New System Bootup Problem

bhdavis1

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I'm just completing a new system build that is suddenly giving me bootup problems. About 50% of the time when the power switch is pushed the motherboard and fans come to life but the BIOS does not kick in. The monitor green active light comes on but the screen remains black. The other 50% of the time the system boots just fine.

ADDED 11/19/2016......Turned out that if I waited long enough it would eventually boot. It just took 30 to 60 seconds before the BIOS would kick in.

Any suggestions on where to start looking for the cause would be much appreciated.

Components are:


• 1 x GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-SLI LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
• 1 x Intel Core i7-4790K Devil's Canyon Quad-Core 4.0 GHz LGA 1150 88W BX80646I74790K Desktop Processor Intel HD .
• 1 x SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E500B/AM
• 2 x G.SKILL Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model ...

2 BYTECC Bracket-525 3.5" Drive/Device Transfer Bracket For 5.25" Drive Bay (Black)
$9.58
($4.79 ea)
1 EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 220-G2-0750-XR 80+ GOLD 750W Fully Modular EVGA ECO Mode Includes FREE Power On Self Tester Power ...
$109.99
1 Rosewill RC-103 - 4 + 1 USB 2.0 PCI Adapter (Four External + One Internal Ports)
$9.99
1 Internal Card Reader 3.5" USB 2.0 Port 40 1 Extra Silver Rosewill
$14.99
1 Corsair Carbide Series 200R Black Steel / Plastic compact ATX Mid Tower Case
$59.99
1 Windows 8 Home - 64-bit - OEM
$99.99
1 ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
$19.9

Thanks,
BH


 
SOLVED.
After pulling out memory modules one at a time, swapping memory modules, disabling onboard Intel video and putting in a video card and pulling all add on cards I'd tried seemingly everything. I was just about to look up a number for Gigabyte when I figured "well, why not replace the mouse and keyboard. Ive done everything else.".

It turned out the problem was being caused by the new multimedia keyboard. As soon as that was out of the system it booted instantly every time. Who would have figured !!!

BH