MSI B450i VGA light

[Eastman51]

Hello, I've been banging my head against a wall for the last couple of hours now.

 

So I built this ITX PC a little over a year ago now, with a 2400G and a MSI B450i. Not had any issues with it until now.

I hadn't been using the ITX PC (I have multiple PCs) so I let my friend borrow the 1080 out of it while he waited to get a 3060Ti. I recently got the 1080 back, and since I had upgraded CPUs in my main PC, I thought I could upgrade CPUs in the ITX PC.

 

So I threw my old 2600x into it and now I just get the VGA light. I've tried another GPU other than the 1080, and same issue. Both the 1080 and test GPU are confirmed working in a 4790k machine. The 2600x was working before. I had to get a new motherboard for the new CPU, so the 2600x stayed exactly where it was from the moment I pulled my CPU cooler off and deposited the old board back into its box. It was just tonight that I took that board out to extract the 2600x. 

I have also tried resetting the BIOS by jumping the two pins, as well as reseating the CPU. I found a hair stuck to the bottom of it, but removing it does not seem to have fixed the issue. 

It is getting late and I don't have time to mess with it any more tonight, but at this point I think there's an issue with the board. I can break the 2400G back out tomorrow to see if that works, as it has integrated graphics perhaps it will clear post; perhaps the issue lies in the PCIe slot....

I don't recall updating the BIOS on this B450i, perhaps it requires an update to work with 2nd gen???

Edit: 2600x doesn't have any bent pins

 

I'd like to see suggestions before I go poking around and go mad. I had other PC related plans for tomorrow, now potentially ruined by this.....

[Eastman51]

Update:

 

I swapped the 2400G back in for a sanity check, and it worked perfectly just like before. 
So I tried the 2600x, and it *does* POST; however it takes literally 2+ minutes to do so, and it won't detect the M.2 drive.

 

What the hell is going on with this thing? 

 

I could try updating the BIOS, or I have another pair of ddr4 dimms I could try. The 2600x and this board really don't play nice at all. 

[Eastman51]

2 hours ago, Eastman51 said:

Update:

 

I swapped the 2400G back in for a sanity check, and it worked perfectly just like before. 
So I tried the 2600x, and it *does* POST; however it takes literally 2+ minutes to do so, and it won't detect the M.2 drive.

 

What the hell is going on with this thing? 

 

I could try updating the BIOS, or I have another pair of ddr4 dimms I could try. The 2600x and this board really don't play nice at all. 

Never encountered this level of tomfoolery with a motherboard before, but a BIOS update fixed it. Its in windows within seconds now. 

The even weirder part is I was only one BIOS version behind....