No display signal :(

[Yoshimitsu]

 -Hi

So i tried HDMI and DP from both my gpu and mobo and the monitor says no signal and goes into power saving mode.

 

My setup:

Asus Maximus IX Hero 

I7 9770K

Geforce 1080 GTX

16 GB of GSKiLL DDR4 RAM

Seasonic Prime Platinum PSU

 

I am building a custom watercooling loop to have more space to bend tubes etc i removed the GPU and the Noctua CPU cooling block. Disconnected the fans aswell.

 

After i was done i replaced the CPU thermal paste put everything back together and now this happens.

 

I am not sure if the PC is actually booting but the gpu and cpu fans spin.

 

I've been messing around with pcs for 15 years building them and whatnot i encountered many problems along the way and always managed to diagnose and/or fix problems but here i am clueless.

 

Any suggestions ?

 

Best regards and thank you

 

[Skiiwee29]

There is a little LEQ QLED panel in the upper right corner, whats the code displaying?

[Yoshimitsu]

8 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

There is a little LEQ QLED panel in the upper right corner, whats the code displaying?

It was saying "AC" for like 1 or 2 minutes i went to kitchen quick and when i came back it says "55" or "SS" i am not sure if those are 5 or S

Edited July 25, 2021 by Yoshimitsu

[Skiiwee29]

So looking over the user manual, code 55 is for Memory not installed.

 

https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1151/MAXIMUS_IX_HERO/E12186_MAXIMUS_IX_HERO_UM_V2_WEB.pdf

 

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[Yoshimitsu]

Weird i didn't touch the RAM i'll try to reseat it

[Yoshimitsu]

So i reseated the RAM changed ram slot q-led says code 53 now......

9 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

So looking over the user manual, code 55 is for Memory not installed.

 

https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1151/MAXIMUS_IX_HERO/E12186_MAXIMUS_IX_HERO_UM_V2_WEB.pdf

 

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[Skiiwee29]

5 minutes ago, Yoshimitsu said:

Weird i didn't touch the RAM i'll try to reseat it

it oculd also be a problem with the mounting pressure if your CPU block. 99% of blocks these days have proper tension springs to prevent from over tightening, so you should in theory be tightening it down all the way until it does not spin anymore. If its not like this, it could be that its not making proper contact with the pins below the CPU. Conversely, if a cooler does not have these and you overtighten, you could damage the CPU and/or board as a result. 

[Skiiwee29]

1 minute ago, Yoshimitsu said:

So i reseated the RAM changed ram slot q-led says code 53 now......

 

ok, so progressing. Try clearing CMOS. 

[Yoshimitsu]

29 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

ok, so progressing. Try clearing CMOS. 

No luck, still code 53... i'll try tomorrow to remove and reseat the cpu cool block it's the only unchecked variable left

 

ty for your help so far!

[Skiiwee29]

1 minute ago, Yoshimitsu said:

No luck, still code 53... i'll try tomorrow to remove and reseat the cpu cool block it's the only unchecked variable left

 

ty for your help so far!

You're welcome. Take pictures and examine the pins under the CPU too to make sure none are bent or damaged. 

[Yoshimitsu]

17 hours ago, Skiiwee29 said:

You're welcome. Take pictures and examine the pins under the CPU too to make sure none are bent or damaged. 

So i managed to solve it, i only insert one ram thing and turned on the pc while pressing MEM-OK then everything worked. Then i simply turned the pc off inserted 2nd ram piece and it worked fine.

The problem still persited trying to boot by using only one ram piece without pressing MEM-OK and pressing MEM-OK with 2 both RAM pieces inserted didn't work either.

 

 

[Skiiwee29]

Just now, Yoshimitsu said:

So i managed to solve it, i only insert one ram thing and turned on the pc while pressing MEM-OK then everything worked. Then i simply turned the pc off inserted 2nd ram piece and it worked fine.

The problem still persited trying to boot by using only one ram piece without pressing MEM-OK and pressing MEM-OK with 2 both RAM pieces inserted didn't work either.

 

 

Strange. Once you get it to successfully go with both sticks, does it work as intended and allow you to boot/post without having to hit the mem OK button?

[Yoshimitsu]

Just now, Skiiwee29 said:

Strange. Once you get it to successfully go with both sticks, does it work as intended and allow you to boot/post without having to hit the mem OK button?

Yes as i said once it worked with one stick it worked with both sticks without having to press mem OK

[Skiiwee29]

Just now, Yoshimitsu said:

Yes as i said once it worked with one stick it worked with both sticks without having to press mem OK

awesome! Glad you were able to come up with a solution!