CPU: pentium g3258
Mobo: (Refurbished) ASUS z87-pro
Ram: crucial 8gb (2 4gb) 1600mhz
GPU: MSI gtx 9800+
PSU: corsair tx650
So a couple weeks back I was swapping my old rig to a new case so I would have more airflow and I installed the standoffs in the standard m-ATX config. I didn't realise it was a nonstandard mobo and had inadvertently installed a standoff directly under the chipset frying it.
Yesterday I finally get in all the parts to replace it (GPU, PSU were part of original rig) assemble it all, outside the case of course, and it doesn't post and all I get it the error code 00 (which the manual says isn't used) and a red CPU LED. All the fans continue to spin and I can even use the onboard power button to shut it back off. I looked around on the net and the general consensus was bent pins, so I looked in the socket for a literal 2 hours before giving up and never saw a single out of line pin. I don't had any other 1150 CPU's or mobos to test anything with so I can't tell if it's the CPU or the mobo.
Pictures will be uploaded soon, I have to find a friends computer to upload them.