newly put together pc wont start up | pc building noob stuck

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Mark Benitez

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Sep 13, 2013
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Ok, recently I tried to put together a new rig. So I did. As far as I see everything is plugged in.

All I got left over is a perif cable which I don't know what to do with

I first tested the motherboard on the box and listening to a new egg video on how to boot it without a case I put my keys in random holes where it looked like things can be plugged in on the mb.

So iginoring it, I put the build in the case and tried turning it on by the cases button, still didn't work. What could I have done wrong? Could I have broke something by ESD? I handled everything with care, the motherboard was the only part that I touched where there wasn't plastic etc so everything else such as the CPU or video card I touched by edges or fin/ edges

Could I have been shipped a dead motherboard? If so what do I do to get a new one, I have all boxes and etc still in perfect condition .

My build goes as follows:
I7 4770k
x2 8gb 1866 ram
MSI z87-g45 motherboard
4 GB gigabyte 770 oc edition
Corsair 200r
Toshiba 256 GB ssd

I was standing on a rug the whole time with socks, is that bad?

I feel this would be easier for me unless its simple to explain, to have a call on Skype so visually you can see what's going on

My Skype is: nightmaregames.13
I'll be on from 2:30 pm to 9 pm east coast united states time

Thanks for any feedback, I need it
 
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well that won't work if you have a video card in. No wonder you get no picture. lol. If you have the video card, the onboard is disabled and you have to plug into the video card, or remove the video card and plug into the motherboard. can't be both.