First Build, No Post and Continuously Rebooting!

[Jordan614955]

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[Unspec]

I don't think Z68 natively supports Ivy Bridge and needs a BIOS update to support Ivy. That may be your problem.

[Art Vandelay]

make sure everything is plugged in

reseat all PCIe cards and RAM

check the integrity of the pins in the socket

reseat the cooler

if all else fails

remove all expansion cards, hard drives and leave only a single stick of RAM in DIMM 1

update the BIOS somehow

[Sashi]

1. Check for update for BIOS as stated above

2. reseat CPU

3. Take out ram, leave one stick

4. Take out all expansion cards.

Pretty much all stated above :)

[Spite]

You have a Z68 chipset motherboard with an Ivy Bridge CPU. The chances is that the BIOS is not updated for it to work with Ivy Bridge, in order to update you'll need a Sandy Bridge CPU. I would recommend you either get a 2500K (Sandy Bridge's equivalent of the 3570K) or return the motherboard and buy a Z77 board.

[Charlie]

I had the exact same problem with my LGA 775 Core 2 Duo Media Center PC, it happened after a thunderstorm and yeah I was using the PC when there was lightening outside, anyway my RAM stick and the GPU fried :( it was a GT 210 too, can you remove your GPU and boot? also could you try that RAM on a different PC just to be sure since you cant even post the system.

[cafe]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z77ag41

There is a good priced board

(if you want to take yours back and get a new one)

[crispy345]

Check your pins, so you didn't bend them by a mistake, a friend of mine bended the pins on a 4100 badly, and that kept it from booting (well, obviously) Also, see if you didn't forget to remove all the standoffs in the case, that could be shorting out your mobo.