2600x Won't post

[Timelancer]

So I have been building my gaming PC for the last couple of months, with a lot of help from my friends and videos I have seen. My current build is a MSI x370 gaming pro carbon MB, A8 9600 CPU, 16 GB Pacific Sun 2400MHz RAM, Thermaltake RGB 700W PSU, EVGA GTX 1060 6GB SSC, Patriot Burst 240GB SSD , and a WB 1TB HDD. I just recently bought a Ryzen 5 2600x to put into it, but when I do It simply will not post at all, no debug lights on the MB, nothing just a black screen. I have updated my Bios to the most recent version, and I have seen others use this board with this processor, I am still new to the PC building scene so if I missed anything, insight would be greatly appreciated.

[nick name]

After you update your BIOS do you revert it back to back to default settings and then pull the old CPU? 

[Timelancer]

I did not, I simply pulled out the A8, placed in the 2600x and tried to boot. Could you point me to information on how to do that?

[RussianSalad]

There should be a jumper on the mobo. If not just remove the coin cell battery and wait a few minutes

[nick name]

When you're in your BIOS look for anything that looks like Load Optimized Defaults. 

 

3 hours ago, potatosalad33 said:

There should be a jumper on the mobo. If not just remove the coin cell battery and wait a few minutes

Actually, yeah. Just do this.

[Timelancer]

And I do this before I replace the old cpu correct? So I remove the battery, then wait a couple minutes. Do I boot up with old cpu or new at this point?

[RussianSalad]

Remove the battery with the new CPU, wait 1-2 minutes, insert it back in and pray for the silicon gods that your pc will post

[nick name]

5 minutes ago, Timelancer said:

And I do this before I replace the old cpu correct? So I remove the battery, then wait a couple minutes. Do I boot up with old cpu or new at this point?

Do it after you've pulled the old CPU. 

[Timelancer]

Well I did all of that, and still no luck. So I'm not getting any debugging lights or anything. What would be my next step from here?

[RussianSalad]

I would say rma the cpu. If you know a computer shop that might test it four you, go ahead and ask if they can try it on other mobo/ram combination

[Timelancer]

Good news is, I bought it at Fry's, yeah I paid more, but advantage of that 30 day return policy. Thanks for all your help. I'll get a new cpu and let you know how it all goes.