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

[silly1978]

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.

 

[Lutfij]

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.

 

[drivinfast247]

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.

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.

 

[silly1978]

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.

The Power supply is CX series CX750 ATX.
I will post pictures of the motherboard soon.

 

[silly1978]

The build was from this page on toms
https://www.tomshardware.com/best-picks/best-pc-builds-gaming it was the 1500$ build

 

[silly1978]

here is a picture of the motherboard, and installed components as they are currently.

https://imgur.com/a/zOe0oYv

 

[silly1978]

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.

There is a light coming on on the motherboard

 

[silly1978]

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.

There are four 16 gb ddr5 ram of the same kind.

 

[silly1978]

There are four 16 gb ddr5 ram of the same kind.

Having trouble with the monitor not picking up the signal, the monitor only shows a default screen

 

[silly1978]

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.

 

[silly1978]

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.]

 

[drivinfast247]

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]?

Was the RAM from a pack of four?

 

[silly1978]

Was the RAM from a pack of four?

It was a 2 pack but have 4 of the same kind

 

[drivinfast247]

It was a 2 pack but have 4 of the same kind

RAM is only guaranteed to work together when bought as a kit.

Make sure to install a matched pair into slots a1&b1 and the other in slots a2&b2. They'll have different version numbers or serial numbers between the kits. If it doesn't boot, try a match in slots a2-b2

 

[drivinfast247]

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.]

The gaming build does not say to use 2 pairs of RAM.

 

[silly1978]

RAM is only guaranteed to work together when bought as a kit.

Make sure to install a matched pair into slots a1&b1 and the other in slots a2&b2. They'll have different version numbers or serial numbers between the kits. If it doesn't boot, try a match in slots a2-b2

I didn't know that. However, I've built three PC's before this one, and never had an issue with the ram before. I've even put non matching pairs into the same machine and it not have ram issues. I'll set up the ram as you described, and post my findings. Thanks.

 

[silly1978]

I connected 1 ram in a2 and b2 and a1 and b1 with no luck booting up and the o ly slot that let's me load up is just 1 stick in b2. Could it be the motherboard needing an update?

 

[thestryker]

Generally speaking it's a bad idea to use 4 modules of DDR5 unless you're expecting slow memory speeds especially on a more budget oriented motherboard like this one.

Have you checked to make sure the other memory modules work when plugged into the B2 slot?

What status light comes on when more than just B2 is populated?

Have you tried installing just two modules one in A2 and one in B2? (making sure the modules are from the same kit first)

 

[silly1978]

I tried using a2 and b2 slots and the lights are alternating from DRAM to CPU.Also the monitor isn't responding when I use any other slots than b2 only.Ive tried connecting a1 and b1 with the same alternating flashing from DRAM to CPU with no monitor response.Im curious, if you had a choice for a better motherboard what would you suggest?

 

[thestryker]

Im curious, if you had a choice for a better motherboard what would you suggest?

This is my favorite Z790 board on the lower end of the cost spectrum: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MAG-Z790-TOMAHAWK-WIFI

I tried using a2 and b2 slots and the lights are alternating from DRAM to CPU.

That leads me to believe it's either CPU or motherboard to blame. Neither one is easy to test without just having other hardware to swap with. I do think a visual inspection of the pads on the CPU and the pins in the CPU socket is in order to just make sure there isn't any sort of physical damage. If there's no physical damage visible on either side then I'd suggest motherboard replacement first as CPUs have a very low out of box failure rate.

 

[silly1978]

This is my favorite Z790 board on the lower end of the cost spectrum: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MAG-Z790-TOMAHAWK-WIFI

That leads me to believe it's either CPU or motherboard to blame. Neither one is easy to test without just having other hardware to swap with. I do think a visual inspection of the pads on the CPU and the pins in the CPU socket is in order to just make sure there isn't any sort of physical damage. If there's no physical damage visible on either side then I'd suggest motherboard replacement first as CPUs have a very low out of box failure rate.

This is my favorite Z790 board on the lower end of the cost spectrum: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MAG-Z790-TOMAHAWK-WIFI

That leads me to believe it's either CPU or motherboard to blame. Neither one is easy to test without just having other hardware to swap with. I do think a visual inspection of the pads on the CPU and the pins in the CPU socket is in order to just make sure there isn't any sort of physical damage. If there's no physical damage visible on either side then I'd suggest motherboard replacement first as CPUs have a very low out of box failure rate.

Just an fyi did you see the page where I got the build?
https://www.tomshardware.com/best-picks/best-pc-builds-gaming.
I chose the 1500$ build and chose all the parts that was suggested for that build with the only thing I changed was an air cooled fan instead of the liquid cooled as shown.Would you have any insight on who suggests the build for this page? Going it's from this website my hopes where set high to follow the suggested recipe on a set build.

 

[thestryker]

Just an fyi did you see the page where I got the build?
https://www.tomshardware.com/best-picks/best-pc-builds-gaming.
I chose the 1500$ build and chose all the parts that was suggested for that build with the only thing I changed was an air cooled fan instead of the liquid cooled as shown.Would you have any insight on who suggests the build for this page? Going it's from this website my hopes where set high to follow the suggested recipe on a set build.

Yeah I've been through those guides, and quite frankly been less than impressed overall. They're not necessarily bad, but a lot of the time they have some odd choices or cut corners many of us think they shouldn't. I view them mostly as a good starting point for putting a build together.

Like that $1500 build I'd change case, CPU cooler, DRAM, PSU, video card and motherboard:

• Video card and motherboard are both subjective, their picks are fine, but I'd go another route.
• CPU cooler wise I'd much rather have a cheap dual tower air cooler as it would cost less and never have a question about working long term
• Case: Lian-li 207 is just as good if not better, but costs less than their choice
• DRAM: what they picked is slow and getting something better wouldn't cost more.
• PSU: when spending this much on a computer cutting corners at the PSU just isn't great. This isn't to say what they've picked is going to blow up, or even be a problem. There are better PSUs in the same general price range available from Corsair, MSI and Cooler Master

 

[silly1978]

Yeah I've been through those guides, and quite frankly been less than impressed overall. They're not necessarily bad, but a lot of the time they have some odd choices or cut corners many of us think they shouldn't. I view them mostly as a good starting point for putting a build together.

Like that $1500 build I'd change case, CPU cooler, DRAM, PSU, video card and motherboard:

• Video card and motherboard are both subjective, their picks are fine, but I'd go another route.
• CPU cooler wise I'd much rather have a cheap dual tower air cooler as it would cost less and never have a question about working long term
• Case: Lian-li 207 is just as good if not better, but costs less than their choice
• DRAM: what they picked is slow and getting something better wouldn't cost more.
• PSU: when spending this much on a computer cutting corners at the PSU just isn't great. This isn't to say what they've picked is going to blow up, or even be a problem. There are better PSUs in the same general price range available from Corsair, MSI and Cooler Master

Its been a long time since ive had to build a pc and lots have changed, I appreciate your time and effort with everything.

 

[thestryker]

Its been a long time since ive had to build a pc and lots have changed, I appreciate your time and effort with everything.

No problem, and I think with hardware lasting so much longer we all have to learn/re-learn when doing new builds. Quite a bit of my current hardware knowledge comes from hanging around these forums and learning from people's experiences/knowledge.

 

[silly1978]

New build that was built part for part on the $1500 gaming pc build for which the specs are here.

Intel Core i5-14600KF $215
Gigabyte Z790 Gaming X AX $199
RTX 4060 Ti $592
Crucial Pro RAM 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 $86
WD Black SN850X (2TB) $148
Lian Li Lancool 216RX $109
Corsair CX750M $89
ID-Cooling FrostFlow 280mm $59

I've got 4 ram sticks instead of two that is in this build all of the same brand/make etc. Everything works fine, and I can play some of the older games that don't require too much ram, but when I try to install the other three ram sticks the PC won't even try to boot up. The mother board will flash the DRAM led.

The one stick of ram only works in slot B2. I've tested all of the other ram in that slot and they all work fine.

Tried updating the BIOS, and clearing the CMOS, but nothing works.

From all of my research so far this is a problem with this Gigabyte mb.

Is there anything I'm missing?

I've read that setting the speed of the ram is crucial on this board to get the ram working, but I can't seem to find what that speed is, does anyone know? Thanks.