The PC Build Thread

[furpile]

Hi. I have rebooted multiple times, left it on for a few minutes, nothing. I am so frustrated now, I took my old psu, plugged it into my old i5 board that I thought was dead, and it turns on. Added the gpu to it and that works as well. Does go to a uefi shell though instead of bios, I don't know if it is because there is no hard drive plugged in, but maybe it is just damaged. Two weeks back I removed everything from that board and it just went into boot loop. Dead cmos battery maybe?

Anyway, the bottom line is the gpu works, but not in the new pc. I have removed the RAM, tried one at a time, nothing works. The strange thing is it turns on and stays on, it doesn't boot loop to tell you something is wrong.

I was wondering about the pci slot as well. I plugged the nvme into the M2_1 slot which should disable pci slot 4. I have the gpu in the top slot which should be slot 2. Anybody used the Asrock B450 Pro4 board here? According to the manual it is the correct slot.

I also tried the old psu in the new pc, also doesn't display. I am now wondering if the mobo is faulty? Not sure what else to try. Starting to think I should stop messing with pc building.

 

[furpile]

All the MB standoffs in the right place so no shorts?
GPU in top pcie slot? The bottom pcie slot is disabled with the ssd in the top m.2 slot as per photo.

I checked the standoffs. My old mobo was a mATX so i had to move one and add 2 more. I counted them as well (7 holes) and made sure I put 7 screws in so I think that is ok.

As per previous post the gpu is in the top slot, just below the M2 Ultra where the nvme is in.

 

[furpile]

Nice, I thought it could've been the mobo needing a bios flash too. But I'm hoping for his sake that it just needs to reboot a few times like mine did

Thanks for the help. It is the 1600AF as ponder said. How would you flash the bios if you don't have display? Would you have to use another cpu first? Just for interest.

I looked online and also saw mention of leaving it the first boot for a few minutes. I left it for at least 5 minutes and rebooted multiple times. Nothing.

What is also annoying is the lack of onboard graphics. Then at least you could try that to rule out the gpu.

 

[furpile]

I think tomorrow I should take it all out the case and test it outside the case. Just to make sure there are no issues from there.

 

[GlassMirror]

Thanks for the help. It is the 1600AF as ponder said. How would you flash the bios if you don't have display? Would you have to use another cpu first? Just for interest.

I looked online and also saw mention of leaving it the first boot for a few minutes. I left it for at least 5 minutes and rebooted multiple times. Nothing.

What is also annoying is the lack of onboard graphics. Then at least you could try that to rule out the gpu.

Usually you use another CPU or in most cases the old CPU that was in the mobo but since you don't have that yeah it won't work. I have a 2600 which is basically the same as the 1600AF

You know what, I'm also starting to think it might be the mobo

 

[Lupus]

Thanks for the help. It is the 1600AF as ponder said. How would you flash the bios if you don't have display? Would you have to use another cpu first? Just for interest.

I looked online and also saw mention of leaving it the first boot for a few minutes. I left it for at least 5 minutes and rebooted multiple times. Nothing.

What is also annoying is the lack of onboard graphics. Then at least you could try that to rule out the gpu.

That's how it was in the old days, than motherboards came with onboard GPUs, than they moved to CPUs.

 

[furpile]

Usually you use another CPU or in most cases the old CPU that was in the mobo but since you don't have that yeah it won't work. I have a 2600 which is basically the same as the 1600AF

You know what, I'm also starting to think it might be the mobo

That would suck. Means another week to get it back to them, and another week to get it back here.

A friend of mine bought similar parts recently, but I think a MSI board. First one was DOA, second one he tried to update bios and it bricked. Now he asked the supplier to update the bios on the new board before sending it. That is a lot of wasted time.

 

[furpile]

That's how it was in the old days, than motherboards came with onboard GPUs, than they moved to CPUs.

Ah yes, the days where I longed to have a Voodoo 3D card like my friend.

 

[Lupus]

Ah yes, the days where I longed to have a Voodoo 3D card like my friend.

Yup

 

[GlassMirror]

That would suck. Means another week to get it back to them, and another week to get it back here.

A friend of mine bought similar parts recently, but I think a MSI board. First one was DOA, second one he tried to update bios and it bricked. Now he asked the supplier to update the bios on the new board before sending it. That is a lot of wasted time.

Now that is very sad, I wouldn't know if I should cry or break down if I was in his situation

 

[ponder]

Don't you have a spare gpu to test with? Maybe a friend?

 

[furpile]

Don't you have a spare gpu to test with? Maybe a friend?

No. But the gpu gives a display output on the old pc.

 

[ponder]

No. But the gpu gives a display output on the old pc.

Try with just the cpu, gpu, 1 stick of ram in a2, 8 & 24pin MB power & GPU connecters plugged in.
On the gpu try the different output ports.

 

[furpile]

Try with just the cpu, gpu, 1 stick of ram in a2, 8 & 24pin MB power & GPU connecters plugged in.
On the gpu try the different output ports.

I tested again now and noticed the new board is doing a boot loop. Maybe I didn't notice yesterday because of the display issue I don't know. So i removed the gpu, both ram sticks and the m2, still boot loops every 10 seconds or so. Does that mean the mobo is stuffed?

 

[CaneMan]

What 5 series CPU is that? What BIOS is installed on the MB?

 

[furpile]

What 5 series CPU is that? What BIOS is installed on the MB?

1600AF. No idea what bios is installed since I haven't been able to get into it yet.

 

[CaneMan]

There should be a sticker on the MB. It seems that CPU needs Ver.3.90 BIOs.

 

[furpile]

There should be a sticker on the MB. It seems that CPU needs Ver.3.90 BIOs.

View attachment 812827

Looks like it has 3.90 on it.

Looking online most people say itt works fine.

 

[ponder]

Looks like it has 3.90 on it.

Looking online most people say itt works fine.

Do you have a speaker connected to header 15? If not connect one and see if you get any bios beep codes.

Also try resetting the cmos.

 

[furpile]

Do you have a speaker connected to header 15? If not connect one and see if you get any bios beep codes.

Also try resetting the cmos.

Case doesn't have a speaker but will see if my old case has one. Will also try resetting the cmos.

Thanks for all the help guys.