Help! My first build won't start.

okerproker

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Edit:now that i am back and i did everything you told me, but still it doesn't work.

what I have done:
pulled all the cables out from the motherboard except the two power cables.
cleared cmos.
took the reset switch cable out from the motherboard.
checked for metal under the motherboard.
checked power cables.


Hi, I began building my computer yesterday and I were finished yesterday, but when I turned the pc on for the first time it wasn't any signal to my display and neither any beep coming from the mini speaker attached to the motherboard.

What is:

Fans spinning on the CPU cooler and the graphic card.
The standby light on the motherboard lights up.
The two lights on the graphic card lights up.

What isn't:

The fans installed in the cooler master haf x spinning.
Lights to indicate that some parts don't work.
Beep.
Signal on the monitor.

Specs:
Cooler master haf x
Asus p8z77-pro
I7-3770k
Cooler master hyper evo 212
Asus gtx 670 Directcu 2
Samsung 256gb 830 series
Hyperx 1600mhz 4x4gb ram
Corsair 750ax

Edit:now that i am back and i did everything you told me, but still it doesn't work.

what I have done:
pulled all the cables out from the motherboard except the two power cables.
cleared cmos.
took the reset switch cable out from the motherboard.
checked for metal under the motherboard.
checked power cables.
 
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Kyanzes

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You could double-check if you have connected the PSU to the motherboard properly (mobo power, cpu) check if your video card is also connected via PCIe connectors.

Check if there's a constant RESET state (shorted the reset pins, connected it to a switch, or perhaps the reset button is stuck, happened before)

Pull everything but the essentials, reseat video card, RAM modules etc.

Less obvious stuff: check if something metal is stuck between the mobo and its tray.

Etc.
 

SilentRunning

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Have you tried attaching the monitor cable to the motherboard's video output instead of the GTX 670?
 

okerproker

Junior Member
Jul 6, 2012
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You could double-check if you have connected the PSU to the motherboard properly (mobo power, cpu) check if your video card is also connected via PCIe connectors.

Check if there's a constant RESET state (shorted the reset pins, connected it to a switch, or perhaps the reset button is stuck, happened before)

Pull everything but the essentials, reseat video card, RAM modules etc.

Less obvious stuff: check if something metal is stuck between the mobo and its tray.

Etc.
Actually i tried to press the reset switch after turning it on with the power switch and nothing happened, that could be the problem, so can you describe it in greater detail?
I also took away everything from the motherboard(sata cables, haf x fans and the gtx 670) and same problem
 
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