I finally received all my parts, built the PC, connected a monitor and powered it on. Here’s the parts list:
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU: Zotac Gaming RTX 3060 Ti
- RAM: 32 GB (2x16) DDR5-6000 CL30 Viper Venom
- Motherboard: MSI PRO B850-S WIFI6E
- Cooler: Thermalright FW360 SE ARGB V2 (AIO)
- Case: NZXT H6 Flow, plus 3 old case fans
- SSD: Samsung 990 NVMe 1 TB
- PSU: be quiet! Power Zone 2 1000W
There was still no display output after 10 minutes. The red CPU LED and the yellow DRAM LED stay lit on the motherboard. The Fans, RGB, PSU, all turn on but the PC wont boot. I cant select the boot manager or enter the BIOS/UEFI. Im a PC noob so I dont know what else I could write to specify my problem.
What I’ve already tried:
- Checked the CPU power cable and the 24-pin ATX cable
- Checked that all components are seated properly
- Tested with only one RAM stick, then with the other one
- Checked that the CPU sits correctly in the socket, including the orientation arrow
- Reset the CMOS
- Flashed the BIOS via BIOS Flashback: I formatted a 32 GB USB 3.0 stick as FAT32, downloaded the latest BIOS version from the MSI website, extracted it and renamed the file to MSI.ROM, and put it in the root directory of the stick. Then I plugged the stick into the Flash BIOS USB port, held the Flash BIOS button for 5-10 seconds, and waited until the white LED stopped blinking/lighting up.
- Switched from HDMI to DisplayPort
- Tried the motherboard video output instead of the GPU
I’m honestly out of ideas at this point and hoped someone here might have a suggestion. Thanks in advance!