New build not POSTing

[jj9987]

So I recently decided to refresh my server (previous specs were Xeon E5-2675v3, Asus Z10PA-D8 and 64GB ECC DDR4) and upgraded to a 3900x with Asus X570 Prime Pro and 2x 32 GB 3200 MHz Crucial Ballistix. Rest of the components are the same (the HX1000 PSU is about a year old). I assembled the system, it ran initially fine in headless mode (booted without GPU into OS just fine). The server is running unRAID, so it is booting from USB and all SATA drives are storage drives (not booting from any of them).

 

So recently I got a Dell H310 HBA card, plugged it in, but it was giving out some SMART errors for the disks. Took it out, switched drives back to motherboard SATA, but I haven't gotten the system to boot after that.

It's only showing me the white debug LED, which stands for VGA.

 

So I got a cheap GT430 (1 GB GDDR3) GPU, made sure it is working, but the server still isn't booting up. I am using HDMI cable to connect it to my TV (because it is too far away from usual monitors to use). Tried another slot, clearing CMOS, reseating RAM - nothing helped. I remember updating BIOS to 2606, but not sure if the problems started after that. I will be trying to get the BIOS to latest 2802 with the USB stick.

 

What else can I try? The parts are new, I somehow don't believe I got faulty parts.

 

EDIT: Tried different monitor and different HDMI cable - still nothing.

[cr8tor]

So, your subject says not posting, but you leave it at the server isnt booting up.

Is this a no post problem or a no boot problem?

Are you ever seeing anything on the screen?

You seem to be indicating there is nothing on the screen by trying another cable/monitor, but you also say you are trying to get the BIOS to latest 2802 with the USB stick.

 

Please clarify.

[jj9987]

12 hours ago, cr8tor said:

So, your subject says not posting, but you leave it at the server isnt booting up.

Is this a no post problem or a no boot problem?

Are you ever seeing anything on the screen?

You seem to be indicating there is nothing on the screen by trying another cable/monitor, but you also say you are trying to get the BIOS to latest 2802 with the USB stick.

 

Please clarify.

I'm not getting any video output (just no signal on the displays). Since it is not booting to the OS either, my guess is it is not POSTing. I was trying to use ASUS CrashFree BIOS to get it updated (basically recovery), but it doesn't seem to be running either - not getting anything that would hint that it ran.

[cr8tor]

Have you tried reseating things, memory, cpu?

Remove all peripherals not needed for boot?

Seems like that HBA might have killed the mobo?

[jj9987]

22 minutes ago, cr8tor said:

Have you tried reseating things, memory, cpu?

Remove all peripherals not needed for boot?

Seems like that HBA might have killed the mobo?

I have tried reseating memory, but not the CPU yet. Will do it today or tomorrow evening.

I don't have any peripherals connected to the system. It's possible that HBA killed the mobo - I tried it in another server too, still worked okay.

[cr8tor]

1 minute ago, jj9987 said:

It's possible that HBA killed the mobo - I tried it in another server too, still worked okay

huh, wonder if something got a good static shock then.

Either way, yes reseat your CPU and hope for the best.