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CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($78.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($57.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($309.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $908.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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So I bought the items, and I put them together. I got Windows 8 installed and everything. I updated windows update, drivers. All of sudden the Monitor, Keyboard, and Mouse doesn't work and I cant get anywhere with it. Any Help?
 
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It sounds like you downloaded a driver from the wrong place that was incompatible with your system.

When you turn your system on, as soon as you see something on the screen, press and hold down F8, or tap it very quickly. You should reach a Safe Mode menu. When you do, select Safe Mode with Networking. If things are working at this point, then it is a driver you installed problem. Unfortunately, I have no idea what drivers you went out and downloaded, and then installed, nor where you got them from.

So I am going to try to give you some guidelines, and hope you can figure out what you did.

First off, you need to get a program from the Intel Download Center so that you can get the latest drivers for your chipset.

Following that, you need to go to the ASRock H97M Pro4 website and download the Drivers and Utilities package for your version of Windows.

Install all of those drivers. Utilities are up to you, but you probably want to install at least some of them as most companies now use a program to actually go out and download and install their drivers onto your system for you. That is an attempt to eliminate the human error portion of the process and is generally mature enough now to trust.

And finally, we are going to do a couple things here that should help as well. Follow these instructions:

    ■ Uninstall all Nvidia items.
    ■Restart your computer, and go back into Safe Mode with Networking
    ■Download CCleaner
    ■Install and run CCleaner. On the left side, there is a registry button, then analyze, and then fix any issues found.
    ■Restart your computer, and go back into Safe Mode with Networking
    ■Download the latest Nvidia Drivers.
    ■Install the new video drivers.
    ■Reboot and let the system go to the desktop like you normally would.

Hopefully, doing this all from Safe Mode will get things back to where a normal boot to desktop will work with everything still working.
 
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See I would do that, but the keyboard mouse and monitor will not register when the computer starts. Literally I am stopped at a "no signal" by the monitor with no keyboard or mouse.
 
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So this is not a windows problem at all then ...

Do you hear any beeps when you power up. If yes, there should be a specific number of beeps that happens each and every time you boot. There might be short and long beeps. Find out what the pattern is, and relay that info to us.

If no beeps, try this first. If this does not work, go to next thing to try below:

Turn on the power and if you see the screen that tells you to press F2 or DEL to enter the BIOS, press F2 or DEL. If you get into the BIOS, go to the Save/Exit page, and there should be a Restore Default Settings option. Use that, then Save and Exit. The system will restart, let it go and see if you get to the desktop. If it does what it has been doing, go to the next step. If it gets to the desktop, and things are working, then skip the rest of this message.

If there are no beeps then try this:

Disconnect/Remove everything except the CPU, 1 stick of memory, and the video card. See if you get far enough for it to produce a message saying it cant find "whatever it cant find" at that point. If you do, turn off the power supply rocker switch, and connect/install one item to the system and keep doing that until:

a) Everything is hooked up and working, meaning the problem magically went away.
b) You figure out which item it is that was causing the problem.

ON the other hand, if with just those few items first tried still do not allow the system to boot, it is going to be very tough to figure out. Disconnect and then reconnect/install everything, and then go back to the beginning of this strip down, and start over at the boot attempt.

Let me know what happens.
 
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Okay so
1) Turned it On. No Beeps. Only Fans zooming and lights flickering. I never make it to a screen about getting into BIOS and such.
2) I removed everything except the CPU, 1 Ram (Even swapped them out), and the video card. Same results. No Beep. No Display. Just Fans Zooming and lights flickering.
3) I removed it all and built it all back in. Even took the motherboard out and made sure everything was in place. Turned it on. Still received same results. What next?

Maybe this has something to do with BIOS or CMOS? I believe that's what it is called? I cant even get to the start screen when it first boots on. Nothing gains power. Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor. Even the Ethernet Cable doesn't glow
 
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Slight chance its the CMOS. There is a round, chrome battery on your motherboard. With the unplugged from the wall, let the system sit for about 2 minutes. Press and hold the cases power button for about 10 seconds every 30 seconds for that 2 minutes. That is to drain any power that might have been in the system. If its still tore apart, then you can use a screwdriver to short the 2 pins the cases power switch would normally be connected to. Then carefully remove that battery. Let the system sit for a minute or two without the battery, and then turn the power on and see with happens. Next time you shut the power down, drain the power like you did before removing the battery, and then put it back in.

Did anything change by doing that?
 
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Nothing changed. As soon as I flipped the switch on the PSU it turns the fans on and the optical drive. Nothing else changed. Did everything you said. Put the battery back in. Still same results.
 
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I want you to unplug the system from the wall and drain the power like you did before. Then I want you to pull the 24 pin and 8 pin power cables from the motherboard. Then I want you to put them both back into their sockets and make sure they are all the way in. If your power supply is modular, I also want you to remove the other end of those 2 cables from the power supply and reinsert them. There should be a little click or snap when they lock into place on both ends.

Once you have done that, try to start the system again.

If nothing has changed, it is time to strip the system down.

Disconnect or remove one stick of memory, the hard drive, they keyboard and mouse.

Try to turn the system on and see if you get anything on the monitor. If you do, it should be a message about not finding something. Turn off the power supply. Wait 30 seconds. Attach that item it was complaining about. Then start this paragraph over. If nothing powers up that has not already been powering up, let me know. On the other hand, if it did power up and post something to the monitor at least once, let me know exactly what was connected when it last worked, and what was added when it started failing to power up again.
 
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