New build wont boot

[Bakerking31]

Just got the pieces in for my new unraid build and I can't get it to boot.

 

The motherboard gets power, the led is green on the board.  The fans spin up for the CPU and case, when I plug in the HDMI to the computer my monitor beeps to let me know it is connected.  With the power on, my keyboard does not get power (cheap Amazon board that lights up).  The screen is just black on the monitor.  I tried adding a gpu I had sitting around that I know works to see if it was the onboard video, and I get the same results. 

 

I don't know what to do next.

 

Part list

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kQr8XH
 

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor 
Motherboard: Asus H170M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory 
Storage: Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive x3
Case: Fractal Design Define Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Other: PNY Elite-X Fit 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive
 

[ProjectBox153]

Strip it of USB devices and hard disks. Then see if it'll boot. If not, try to reseat everything. 

[MrPants_]

Nvm

[Brooksie359]

make sure you dont have a dead ram stick. try booting with only one stick of ram and change which stick you try and see if that works

[Bakerking31]

7 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

Strip it of USB devices and hard disks. Then see if it'll boot. If not, try to reseat everything. 

with just power supply plugged in and HDMI I am getting the same thing, I will strip it all back down and do it again.

[ProjectBox153]

1 minute ago, Bakerking31 said:

with just power supply plugged in and HDMI I am getting the same thing, I will strip it all back down and do it again.

OK. Make sure to do what @Brooksie359 said. 

[Ensho]

On the monitor, re-activate the hdmi input via the on-monitor control panel and see if that helps.  Also, try clearing CMOS.

[Bakerking31]

3 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

make sure you dont have a dead ram stick. try booting with only one stick of ram and change which stick you try and see if that works

Thank you, I feel like an idiot.  I pulled the ram and you are right.

 

Thank you very much for the help

[paddy-stone]

13 minutes ago, Bakerking31 said:

Just got the pieces in for my new unraid build and I can't get it to boot.

 

The motherboard gets power, the led is green on the board.  The fans spin up for the CPU and case, when I plug in the HDMI to the computer my monitor beeps to let me know it is connected.  With the power on, my keyboard does not get power (cheap Amazon board that lights up).  The screen is just black on the monitor.  I tried adding a gpu I had sitting around that I know works to see if it was the onboard video, and I get the same results. 

 

I don't know what to do next.

 

Part list

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kQr8XH
 

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor 
Motherboard: Asus H170M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory 
Storage: Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive x3
Case: Fractal Design Define Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Other: PNY Elite-X Fit 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive
 

This is another reason why most people should check that the equipment POSTs outside of the case before building the PC... then if your system doesn't POST when inside the case it may point to a building error. I know it doesn't help you now, but it's a good rule to follow.

[Ensho]

4 minutes ago, Bakerking31 said:

Thank you, I feel like an idiot.  I pulled the ram and you are right.

 

Thank you very much for the help

It's quite possible it was not seated all the way down as well.  Try re-seating it and make sure it is all the way down..sometimes on new boards it is hard to get the ram sticks all the way down.  If not, then RMA it.

[Brooksie359]

1 minute ago, Bakerking31 said:

Thank you, I feel like an idiot.  I pulled the ram and you are right.

 

Thank you very much for the help

no problem. someone else had a very similar problem a while back and it ended up being the ram so i thought that might be the case. 

[Bakerking31]

28 minutes ago, Ensho said:

It's quite possible it was not seated all the way down as well.  Try re-seating it and make sure it is all the way down..sometimes on new boards it is hard to get the ram sticks all the way down.  If not, then RMA it.

You're right, I didn't push hard enough down ... too afraid of breaking something lol.  I am up and running now ... only like 24 hours of formatting my drives and I will be ready to go.

[Ensho]

33 minutes ago, Bakerking31 said:

You're right, I didn't push hard enough down ... too afraid of breaking something lol.  I am up and running now ... only like 24 hours of formatting my drives and I will be ready to go.

Glad I could help.  I had that problem a few years ago with an MSI board.  Talk about sweating bullets.  I didn't know what the heck was going on.  Thankfully that board had a debug code LED and I was able to track it down in the manual and get it fixed.  Now, I won't buy a board without one and I always make sure to not make that mistake again lol.

 

Glad you are up and running!