Working parts but no video output/post

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Dark Ariel7

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I am building a new system and I cannot get it to post to bios. It stays on as the fans spin and the light on the motherboard is still on and so is the power supply. However it will not post. I have tried working ram and graphics card from a different system. As I understand it cannot be the cpu right? If the cpu were broken it would not turn on at all? The fans on the card will not even spin. I also tried a card I had lying around that never worked too well but always posted. This one did not post either.

The rig is
PSU- Corsair CX 430
Ram- have G. Skill but am testing generic ram that worked in another computer. Both this and G. skill let the computer stay on with no beep.
CPU- fx-8320
Motherboard- MSI 970 GAMING
Case- well that kind of irrelevant at the moment
GPU- The one that stays on is the GT 430 the one that does not is a pci GT 520. Neither post and no beep from either.

I have also tried a different powersupply from a working pc. The only thing not working is the video output so I cannot see if it posts or not. There are no beeps though. I connected a speaker to it and nothing.
 
Rebuild the pc outside outside of the case to confirm you don't have a short somewhere, this is usually the case when a system won't start. You most likely have a standoff in the wrong spot, the motherboard requires 9 standoffs between motherboard and case.

What case do you have?

Here is where standoffs are required unless the case has raised areas acting as standoffs.



If you have standoffs anywhere else but under those screw holes then remove then.
 
I reset the cmos already and I am 99.99% sure I got the cpu in right. Align the arrows and all that. Ive done this before but this is a new one to me.
 
Well unless you have another compatible processor to test, this could be a motherboard issue. You take it in to have it diagnosed what part is faulty.
 
The motherboard can still be bad. As long as you can verify everything is hooked up correctly and the cpu is good then you can only assume the motherboard is bad. You do have the video card plugged in all the way?
 
Yeah. I plugged it all in right. I re did it a couple of times just to be safe. Could it be the gpu not playing nice with this mobo? If not. I will try to return the mobo to frys
 
You said you tried 2 cards. Do you have another machine that you can try the one you installed first? All you can do is replace parts until it works correctly. Try borrowing a known good video card to try. Not much else I can tell you to do.
 
The first card I tried was always iffy and I had another mobo where it crashed all the time so I dont trust that one but I tried it just in case. It posted before but its been a while since I used it. Still, I was just bought a gpu that gets here tomorrow so I will at least try that before I return the board.
 
Did you attach the pci express power connector to the video card? You may just have a bad board. I would have someone you know that works on computers to confirm it though or take it somewhere to have it diagnosed.
 
guys at computer store wanted an arm and a leg just to check the board so I just tried exchanging it. That solved all of my issued. It looks like I just had a bad board
 
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