my name's Marc, I'm a computer enthusiast and I recently purchased components for a decent configuration willing to assemble it myself. So I did that, everything fit together and I was happy but when I plugged the newly assembled beast to the screen and pressed the Power button I was quickly disappointed.
All the LEDs and fans started correctly but nothing appeared on the screen. The computer seems to be trying to boot for like 15 seconds and then shuts down and restarts indefinitely. I tried to plug on the screen on the DVI port of the motheboard (instead of the Display port of the graphical card) but still nothing happened, I never could access the BIOS or anything on the screen.
I verified all the connections I made and tried to boot with the simplest configuration possible (Power supply + motherboard + CPU + RAM) with the exact same symptoms: nothing ever appeared on my screen. I did the test with another Power Supply (which is working fine on another computer) with the same result.
I could not test the CPU or RAM individually as they are not compatible with any of the stuff that me or my roommates owe. I kind of suspect the motherboard as the number of components makes it more likely that one of them is defective but I don't know what tests I can perform from home. I do own a multimeter that I used to check some of the voltages provided by the Power Supply, maybe there are some components on the motherboard I can test with the VOM?
The components I bought are the following :
- CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K (3.5 GHz)
- Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170-HD3P
- RAM: DDR4 G.Skill Aegis, 16 GB, 2133 MHz, CAS 15
- Graphical card: KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 EX, 8 GB
- Power Supply: Be Quiet ! System Power 8, 600W
- Kingston V300, 120 GB, SATA III
- Seagate BarraCuda, 1 TB
I checked beforehand that everything was compatible so I assume they are but maybe they actually aren't?
Anyway as you can see I am a bit lost right now, the worst case scenario is I go to a store and have them assemble it for me (which I don't think will change a thing) and once they see it doesn't work they perform tests but this costs more than 100€ so if there is a way I can do the tests myself that would be great!
Thanks in advance, if I forgot any relevant information feel free to ask!
Marc.
