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ASRock X470 Master SLI not powering up

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Topic: ASRock X470 Master SLI not powering up

Posted By: chestbreaker
Subject: ASRock X470 Master SLI not powering up
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2018 at 7:58pm

" rel="nofollow - Hi all,

I have problems setting up my new system and wanted to ask for assistance.

My parts list:

Mainboard: ASRock X470 Master SLI

Processor: Ryzen 2700X

PSU: Cougar 700 SX

RAM: G.Skill DIMM 32 GB DDR4-3000 Quad-Kit (F4-3000C15Q-32GTZR, Trident Z RGB)

Graphicscard: Palit Super Jetstream GTX 1080 ti

I currently have the issue, that after putting everything together, the system does not even power on. Yes I have double checked the 24pin and 8pin + 4pin power connections.

I tried with different RAM configurations (only one DIMM in A2).

But after powering the system, only the chipset starts pulsing and when I press the power button nothing else happens. No spinning fans, no "powering up". - Do I miss something obvious?

Is there an even more minimal configuration I could try to get the system powered on (only cpu installed for example)?

This is not my first system I built over the years, but currently I'm out of ideas.

Thank you, all.

Replies:

Posted By: fnordie
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2018 at 2:17pm

" rel="nofollow - the obvious first, have connected the case power button? try to short pins with screwdriver to power up. on a old case my power-button failed one time.

i think you will need MoBo+CPU+RAM+GPU to test. connect a pc speaker maybe for beep error codes?

Posted By: chestbreaker
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2018 at 3:09pm

Power button is/was connected. I completely built it into the case, ready to close up (I know, I should have known better and test everything outside first :)) so the first thing I double checked after the thing didn't power on were all connections (graphics, quick wiggle on the RAM, all case connectors, ..).

After this didn't help, I started ripping things out / disconnecting things again.

In the meantime I upgraded the bios on my wifes Ryzen Mainboard and confirmed that the CPU and the RAM are working in her machine.

While on that, I put her 1600 Ryzen into my board and her RAM also. Still not booting. (In this configuration I also tried shorting the pins cause it was a flying setup on the table and the cases power button cable was to short.)

I'm currently pretty convinced that my board is dead. Except I have missed something crucial.

I ordered an ASUS and will try again tonight.

Thank you, for your input.

Posted By: chestbreaker
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2018 at 5:29pm

Quick update on this.

I switched to an ASUS PRIME X470-PRO. Plugged everything in. Booted on first try.