PC made from all used parts will not post

[The Pope of Dope]

I decided to build a completely used parts PC as a fun summer project but despite some awesome deals I was instantly hit with the reality of buying used parts. The guy who sold me the case left a speaker in there from his Asus Motherboard that I have been using for beep codes and i get the same code every time i attempt to boot, 1 long beep followed by 2 short beeps. I have read that this is a Video card error but i get the same code with my GPU and IGPU alike suggesting there is something else wrong. I have switched the RAM which did not help, gone over all connections and even completely took the system apart and started over, and I still have no luck. Unfortunately since this PC has never booted while in my possession and all parts are used i have no way of knowing what the bios version is, there is no operating system on the PC currently,  and can not provide any useful screenshots unless looking at a blank screen helps you. 

My Specs

CPU: i5 2500k

M/B: Gigabyte z77-DS3H

Ram: 4x4gb Corsair Vengeance @ 1600Mhz

GPU: Evga GTX 970

PSU: Seasonic x-750 80+ Gold

[thekeemo]

sounds like a bad board

test the GPU in your main system

[unidentical]

When you switched to integrated did you pull the discrete out? It may still be trying to initialize the interface and erroring out before it even realized there's nothing plugged in.

[The Pope of Dope]

1 minute ago, unidentical said:

When you switched to integrated did you pull the discrete out? It may still be trying to initialize the interface and erroring out before it even realized there's nothing plugged in.

Yes i did remove it, so i should leave it in but still try integrated?

 

[unidentical]

16 minutes ago, The Pope of Dope said:

Yes i did remove it, so i should leave it in but still try integrated?

 

I was just thinking it would be good to remove the whole video card from the system. If you've already done that then that's my best guess gone.

[0x1e]

4 hours ago, The Pope of Dope said:

I decided to build a completely used parts PC as a fun summer project but despite some awesome deals I was instantly hit with the reality of buying used parts. The guy who sold me the case left a speaker in there from his Asus Motherboard that I have been using for beep codes and i get the same code every time i attempt to boot, 1 long beep followed by 2 short beeps. I have read that this is a Video card error but i get the same code with my GPU and IGPU alike suggesting there is something else wrong. I have switched the RAM which did not help, gone over all connections and even completely took the system apart and started over, and I still have no luck. Unfortunately since this PC has never booted while in my possession and all parts are used i have no way of knowing what the bios version is, there is no operating system on the PC currently,  and can not provide any useful screenshots unless looking at a blank screen helps you. 

My Specs

CPU: i5 2500k

M/B: Gigabyte z77-DS3H

Ram: 4x4gb Corsair Vengeance @ 1600Mhz

GPU: Evga GTX 970

PSU: Seasonic x-750 80+ Gold

I'm not sure but I think you have the wrong motherboard?

Was Z68 the highest that sandy bridge goes?

[unidentical]

8 hours ago, 0x1e said:

I'm not sure but I think you have the wrong motherboard?

Was Z68 the highest that sandy bridge goes?

Z77 will work with the 2500.

[0x1e]

3 hours ago, unidentical said:

Z77 will work with the 2500.

Learnt something new today.

[Jarsky]

The 2500K is supported on the Z77 chipset.

The 2500K has the Intel HD3000 IGP which the Z77 supports - so support is fine. 

 

Perhaps you might need to check if your motherboard has any sort of graphics jumper that needs to be switched?

Additionally have you tried clearing the CMOS?

Thirdly, have you tried a different discrete GPU if possible?

[The Pope of Dope]

46 minutes ago, Jarsky said:

The 2500K is supported on the Z77 chipset.

The 2500K has the Intel HD3000 IGP which the Z77 supports - so support is fine. 

 

Perhaps you might need to check if your motherboard has any sort of graphics jumper that needs to be switched?

Additionally have you tried clearing the CMOS?

Thirdly, have you tried a different discrete GPU if possible?

I have a few different cards i could try but i put the 970 in my rig and it worked fine, as for clearing the CMOS im really confused as stupid as that sounds because what i have read says to completely unplug the computer, bridge the pins together with a screw driver then plug it back in but if the pc is totally off how will it know if those pins were ever bridged?

[Mark77]

1 DIMM, known-to-work PSU and the CPU (and its heatsink/fan).  Strip everything else out and try to get that to at least POST. 

 

Work up from there.

 

The Z77 board for the i5-2500k works just fine as all revisions of Sandy should be supported on all Z77 boards.  Its going the other way, ie: Cougar Point/Sandy Bridge to Ivy Bridge CPU that has the BIOS flash issues. 

 

Try physically removing the battery for an hour too.  To clear that off. 

[The Pope of Dope]

On 8/14/2016 at 0:25 AM, Mark77 said:

1 DIMM, known-to-work PSU and the CPU (and its heatsink/fan).  Strip everything else out and try to get that to at least POST. 

 

Work up from there.

 

The Z77 board for the i5-2500k works just fine as all revisions of Sandy should be supported on all Z77 boards.  Its going the other way, ie: Cougar Point/Sandy Bridge to Ivy Bridge CPU that has the BIOS flash issues. 

 

Try physically removing the battery for an hour too.  To clear that off. 

Only thing i have not tried is taking out the battery so i will do that next.