Asus B85M-E/CSM no start.

[Chubzilla]

Hello community! I am a new member here but I have always been lurking around in the forums. Today I would like to ask those of you who are willing to help me out. Any help is greatly appreciated. I recently just finished my new rig and she will not boot. I have gone through the checklist that's been provided elsewhere in this forum. I'm currently running;

Asus B85M-E/CSM mobo
Intel i5-4690
Corsair 8GB Ram. 1600Mhz DDR3.
Asus Geforce GTX 970.
Evga 600W PSU.
Kingston 128GB SSD.
LG DVD drive.
Coolermaster N200 Case.

I've gone through all the items in the checklist. Looked at all my power cables making sure they're properly plugged in, and in the correct spots. I should note when I turn on my PSU switch, I see the little red LED light in the bottom on the mobo showing its recieving power and same with my GPU i can see a lilttle white LED. (so that means there is power right?) So once I press the power button, all lights and fans turn on but the second I release the power button. it just turns off. And I've held the power button for about 5 seconds and I can see the lights flickering. This reminds me of trying to start a car with a bad battery and the lights just flicker. I've tried only using 1 stick o ram to get it to start but no luck. Again any help would be greatly appreciated guys!

 

[tiny voices]

Try removing the button from the motherboard and shorting the pins with a screwdriver. This will eliminate the button as a potential issue.

Also, you have a 6+2 pin PCI power cable form the PSU connected to the GPU right?

 

[Chubzilla]

Try removing the button from the motherboard and shorting the pins with a screwdriver. This will eliminate the button as a potential issue.

Also, you have a 6+2 pin PCI power cable form the PSU connected to the GPU right?

Yea, my GPU does have the 6 pin + 2 pin for the power supply. I'll try shorting out those two pins you have suggested and give u an update when I can.

 

[Chubzilla]

Hey uhhh rookie mistake here, my issue is not solved yet. I had accidentally pressed the solved button. Sorry moderators! 🙁

 

[tiny voices]

I unselected it for you.

 

[Chubzilla]

I unselected it for you.

Thank you!

 

[Chubzilla]

Ive tried manually jumping the pins to try and get it to start but with no luck. Perhaps bad components?

 

[tiny voices]

I don't think so. Did you install the standoffs in the case before you put the motherboard in?

 

[Chubzilla]

I don't think so. Did you install the standoffs in the case before you put the motherboard in?

yea I got all 6 standoff in the correct places, it confused me a tad bit since this is the first mini atx mobo i've installed but yea I made sure they were in the correct places. Do the bolts holding down the mobo have to be perfectly centered? I got like 1 or 2 slightly off center

 

[tiny voices]

As long as they are in the right holes and the motherboard isn't touching the case AT ALL and only sitting on the standoffs it should be fine.

 

[tiny voices]

Does the motherboard have any bent pins in the CPU socket?

The motherboard might require a new BIOS version to use that CPU. The PC would still boot though, just not give any display.

 

[Chubzilla]

Does the motherboard have any bent pins in the CPU socket?

The motherboard might require a new BIOS version to use that CPU. The PC would still boot though, just not give any display.

I've checked for any damaged pins and from what I can see there's none. I've read in the mobo manual it should be ready to go with 4th gen intel processors.

 

[tiny voices]

On the website it clearly states to use the Haswell Refresh CPU, you need a BIOS update.

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/B85ME/HelpDesk_CPU/

 

[Chubzilla]

On the website it clearly states to use the Haswell Refresh CPU, you need a BIOS update.

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/B85ME/HelpDesk_CPU/

hmmm...I cant believe I overlooked this. I'll give an update after bios is updated.

 

[tiny voices]

Alright sounds good.

 

[Chubzilla]

It turns out my mobo was defective out of the box.

 

[tiny voices]

You got a new one and it works?

 

[Chubzilla]

You got a new one and it works?

Yea, I had brought it back to the PC store I bought all my parts from. No clue why it was defective but I got a replacement mobo and all is good again. Thank you for your help!

 

[tiny voices]

Glad you got it sorted