PC Boots but no display on monitor.

[Kevin_756]

This is my first time building a pc. I watched a bunch of youtube videos and it all looked pretty straightforward but I guess I was wrong.

Here is the list of my parts:

-Intel Core i5-7600 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
-ASRock H170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
-Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
-Seagate FireCuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive
-EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card
-NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case
-EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

So first off when I turn it on it goes on for ~2 seconds then turns off then turns back on and stays on. I did some reasearch and apparently this is OK?

Initially I connected the GPU with the monitor via HDMI and didn't get anything. Then I looked some similar posts and tried the following after connecting DVI cable to motherboard:

- Unplug SSHD. Boot pc
- Unplug GPU. Boot pc
- Unplug 1 RAM. Boot pc
- Unplug second RAM. Boot pc
- Connect 1 RAM in a different slot. Boot pc
- Reset CMOS

None of these worked.

I followed the steps in this post carefully but I dont have a case speaker so I skipped those steps.

After all that I called ASRock Technical support and they just told me they will send me a new BIOS chip without really giving me an explanation so im not totally convinced.

Any help is greatly appreciated,
Thank you,

 

[Microsoft Windows 8]

You need a case speaker for diagnosis. If a computer fails to POST (Power On Self Test) it should give you a series of beeps, which will tell you what the problem is

 

[Kevin_756]

You need a case speaker for diagnosis. If a computer fails to POST (Power On Self Test) it should give you a series of beeps, which will tell you what the problem is

Yes, I just ordered one online. In the meantime is there anything else I can do for diagnosis?

 

[Microsoft Windows 8]

Does your hard drive spin up when you turn it on? You may need to insert the parts onto another PC to diagnose which component it is. That could be difficult due to the use of DDR4, Kaby Lake

 

[Microsoft Windows 8]

OH WAIT I JUST FORGOT:

Some ASUS H series motherboard need a BIOS update to support Kaby Lake CPUs. You'll need to do that by inserting a 6th gen or older Intel Core CPU to update the BIOS

 

[Kevin_756]

OH WAIT I JUST FORGOT:

Some ASUS H series motherboard need a BIOS update to support Kaby Lake CPUs. You'll need to do that by inserting a 6th gen or older Intel Core CPU to update the BIOS

OH I GET IT. So my current BIOS does not recognize this CPU so I need to either
-use an older CPU to boot up the pc, download an updated one and install it on the BIOS like you mentioned.
OR
-wait for the updated BIOS they are going to send me and just switch them out.

right?

 

[Microsoft Windows 8]

Yes.

But you can't exactly just "switch" out a BIOS chip, unless you are on some special motherboard...