Question No display on build

[Louis_Cyphre]

Hi everyone.

I am building a home server that is supposed to run on FreeNas. This is far from my first build, but the first one i run into problems with that i can not solve with out help.

As i have put everything together i get nothing on my display, no beeps from the MB. The only thing that happens is that as i power up, the display comes out of standby for a minute before displaying "NO SIGNAL" and going back to standby.

My specs:

• Motherboard: Asus Prime H310i-plus R2.0
• BIOS Ver: 1004 (according to MB sticker)
• CPU/GPU: Pentium Gold G5400
• RAM: Crucial 8GB 2400mHz (BLS8G4D240FSA.16FADG)

What i have done so far:

• Tried both HDMI and VGA cables.
• The display works fine on my up and running PC.
• And yes, the cables are properly plugged.
• RAM is compatible to the motherboard according to: https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/..._H310I-PLUS_R2.0_memory_QVL_list_20200106.pdf
• The CPU is compatible to the current BIOS version according to: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/PRIME-H310I-PLUS-R2-0/HelpDesk_CPU/
• I have cleared the CMOS just to be sure.
• I have tried unplugging everything but the power switch, CPU fan, and the RAM.
• I have tried to use another RAM chip to rule out bad RAM.
• I have tried different RAM slots.
• I have replaced the CMOS battery.

I have run out of things to try...
Anyone??

 

[Gerald6049]

Have you make sure the PSU switch is on ? Do then fan spinning ? Might be the Mboard IMO.

 

[Louis_Cyphre]

Have you make sure the PSU switch is on ? Do then fan spinning ? Might be the Mboard IMO.

Yes the PSU is powered, fans are spinning. And when i power the system it wajes the display from standby, but just a black screen. Then after a minute the display goes back to standby.

 

[Louis_Cyphre]

The weirdest thing solved this issue as a great surprise to me. I noticed as i was going through the specs that the motherboard does not have a speaker soldered on the board, so in order to find out if it would be giving an error code vocally i found a speaker on an old mb i hadn't used in a few years and plugged it to the dedicated speaker pin socket and started the system. In stead of an error code it simply started up normally to the BIOS and has now done so over 5 times with out a hitch....

 

[egda23]

The weirdest thing solved this issue as a great surprise to me. I noticed as i was going through the specs that the motherboard does not have a speaker soldered on the board, so in order to find out if it would be giving an error code vocally i found a speaker on an old mb i hadn't used in a few years and plugged it to the dedicated speaker pin socket and started the system. In stead of an error code it simply started up normally to the BIOS and has now done so over 5 times with out a hitch....

bizzare bizzare
what happens if you disconnect the speaker ?
The speaker connector is just behind the system panel connector; maybe when you connected the speaker you moved something on the panel connectors ?

 

[Gerald6049]

The weirdest thing solved this issue as a great surprise to me. I noticed as i was going through the specs that the motherboard does not have a speaker soldered on the board, so in order to find out if it would be giving an error code vocally i found a speaker on an old mb i hadn't used in a few years and plugged it to the dedicated speaker pin socket and started the system. In stead of an error code it simply started up normally to the BIOS and has now done so over 5 times with out a hitch....

What ? I have no idea about this. Well glad if they work normally, but if I were you, I will RMA the Mboard because this weird problem.