Windows USB tool, and apparently that tool lies to you and says it made a UEFI bootable disk but really it wasn't. Using Rufus I was able to specify FAT32 and set my partition table the "proper" way and that allowed me to install Windows. Again, thanks so much for helping me out today.

I am using the UEFI installer. Interesting, you found that on the drive description? Hmm. Not really sure how that works. Perhaps it was updated with win10?

Indeed I do, updated to the most recent version.

Nice, thanks. To your point, I've done that (forgot to include it in my op). But I've tried a lot of delete/new/format combinations along with all of the above things.

Specs: mobo: ASUS z97-a ssd: Samsung XP941 m.2 PCIe (my motherboard is set to m.2 mode) Hey guys, Super frustrating day today. I've been running the Windows 10 technical preview for a while, but decided to go back to 7 since NBA2k15 really doesn't like 10 for whatever reason. Anyway, trying to install Windows 7...a process I've gone through oh, 50000000000 times, I get two *very* annoying error messages. It's seemingly completely random which of the two show up...but it's in the same place and they're both fatal. Either way, the first thing that happens is on the bottom of the screen where it shows you your disks, above the "next" button it tells me: "Windows cannot be installed on disk 0". If I click "more information" it tells me: "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. this computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu." If I click "next" anyway, I get one of two errors. Either: "Error (0x80300024)" or "Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition". Funny thing is, I had this problem when I was installing the win10 tech preview. Oddly enough I remember coming to the solution relatively easily and everything wound up working fine. This time around, however, I cannot find a solution for the life of me. Things I've tried: I've tried changing my BIOS from RAID to AHCI to IDE. I've tried hitting shift + f10 on the first install menu (diskpart -> select disk 0 -> clean -> create partition primary -> format fs=ntfs -> active). I've tried disabling my second drive I've tried changing my boot priority I've tried disabling secureboot I've tried unplugging literally everything but my mouse and install media from the USB ports I've tried all of the above mentioned things in every combination I could think of. Please help. I have zero idea what to try next. Cheers guys.

Its a 4k monitor with one displayport input. I don't need the two inputs to display in tandem, I just want to be able to switch between two separate displayport inputs. For example, I have a dock for my macbook that's hooked up to my monitor, and I have a gaming rig hooked up to the same monitor. Thus far I've been dealing with my mac being connected over HDMI, but it's a real bummer because I'm limited to 1080p. Not only does that look blurry running at non-native res but 4k is insanely useful for productivity. So far all I've been able to find by googling is solutions that will allow you to extend displays. Any ideas?