System does not POST or display out

Eastman51 · December 14, 2020

Hello

I am in the process of setting up a new machine I put together, however I can't seem to get the thing to clear POST or do anything at all.

I purchased a used ASRock H97m Pro4 off a guy I know today (he had it stored in an esd motherboard bag).

I am using a Pentium G3220, which I got from a different friend (I've had this CPU in my possession for a while, stored in a CPU plastic holder thing like what comes in the box); the CPU worked just fine on the motherboard it used to be installed in not too long ago.

(Funnily enough, the old CPU from the H97 board is in the motherboard the Pentium used to be in; both in my possession).

I installed the CPU into the H97 board as normal, got the system all put together, etc etc. Went to boot it up, screen came up and said "CPU Replacement Detected" and then reset; where now it powers on but nothing happens but spinning fans.

I tried clearing CMOS, and have tried numerous different DDR3 kits, I also have a case speaker installed so it should beep if anything happens. I have tried reseating the CPU and using iso to clean the bottom contacts on the CPU, compressed air to blow out the socket, and ofc repaste. Using a copper core Intel stock cooler, should be fine for this application. I have also tried two different PSUs at this point, with no difference in results. The only thing I have not tried as of yet, is a different CPU (I do have a few other Haswell CPUs on hand, but they are all installed in boards atm so I would like to avoid having to yoink one). The only things hooked up are the CPU fan, a singular 92mm case fan, CPU power, mobo power, USB 3 header, a PCI RJ45 NIC, and a 120GB SATA SSD; there is no GPU or anything else hooked up.

The SSD does not have an OS on it atm. System should boot to BIOS or tell me to insert boot media, but I can't get anything out of it as of yet. Any ideas?