Motherboard led on but wont boot up

[JDvasquez]

Hey

so its my first time building a computer and i done the step by step to putting it together when i finished the 1st time it booted up half way and only the mother board was on no cpu no fans no gpu but later nothing was booting up i took it apart and tried it 2 more times idk what else i can do

CPU: AMD 6300
motherboard: asus 970 progaming/aura
GPU: gigabyte GTX 960 4gb OC
PSU: EVGA 500w

 

[maxwellmelon]

here is a great guide of things to check

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems