PC wont boot, exhausted many options, need help!

[joelayton]

Hi there,

I recently built a new pc from scratch, however the pc wont post/beep/display anything on the screen. I have read all the stickies and checked and rechecked all the simple fixes. When i power up all fans spin however i get no display on the screen, and the DRAM led on my mobo stays solid red. I have tried swapping out the psu to no avail. I also tested my parts in a friends pc and they work a dream. I was left with the cpu so i RMA'd this to ebuyer, however today i was greeted with an email stating there was no problem with my cpu. so now i am royally stumped and don't know what to do. My memory is not on the QVL list, however it is about the most standard memory you can buy so I did not think this would be a problem.

My specs are:

Mobo: Asus m5a99x evo R2.0
GPU: Gigabyte Geforce gtx 750ti windforce
CPU: AMD FX 8350, 4.0GHZ, 8 core
PSU: Coolermaster 500w PSU
Memory: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHZ, CL9 XMP memory kit (2x4GB)

Any help would me massively appreciated as I am very close to taking this to a shop to see if they can solve.

 

[plaintuts]

Try removing the the motherboard from the case..

Then place it on top of its box then, try to boot it up.

Just to test if the case is shorting out the computer.

 

[joelayton]

unfortuantely I have tried breadboarding it 🙁 sorry should have put that in the original post.

 

[plaintuts]

Using 1 stick of ram?
Or
Different set of Ram?

 

[ptarter]

unfortuantely I have tried breadboarding it 🙁 sorry should have put that in the original post.

I had the exact same issue, and after "breradboarding AND reseating the I5 processor 2 of the 4 memory slots (3 & 4 only work)....
I called the motherboard manufacture support.... after quick trouble shooting on the phone they concluded both new DDR3-1600 cards had some problems.... I breadboarded anyways and of course the DDR3 boards are good..... Still can't make the computer work as a 2 channel machine with just slot 3 &4.... still digging for solutions.... my DDR are 8GB

 

[plaintuts]

unfortuantely I have tried breadboarding it 🙁 sorry should have put that in the original post.

I had the exact same issue, and after "breradboarding AND reseating the I5 processor 2 of the 4 memory slots (3 & 4 only work)....
I called the motherboard manufacture support.... after quick trouble shooting on the phone they concluded both new DDR3-1600 cards had some problems.... I breadboarded anyways and of course the DDR3 boards are good..... Still can't make the computer work as a 2 channel machine with just slot 3 &4.... still digging for solutions.... my DDR are 8GB

you may need to create a new thread for this.

but regarding your problem, you will need to set the correct xmp profile in the bios for the 1600mhz ram
the timing should be 8-8-8-24

or update the bios firmware of the motherboard