Solved PC (new build) not booting to bios on monitor. How to fix?

Johnw April 25, 2019 at 19:12:24

Try/borrow a HDMI cable & test. message edited by Johnw

Fingers April 25, 2019 at 21:13:13

✔ Best Answer

Make sure CPU 4/8 pin connector is correct connector, not 6/8 pin PCIe connector. Try removing plugs from hard drive/SSD drive. Try only one memory stick in first slot. It is possible too much thermal compound, review and reset. http://www.arcticsilver.com/intel_a... Remove all components except 1 memory stick, keyboard, mouse, monitor to onboard graphics (preferable VGA or DVI cable if possible). Check that all stand offs to the case have screws in them and there are no extra stand offs under the motherboard where no screw holes are in motherboard. Look for stray lost screws that might have slid under motherboard. (better yet remove motherboard from case and place on clean cardboard). Check that no wires were pinched when routing them in case. You have to be a little bit crazy to keep you from going insane.

riider April 26, 2019 at 10:01:14

Are you an experienced builder? Did you bench-test the hardware before installing it in the case? That's an important step that many 1st time builders skip. How to Bench Test Take out the graphics card & connect the monitor cable to the motherboard graphics port. Unplug the mouse but leave the keyboard connected. Disconnect the SDD, both the power & SATA cables. Do the same for the optical drive (if there is one). Remove all RAM except for one stick. Make sure the HSF is mounted securely & that you applied the thermal paste correctly. The i7 uses the vertical line method of application. If you did it differently, remove the heatsink, wipe off all the paste, then reapply paste as shown: http://www.arcticsilver.com/images_... Do not spread the paste! After doing all the above, try booting & see if you can access the BIOS. If you can, run thru the BIOS menu & tweak the settings accordingly. Be sure to save the changes. Reboot again to make sure you get a display on the monitor. If all seems well, shutdown & begin reconnecting things a little at a time. Don't do everything at once because if you run into another problem, you won't know the cause. And before installing an OS, test the RAM with memtest86 or memtest86+. https://www.memtest86.com/ https://www.memtest.org/ EDIT: I just saw the picture with how you applied thermal paste. That's probably the problem. message edited by riider

OtheHill April 26, 2019 at 10:52:34

It does appear you applied way too much thermal paste. What brand paste is that anyway? I have never seen brown paste.

Johnw April 26, 2019 at 18:17:08

"What brand paste is that anyway? I have never seen brown paste" As per the op's specs. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jqjKjy https://pcpartpicker.com/product/6R...

sluc April 26, 2019 at 22:42:52

"no beeps on boot" Is there a speaker attached to the MB?

Johnw April 26, 2019 at 23:55:13

Page 30 in your manual, shows where the buzzer speaker connects. https://s16.directupload.net/images...

Johnw April 27, 2019 at 00:08:12

memtest86 is the better one. memtest86+ hasn't been updated for 5 years.

Johnw April 27, 2019 at 00:14:14

https://imgur.com/ZKnCUpG If that is a picture before the mounting, like riider says, that could be the problem. Application methods for applying thermal compound to Intel® CPU http://www.arcticsilver.com/intel_a...

Fingers April 27, 2019 at 22:32:48

All above covered in #2 above. You have to be a little bit crazy to keep you from going insane.

hidde663 April 29, 2019 at 01:21:06

shouldnt the 212 evo be rotated counterclockwise 90 degree? (2 fans facing eachother) also please dont forget to place the 2 memory ,modules in config A0+B0: https://www.compuram.de/blog/wp-con... else you cut memory bandwith in half, which can hurt CPU performance quite a bit i5-6600K[delid]@4.9GHz/4.4GHz cache@1.504v | 2x4GB Crucial-DDR4-2400CL17@CL12-15-15-28 1T 3000MHz@1.45v | Sapphire Nitro+ SE RX 590 8GB@1525Mhz core@1.0v/2250MHz@1500MHz timings BiosModded