Asus Q87M-E

[Sekira]

Bypassing the need for any introduction, I've come with a serious palava!

 

Recently I purchased the Asus Q87M-E Micro Motherboard and have equipped it with a 4gen I3, GTX260 GC, 500 Watt Power Supply, 6gig DDR3 and neatly secured in a Raidmax tower! I was without a SATA CD drive, which I still need to purchase but I was not told if 'this' alone would stop my computer from Posting. I am incredibly new to the whole process of creating a computer and this happened to be my first, I like to believe I followed instructions very securely to allow proper airflow, secured wires 'at first, some needed extra force to get them in place, I held trepidation at pushing things down with force.' Upon initial start up I noticed a sporadic turning of the Heatsink fan whilst the tower fans started up without cunctation; there was, however, no post. I had no idea what this was until a good friend explained it to me, that the initial beep was absent 'I've been on a laptop for years with a damaged audio card, so I'm just very unused to it'. We've been unable to access BIOS or have it detect it is connected to a monitor via HDMI, VGA, and DVI. 

My friends have only such a limited understanding of what they're doing 'though they talk a lot of shop about their extensive tech knowledge' and I've not found much help elsewhere. I work at Walmart so my fiscal status is less than impressive, and I'm trying to do this on a budget without giving in and purchasing a chocolate box of mediocrity from my store. Please help me out! I would greatly appreciate it!!

[Wi RoZ]

What kind of harddrive did you put in that computer?

Your PC should be able to POST if there isn't a single Optical Media Drive (DVD/BlueRay/CD) installed.

I recommend you to check if al cables are connected properly to the motherboard and to the PSU (powersupply). There are so many different problems that can occur while building a PC (especially for the first time) that I would like to know which instructions you followed.  

[chicksoup]

my first guess would be that the MOBO is dead or that the CPU is dead 

 

 

did you plug in the right cables for everything?

[Sekira]

What kind of harddrive did you put in that computer?

Your PC should be able to POST if there isn't a single Optical Media Drive (DVD/BlueRay/CD) installed.

I recommend you to check if al cables are connected properly to the motherboard and to the PSU (powersupply). There are so many different problems that can occur while building a PC (especially for the first time) that I would like to know which instructions you followed.  

I installed a simple 1TB SATA HDD that was completely void of anything on. I installed all cables completely, the only issue we realized as the PS had a 4 pin PCI for my Mobo's 8Pin ATX adapter. With the I3 eating around 300 watts of power, I think my computer was having cardiac arrest and just couldn't turn or think on its own. The cables were tightly secured, I had a buddy who has experience with Servers double check. 

[Sheldon_King]

I installed a simple 1TB SATA HDD that was completely void of anything on. I installed all cables completely, the only issue we realized as the PS had a 4 pin PCI for my Mobo's 8Pin ATX adapter. With the I3 eating around 300 watts of power, I think my computer was having cardiac arrest and just couldn't turn or think on its own. The cables were tightly secured, I had a buddy who has experience with Servers double check. 

The 4 pin you have is a P4 connector, not a PCI. (There is no PCI power cable. Most use Molex or PCIe if power is needed at all).  Also, you're not getting 300 watts power on an i3. Not even a 3960x will use that much power, and the i3 are 65 watt TDP iirc, meaning you are using no more than 100 watts maximum.

 

Try moving the P4 to the other side of the EPS connector (8 Pin CPU) and see what that does.  If it does nothing, try reseating the RAM and reinstalling the ATX (24pin) power cable. Still nothing, reinstall the CPU. If still nothing, pull the board and test outside the case. If none of these work, you are best RMAing the board.

[Sekira]

The 4 pin you have is a P4 connector, not a PCI. (There is no PCI power cable. Most use Molex or PCIe if power is needed at all).  Also, you're not getting 300 watts power on an i3. Not even a 3960x will use that much power, and the i3 are 65 watt TDP iirc, meaning you are using no more than 100 watts maximum.

 

Try moving the P4 to the other side of the EPS connector (8 Pin CPU) and see what that does.  If it does nothing, try reseating the RAM and reinstalling the ATX (24pin) power cable. Still nothing, reinstall the CPU. If still nothing, pull the board and test outside the case. If none of these work, you are best RMAing the board.

I wonder why it is they all kept telling me the I3 used up so much power, gah, I really hate being mislead. I'll follow your instructions ASAP.