Help! PC won't boot

[Greencar456]

Specs :

CPU : i3 6100

GPU : EVGA GTX 950 SC+

PSU : Cooler Master G550M (550W)

MOBO : ASUS B150M-C D3

RAM : Corsair Vengeance DDR3 (2x4GB)

HDD : WD Caviar Blue 1TB

(CASE : Fractal Core 1100)

(OS : Windows 10 64bit (Without licence))

 

So I built my PC on Christmas and it was working fine until when I tried turning it on this morning.

 

I then decided that I would open it up and try and see if anything was wrong. With the side panel off I pressed the power button and the power led on my case lit up. The fan on my stock cooler and on my gpu spun up and when I touched the outside of my hard drive I could feel it spinning. Although I am a novice at PC building from my perspective I thought that was good. The only weird thing I found was that the hard drive LED wasn't on. 

 

I also tried taking out my taking out my graphics card and trying plugging in the HDMI cable into my Motherboard. That showed no new results.

The only solutions I can think of is resetting the CMOS  and trying to boot after that, or that my brand new hard drive is dead because of the LED. Any other ideas?

I believe that all drivers are up to date except for my BIOS I can't remember if I download that.

If you need any more information I'll answer question in the comments.

 

[losBaumos]

You should check if it works with an other sata calbe at an other sata port.

[Greencar456]

14 minutes ago, losBaumos said:

You should check if it works with an other sata calbe at an other sata port.

Okay, I'll try that thanks for the suggestion

 

Edit : Nope no difference

[losBaumos]

And u could check in your BIOS if the pc recognizes the hdd

 

[cpuwaiy]

Are you getting to the post screen?  If not, if you unplug the hard drive altogether and check to see if your computer will post.

[ms_daws]

On 12/28/2016 at 3:01 PM, cpuwaiy said:

Are you getting to the post screen?  If not, if you unplug the hard drive altogether and check to see if your computer will post.

That's what I was about to say, maybe strip it down to just a keyboard and display and 1 stick of ram if it doesn't post.

[Greencar456]

12 minutes ago, cpuwaiy said:

Are you getting to the post screen?  If not, if you unplug the hard drive altogether and check to see if your computer will post.

Okay I'll go ahead and do that.

 

EDIT : With the Hard drive un-plugged, GPU removed, and one stick of RAM it booted. What should I do now?

Edited December 28, 2016 by Greencar456

[cpuwaiy]

Put GPU and memory back in.  If it posts, your hard drive may be fried.

[Greencar456]

25 minutes ago, cpuwaiy said:

Put GPU and memory back in.  If it posts, your hard drive may be fried.

It works with the GPU plugged in but not with both sticks of RAM (haven't tried plugging back in the HDD)

How would I make it work with both sticks?

 

EDIT : With only one stick of RAM, the GPU plugged in, and the HDD plugged in it booted to Windows, I now need help to set up RAM in dual channel.

[cpuwaiy]

I would try the following:

 

1.  Try the bad stick in the "good" (working) slot.  If it works, the "bad" memory slot has issues, if not. The memory stick has issues.

2.  Plug the hard drive in with the working memory stick in the "good" slot".

 

 

[Greencar456]

8 minutes ago, cpuwaiy said:

I would try the following:

 

1.  Try the bad stick in the "good" (working) slot.  If it works, the "bad" memory slot has issues, if not. The memory stick has issues.

2.  Plug the hard drive in with the working memory stick in the "good" slot".

 

 

Yeah, I have a dead stick. I tried the 'bad' stick in the good DIMM slot but it didn't boot. I tried the 'good' RAM in the DIMM slot that the 'bad' stick was plugged into and it booted. So yeah I have a bad stick.

[cpuwaiy]

22 minutes ago, Greencar456 said:

Yeah, I have a dead stick. I tried the 'bad' stick in the good DIMM slot but it didn't boot. I tried the 'good' RAM in the DIMM slot that the 'bad' stick was plugged into and it booted. So yeah I have a bad stick.

Thanks for letting us know.  Glad to help!