Newly built PC does not POST

[DiamondCubeMiner]

Hello LTT Community!

I just made a mini ITX build, and it works just fine when I booted it to BIOS for the first time.
I turned it off, flashed a USB drive with Linux, and turned it on again...

...but the computer won't POST!

What should I do?
Is the mobo fried or something?

Specs:

• CPU - Intel Pentium G2020
• GPU - No discrete GPU
• RAM - 2 x 4GB DDR3 SODIMM (8GB total)
• PSU - HP HSTNN-HA09 150W power adapter
• MOBO - Intel DQ77KB Mini-ITX

Symptoms:

• When power supply is connected, solid yellow LED lights up on the motherboard
• When power switch is pressed, fan turns on briefly, then turns off again. A blue LED flashes too.

 

When I turned on the computer for the first time, I noticed both yellow and blue LEDs light up.

The blue led, according to the manual, is the Intel management engine LED.

 

Ideas? 

[jiyeon]

It might be worth going through this checklist for this type of scenario:

 

 

[DiamondCubeMiner]

1 hour ago, seoz said:

It might be worth going through this checklist for this type of scenario:

 

 

Gone through the checklist, no luck finding the problem

[O9B0666]

Clear the cmos.... Try loading into bios then and select your drive with os as drive to boot from and try that. Maybe try windows instead after? It does everything Linux does just with less hoops to jump through. 

[DiamondCubeMiner]

UPDATE: I returned the motherboard, said it is DOA.

 

For some reason, that motherboard got fried...

 

But at least I am not dropping hardware like it's hot.