Question New build and I can't get to the BIOS screen to boot it up ?

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Just finishing up a new build that my advised my son to use one of the recommended gaming builds from this website.

I've built two Pc's [last one in 2022], and all of my builds had a dvd with the motherboard, where as this one didn't. So when we turn the PC on, its just a black screen..

Here are the specs;
CPU: intel core i5-14600kf
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte z790 gaming X AX
GPU: RTX4060 Ti
RAM: crucial pro 32 gb (x4v 32gb)
STORAGE: WD black SN850x (2TB)
CASE: LIAN LI Lancool 216RX
COOLER: PS120 Thermalright PS120SE CPU air cooler

I will post pictures of the motherboard soon.
 
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Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

You forgot to mention the make and model of your PSU. You will need a donor PC or laptop to download drivers for your motherboard and GPU drivers. As for your OS, using the aforementioned donor PC, you're advised to create a bootable USB installer for the OS.

RAM: crucial pro 32 gb (x4v 32gb)
Rams populating slots A2 and B2(assuming you're working with 216GB sticks of ram)?

Regarding getting into BIOS, might want to see if any of the Stauts(diagnostic)LED's are lit up.
 
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silly1978 said:
Just finishing up a new build that my advised my son to use one of the recommended gaming builds from this website.

I've built two Pc's [last one in 2022], and all of my builds had a dvd with the motherboard, where as this one didn't. So when we turn the PC on, its just a black screen..

Here are the specs;
CPU: intel core i5-14600kf
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte z790 gaming X AX
GPU: RTX4060 Ti
RAM: crucial pro 32 gb (x4v 32gb)
STORAGE: WD black SN850x (2TB)
CASE: LIAN LI Lancool 216RX
COOLER: PS120 Thermalright PS120SE CPU air cooler

I will post pictures of the motherboard soon.
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Make sure you're connecting monitor to GPU.

You might need to update the BIOS in order to boot with that CPU. Check the manual on how to use Q-Flash.
 
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Lutfij said:
Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

You forgot to mention the make and model of your PSU. You will need a donor PC or laptop to download drivers for your motherboard and GPU drivers. As for your OS, using the aforementioned donor PC, you're advised to create a bootable USB installer for the OS.

RAM: crucial pro 32 gb (x4v 32gb)
Rams populating slots A2 and B2(assuming you're working with 216GB sticks of ram)?

Regarding getting into BIOS, might want to see if any of the Stauts(diagnostic)LED's are lit up.
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The Power supply is CX series CX750 ATX.
I will post pictures of the motherboard soon.
 
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Lutfij said:
Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

You forgot to mention the make and model of your PSU. You will need a donor PC or laptop to download drivers for your motherboard and GPU drivers. As for your OS, using the aforementioned donor PC, you're advised to create a bootable USB installer for the OS.

RAM: crucial pro 32 gb (x4v 32gb)
Rams populating slots A2 and B2(assuming you're working with 216GB sticks of ram)?

Regarding getting into BIOS, might want to see if any of the Stauts(diagnostic)LED's are lit up.
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There is a light coming on on the motherboard
 
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Lutfij said:
Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

You forgot to mention the make and model of your PSU. You will need a donor PC or laptop to download drivers for your motherboard and GPU drivers. As for your OS, using the aforementioned donor PC, you're advised to create a bootable USB installer for the OS.

RAM: crucial pro 32 gb (x4v 32gb)
Rams populating slots A2 and B2(assuming you're working with 216GB sticks of ram)?

Regarding getting into BIOS, might want to see if any of the Stauts(diagnostic)LED's are lit up.
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There are four 16 gb ddr5 ram of the same kind.
 
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Small update: There were no instructions that came with this motherboard, but I was able to find one online.

From the instructions there are four small led lights in the motherboard labled, CPU, DRAM, BOOT, and VGA.

When I turn on the PC I'm getting alternating led lights on CPU, and DRAM. I took the CPU cooler off, and rechecked the chip to make sure it was correctly orientated and also checked the Ram to make sure they were all locked into their plugs. Everything was fine, so I can't figure out the problem.

Also, the key board isn't working [hard wired through USB]. I tried the key board on another PC, and it light up, and worked fine. However, on my new PC the keyboard doesn't light up.
 
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Update: Well we got the PC to boot up, and got Windows installed.

To get the BIOS screen to come up we had to take out all of the ram except one.

Today after everything was installed we turned the PC off, and installed the 3 ram sticks. It went back to not booting up.

Pulled the ram, and it ran fine. Anyone know why its not letting the PC boot with the other three ram [all same brand, and spec rams sticks]?

Edit: Keep in mind this build was part for part on the gaming builds listed on this forum so everything 'should' be compatable otherwise one of the mods need to edit that particular build [the link to the build is listed in either my OP or my second.]
 
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silly1978 said:
Update: Well we got the PC to boot up, and got Windows installed.

To get the BIOS screen to come up we had to take out all of the ram except one.

Today after everything was installed we turned the PC off, and installed the 3 ram sticks. It went back to not booting up.

Pulled the ram, and it ran fine. Anyone know why its not letting the PC boot with the other three ram [all same brand, and spec rams sticks]?
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Was the RAM from a pack of four?
 
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