Boot loop on new build

[Bootlooper4Lyf]

Hi guys, Yesterday I spent the afternoon helping my brother to build his new PC. I’ve done a few builds before so somewhat arrogantly put everything into the case and when I tried to boot, the pc fans would spin for 2 seconds, a light labeled CPU on the motherboard would briefly light up and the motherboard RGB lights would also light up, and then they just die, the pc would then spin again for 2 seconds and die again. It would repeat this until I turned the power supply off.

 

I ended up taking everything out of the system to breadboard the system, until I was just launching the motherboard, CPU and ram attached to the power supply out of the case. The PC still does this restart loop with a different power supply, RAM in different slots and no ram at all and with another CPU cooler. I also took a look at the pins and they all looked fine, however I will attach a picture just incase I have missed something.

 

Here is a video of the issue while the computer is in the case. As mentioned this persists when i'm breadboarding with just the motherboard, CPU and power supply connected and still happens with a confirmed working power supply.

 

Is it safe to say at this point that the motherboard is just faulty and I should just get an RMA? I’ve never had an issue with a build so I’m not sure whats going on. Thanks for the help!

 

Edit: Here is the parts list if that is of any help.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7m6JBc

 

[itisme911]

Remove the GPU and try integrated just to remove something else, Unplug the power/reset switch and short the power to turn it on. To see if the Reset is shorted. Try different mounting pressure on cpu.

[itisme911]

Also Try single ram stick, check motherboard manual for right slot but you can try the first two. AND a different wall outlet.

[Bootlooper4Lyf]

1 minute ago, itisme911 said:

Also Try single ram stick, check motherboard manual for right slot but you can try the first two. AND a different wall outlet.

Thanks for the reply itisme911,

 

I had tried doing all of those things, sorry for not supplying a video but even with just the CPU, Motherboard and the power supply breadboarded the same thing is happening. I removed the GPU, changed the heatsink to the stock intel one, removed the motherboard from the case, switched RAM positions, switched RAM sticks, tried no RAM at all and changed the outlet and it still does the exact same thing as in the video. I'm guessing the motherboard is just defective but i'm really not sure :(. Thank you for the suggestions!

[Bootlooper4Lyf]

To anyone who finds this thread at a later date. I decided that it was the Motherboard which was causing the issues and got an RMA, new motherboard works perfectly and the computer is working fine.