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Computer Won't Finish Powering On

So a few months back, I decided to renovate my PC by adding a better CPU, SSD, GFX card etc. Last week, my Hard Drive stopped being recognised by the BIOS, while my SSD operated fine. Given that it still failed to show up on the BIOS when I used the SATA cable that connected my working SSD to the motherboard, I assumed something was wrong with the Hard Drive, and thus disconnected it and stopped worrying. However, today, when I found a different hard drive to replace it with, it wouldn't show up on the BIOS either (although it seems it had somehow died during extraction from a laptop). However, this resulted in me restarting my computer through use of the power button many times, to the point where, when I then turned it on with the SSD plugged back in, the fans would begin to spin, but then nothing else would happen. No beeping, no LED display on the monitor or the power button as it usually would, and nothing on the monitor. I've tried removing the CMOS battery, using the onboard graphics rather than the card, and the usual turning it off and on again strategy but to no avail. Motherboard is a MSI Z97S SLI KRAIT Edition. Any Ideas?

 

 

 

SPECS:

Samsung EVO 128 GB SSD

1TB Seagate HDD

16GB DDR3 RAM

GTX 960 STRIX Asus Card 2 GB OC

i5 4690 CPU 3.9 Ghz Turbocharge

MSI Z97S SLI KRAIT Edition Motherboard

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Remove everything. Remove CMOS battery and without power from PSU. Bridge the two CMOS pins to discharge the board.

Put the battery back and plug PSU back in. Add one stick of RAM at a time and let it boot up.

If succeeds, add one more stick.

If fails, move stick over to next slot.

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I would open a support ticket with MSI. The only other thing I could think of is getting another BIOS chip.

Cor Caeruleus Reborn v6

Spoiler

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K

CPU Cooler: be quiet! - PURE ROCK 
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste 
Motherboard: ASRock Z370 Extreme4
Memory: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 2x8GB 3200/14
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive 
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA - 970 SSC ACX (1080 is in RMA)
Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA P2 750W with CableMod blue/black Pro Series
Optical Drive: LG - WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit and Linux Mint Serena
Keyboard: Logitech - G910 Orion Spectrum RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech - G502 Wired Optical Mouse
Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel  Headset
Speakers: Logitech - Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers

 

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