Cannot Enter Bios

[shaimoons]

hi, im pretty new, so sorry if i posted in the wrong area or if it's long. just a small disclaimer, i haven't put the usb drive into my PC just yet, and i don't have an optical drive to download drivers on. so, i just built my first PC, and it turns on just fine, but when i try to enter the bios, the monitor does not display anything. i then tried to press DEL, like my manual says, as well as several function keys, and nothing. i am unsure if something isn't wired correctly or what, but i tried to be very careful assembling everything. here are my specs, thank you:

 

Case: Corsair Crystal 570x RGB

Motherboard: Msi MPG Z490 Gaming Plus

CPU: Intel i7-10700KF at 3.8 GHz

CPU Cooler: Corsair A500

RAM: 4 Sticks of 8 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro at 3600 MHz (so 32 GB total)

Storage: Samsung 970 EVO 1 TB NVMe SSD, and Samsung 870 EVO 500 GB SSD

GPU: EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB XC Gaming

PSU: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified (Fully Modular)

Extra Case Fans (at top and back of case): Corsair LL120 120mm 3-pack

Monitor: Alienware AW2521H 24.5" 1920x1080p 360 Hz

Keyboard: Logitech G815 (Wired)

Mouse: Logitech G502 HERO (Wired)

[kelvinhall05]

Seems there is a hardware issue of some sort. Make sure you are plugging your monitor into your GPU and not motherboard, check all power connections, try reseating RAM, etc.

[shaimoons]

1 hour ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Seems there is a hardware issue of some sort. Make sure you are plugging your monitor into your GPU and not motherboard, check all power connections, try reseating RAM, etc.

yeah i have the HDMI in the graphics card, so that was good. i reseated the RAM and still nothing, i also checked the power supply and im pretty sure everything is in fully, but here's a picture of one of the connections so you can judge if it is in fully or not, because im unsure:

[kelvinhall05]

32 minutes ago, witheringveins said:

yeah i have the HDMI in the graphics card, so that was good. i reseated the RAM and still nothing, i also checked the power supply and im pretty sure everything is in fully, but here's a picture of one of the connections so you can judge if it is in fully or not, because im unsure:

 

Nope, not fully plugged in.

[shaimoons]

32 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Nope, not fully plugged in.

all of them are now fully plugged into the psu, but i still don't have anything popping up on the monitor. should i check the cables on the motherboard?

[kelvinhall05]

6 minutes ago, witheringveins said:

all of them are now fully plugged into the psu, but i still don't have anything popping up on the monitor. should i check the cables on the motherboard?

Yes. Also try reseating RAM (as well as different configurations; one stick at a time, different slots, etc).

[shaimoons]

28 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Yes. Also try reseating RAM (as well as different configurations; one stick at a time, different slots, etc).

all the cables on the motherboard are fully on. i tried 2 sticks of ram dual-channel, so 16 gb, and nothing. it was the same deal with 1 stick single channel, which is 8 gb. what should i try next

[kelvinhall05]

43 minutes ago, witheringveins said:

all the cables on the motherboard are fully on. i tried 2 sticks of ram dual-channel, so 16 gb, and nothing. it was the same deal with 1 stick single channel, which is 8 gb. what should i try next

Try clearing CMOS. There are various ways to do it, check your mobo manual, it'll say the fastest one.

 

If there is still nothing at that point then I think you'll need to start swapping components to test.

[shaimoons]

5 hours ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Try clearing CMOS. There are various ways to do it, check your mobo manual, it'll say the fastest one.

 

If there is still nothing at that point then I think you'll need to start swapping components to test.

i cleared cmos using the jbat1 shorting method first, didn't work. i then tried removing the cmos battery and that also didn't work. since i don't have any other components to swap things out with to see what is the problem and the cpu light is still on, i'm just going to send it somewhere to be looked at and hopefully fixed. thank you for your help though i appreciate it