I've bought a few parts to try and build a new PC but have realised that when it doesn't work properly that I'm no expert on any of this (haven't built a Windows PC in about 10 years)
I guess the first thing is to check that the parts I have bought are actually compatible with each other. I've got an MSI B550 Gaming Plus motherboard, an AMD Ryzen 5700G CPU, 32GB memory (2 x 16GB Crucial Ballistix BL2K16G32C16U4B 3200 MHz, DDR4, DRAM) a WD Blue SN550 1TB High-Performance M.2 PCIe NVME SSD and am using a 500W Corsair power supply to power it.
I've put it all together but when I turn it on I just get a black screen. The CPU fan and the case fan are both spinning and there are lights on the motherboard. I get no post message at all and when I check the EZ Debug LEDs on the motherboard the CPU light is on. I think this means that the CPU is faulty/not connected properly but as I have no other parts or motherboards to swap it out for then I'm a bit lost as to how I troubleshoot it further?
As these are all new components (apart from the power supply which was in an old PC and is know to be working), I'm unsure as to how to work out exactly what the issue is and what component(s) are at fault.
I guess the first thing is to check that the parts I have bought are actually compatible with each other. I've got an MSI B550 Gaming Plus motherboard, an AMD Ryzen 5700G CPU, 32GB memory (2 x 16GB Crucial Ballistix BL2K16G32C16U4B 3200 MHz, DDR4, DRAM) a WD Blue SN550 1TB High-Performance M.2 PCIe NVME SSD and am using a 500W Corsair power supply to power it.
I've put it all together but when I turn it on I just get a black screen. The CPU fan and the case fan are both spinning and there are lights on the motherboard. I get no post message at all and when I check the EZ Debug LEDs on the motherboard the CPU light is on. I think this means that the CPU is faulty/not connected properly but as I have no other parts or motherboards to swap it out for then I'm a bit lost as to how I troubleshoot it further?
As these are all new components (apart from the power supply which was in an old PC and is know to be working), I'm unsure as to how to work out exactly what the issue is and what component(s) are at fault.