won't boot to bios, or at all?

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lordshadowhack

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Hello, I am having trouble with a gaming build. I am using a B85M MSI gaming mbu, GTX 650, Core i5 with one 4 gb 1600MHZ stick of ram. The ATX case is the cooler master HAF. MBU lights up, all fans are on and use ports are okay, but nothing shows up on screen. I have no clue what's happening. Only thing that I think can help is the two lights at the top, the light above the lightning bolt is always solid, while the other one next to it, a cylinder looking thing, is blinking.
 
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You are the one that installed this CPU.
If this hasn't been done properly, or if there has been any damage while installing the processor, it is not going to work.
You were holding up a floppy drive power connector in your video and asking if that could be the problem before. It makes me think you haven't done this before.
It is important to get the CPU orientation right as well as the locking mechanism and installation of the CPU cooler. If you made a mistake early on and bent CPU pins, you will have great difficulty fixing these.
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i dont know if you knew but that mobo does not have a post beep speaker so any error wont be told through beep codes thankfully these are cheap so buy one and tell us what beep code you get , also make sure you have the 24 pin power lead plugged in and the 8pin cpu cable both of these come from your powersupply
 
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LGA1150 is just the socket type. A CPU and motherboard having the same socket doesn't necessarily mean they are compatible.
The Core i5 4430 is a Haswell CPU so this won't be an issue for you.
The newer Core i5 4460 is not compatible with many socket 1150 motherboards without a BIOS update, although generally even the B85 motherboards now have a new revision compatible with these CPUs.

Is there hard drive activity as you boot the machine? This would usually indicate the machine is booting but you are just not getting video.
If you have the GTX 650 installed, the monitor must be connected to the graphics card video output.
You can rule out the graphics card by removing it and connecting the monitor to the motherboard video output.
 
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He means the back of the motherboard making contact with the metal case and causing an electrical short between tracks or pins.
I've never seen anyone do this, so it seems pretty unlikely.
Did you try what I suggested earlier?

Is there hard drive activity as you boot the machine? This would usually indicate the machine is booting but you are just not getting video.
If you have the GTX 650 installed, the monitor must be connected to the graphics card video output.
You can rule out the graphics card by removing it and connecting the monitor to the motherboard video output.
 
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Make sure those molex plugs are in properly the pins in them can come loose. Theyre pretty useless

Since the mobo has onboard video remove the videocard you installed. See if it turns on / posts

I see one standoff there in the top left. But did you put the rest of them in (not just one)?
 
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When you tried this, did you physically remove the graphics card first? If a card is installed, the integrated graphics will be disabled.
Is there a power light on the monitor?
Is the monitor set to HDMI input?
 
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