New machine not booting

[Commander_Z]

So i built my new PC, and today i planned to reinstall windows, but it wont boot

 

 

My system spec

 

Case: Air 540

mobo: Asus Z97-A

CPU: 4690K

Ram: 2x4GB Adata XPG 2400MHz

CPU cooler: Corsair H100

PSU: Antec HCP 1000w platinum PSU

HDD: reusing a WD 1TB Black

2nd HDD(to install later) WD 2TB Green

Thermaltake Commandar F5 fan controller

TP-Link WN751ND PCI wifi card

GPU: Asus GTX 970 Strix 4GB

2x Samsung 24 inch monitors, one connected via HDMI, the other via a DVI-VGA connector.

 

Bios version: no idea

 

I have reseated the 24 pin, the 8 pin CPU power, and the 8 pin GPU cables before posting here.

 

The ram has been reseated in the reccommended slots according to the manual

 

All 5 fans (3x 140mm case fans, and two 120mm fans on the H100) are attached to the Thermaltake fan controller.

 

The H100 pump is connected to a molex PSU connector and the 3 pin pump connector is plugged into the CPU fan header.

A white led is light up on the GPU, the yellow led below turns on when the switch is moved to the up position, otherwise off when in the down position. There is a yellow led illuminated above the pwr led/pwr sw button.

 

The switch on the back of the PSU is set to I

 

When i pressed the power button on the front of the case, the two fans on the GPU briefly spin up and the mobo makes a short beeping sound.

Additionally the blue leds for each fan control switch briefly light up as well as the red power led just above it.

 

The 1TB WD Black has an existing install of windows 7 home premium that was attached to a system running a FX-6300 and a Gigabyte 78LMT-S2P, and so I am trying to reinstall windows on the drive from a bootable windows 7 usb.

 

Is this the problem due to the old installation on the drive?? do i have to format it before hand??

 

I think this is all the information i can think of

 

Thanks in advance

[mlbguy4life]

just to be clear, whe you say it wont boot, you mean you cant get to windows or you mean you cant get to bios, or you mean no display image at all?

[JeffreyEagan]

Have you tried plugging into the iGPU and setting the bios to use the card?

[Tetters]

Can you access the BIOS at all? if you are not being able to post, then there is an indication of hardward problems. If you can get into the bios, you can start the Windows upgrade from there and you should be fine

 

Check every cable seating, not just in the board but in the PSU. Have you installed in the wrong cable i nthe wronmg slot (i am not sure this is possible, but well worth looking at) ?

 

Can you try another PSU to see if it is a power problem?

 

Hope this get sorted for you

[Commander_Z]

just to be clear, whe you say it wont boot, you mean you cant get to windows or you mean you cant get to bios, or you mean no display image at all?

 

cant get into the BIOS, and nothing displays on the screens

 

Have you tried plugging into the iGPU and setting the bios to use the card?

 

 

cant get into the BIOS

Can you access the BIOS at all? if you are not being able to post, then there is an indication of hardward problems. If you can get into the bios, you can start the Windows upgrade from there and you should be fine

 

Check every cable seating, not just in the board but in the PSU. Have you installed in the wrong cable i nthe wronmg slot (i am not sure this is possible, but well worth looking at) ?

 

Can you try another PSU to see if it is a power problem?

 

Hope this get sorted for you

 

Nope, cant access the BIOS

 

I've reseated the mobo, cpu and gpu cables

 

I dont have a spare PSU big enough to power it all

[mlbguy4life]

ok, you originally said you built your new pc......has this pc ever worked, or did you literally just finish building it?

[Tetters]

cant get into the BIOS, and nothing displays on the screens

 

 

 

cant get into the BIOS

 

Nope, cant access the BIOS

 

I've reseated the mobo, cpu and gpu cables

 

I dont have a spare PSU big enough to power it all

OK, then the issue has to be either motherboard, ram or power. It could be that the RAM is faulty, do you have any spare sticks you can try?

 

Seeing as you have power, Just try powering up the motherboard, with the stock cooler on the CPU and the RAM installed - connect your monitor to the onboard graphics port.

 

Its a pain of a process but eliminating each component one at a time is going to be way forward

[mlbguy4life]

reason i asked if it ever worked or not is because you said " reinstall windows "

[Commander_Z]

ok, you originally said you built your new pc......has this pc ever worked, or did you literally just finish building it?

 

Brand new build, so never used

 

finished it last week

 

OK, then the issue has to be either motherboard, ram or power. It could be that the RAM is faulty, do you have any spare sticks you can try?

 

Seeing as you have power, Just try powering up the motherboard, with the stock cooler on the CPU and the RAM installed - connect your monitor to the onboard graphics port.

 

Its a pain of a process but eliminating each component one at a time is going to be way forward

 

I could use the 1333MHz stuff from my old system

 

I'll see what i can do

[Commander_Z]

reason i asked if it ever worked or not is because you said " reinstall windows "

 

ah ok, sorry

 

should've made that  a bit clearer.

[Tetters]

I could use the 1333MHz stuff from my old system

 

I'll see what i can do

Go for it ... got my fingers crossed for you

[mlbguy4life]

i would take everything completely apart, lay the mobo on its box lid, cpu installed obviously with stock cooler, install 1 ram stick , connect the 24 pin connector and the cpu power connector, and plug your monitor cable to the mobo, and see if it turns on?  if not try different ram slot, then different ram stick... touch the power pins together with something metal to turn it on

[Commander_Z]

Go for it ... got my fingers crossed for you

 

didnt work

 

same results, gpu fans briefly spin up and the fan controller leds light up

 

So its not the ram

[Tetters]

didnt work

 

same results, gpu fans briefly spin up and the fan controller leds light up

 

So its not the ram

 

Feck .... I am suspecting the issue is with the motherboard. Is it, or the CPU new?

[Commander_Z]

Feck .... I am suspecting the issue is with the motherboard. Is it, or the CPU new?

 

The motherboard and the CPU are brand new

[Commander_Z]

i would take everything completely apart, lay the mobo on its box lid, cpu installed obviously with stock cooler, install 1 ram stick , connect the 24 pin connector and the cpu power connector, and plug your monitor cable to the mobo, and see if it turns on?  if not try different ram slot, then different ram stick... touch the power pins together with something metal to turn it on

 

Dammit, i dont have anything to remove the thermal paste on the CPU have to go buy some

 

just as a off chance, i plugged the hdmi cabled screen into the mobo and disconnected the other monitor from the gpu, no luck there

[vlkn´]

The system boots up *short beep*, doesn´t see the HDD or all data is deleted somehow *shuts down*

Everything should be working fine, but your graphicscard is not configured?

Plug in your Hdmi cable in to the back of your "mainboard" not gpu. and then start your system and configure which gpu to use

[Commander_Z]

The system boots up *short beep*, doesn´t see the HDD or all data is deleted somehow *shuts down*

Everything should be working fine, but your graphicscard is not configured?

Plug in your Hdmi cable in to the back of your "mainboard" not gpu. and then start your system and configure which gpu to use

 

should i remove the gpu before trying this??

[mlbguy4life]

yes like i said the only thing you want plugged up is the cpu/fan, the ram, the 24 pin power, the 8 pin power,    your monitor cable plugs into the motherboard....just forget you even have a graphics card for the time being, it doesnt need to be plugged up or installed

[mlbguy4life]

 here are some guides to follow

[vlkn´]

should i remove the gpu before trying this??

No need for this, in a normal case. (But in a normal case, the integrated would switch to dedicated gpu automatically)

If this didn´t work, just remove your gpu and try again

[Commander_Z]

yes like i said the only thing you want plugged up is the cpu/fan, the ram, the 24 pin power, the 8 pin power,    your monitor cable plugs into the motherboard....just forget you even have a graphics card for the time being, it doesnt need to be plugged up or installed

 

 

 here are some guides to follow

 

ok thanks.

 

I'll have a go at what you suggested

[mlbguy4life]

yeah, i know its a pain in the ass, but you have to rule out all the variables.

[Commander_Z]

a friend of my suggested it could be the BIOS that is out of date???

[vlkn´]

I don´t think so, I visited the website of your mainboard.

I did read that your cpu is supported

 

But you can try to send it back and let them fix it