I just finished building a new box and the only thing that happens when I hit the power button is the fans spin up for about one second and then everything stops. Nothing displays on the monitor.
From what I've gleaned from other sources it seems it could be that my low-profile (and therefore low-voltage?) memory isn't being recognized by the motherboard.
I have another regular-size DIMM to use to get it to POST so I can manually change the voltage. After that I could replace the low-profile DIMMs.
But I'm using a CPU cooler (Noctua NH-U14S) that goes over three of the memory slots, which is why I got the low-profile memory. The regular DIMM won't fit into any of the slots except B2. It still acts the same when it's there.
I removed the fan from the CPU cooler and was able to just get the regular-size DIMM into B1. Same thing -- power for one second and then nothing. The motherboard manual says nothing about where a single DIMM needs to go so I don't know if it needs to go into A1. It only mentions two (A1/2 or B1/2) and four DIMMs.
The regular-size DIMM I have is actually really tall with cooling fins (Corsair Vengeance). So I could see if I can find some shorter memory to buy to try in A1. That will cost money for something I'll use for a couple minutes. And time and hassle.
Or I could remove the CPU cooler to get this DIMM into A1, if that will work. Just time removing old thermal paste and reapplying it for that solution.
But I'm not entirely sure I've identified the problem or if these solutions will work. So that's why I'm here. :)
All components are new:
Antec P280 case
ASRock Z87 Extreme4
Intel Core i7-4771 Haswell Quad-Core 3.5GHz
SeaSonic Platinum Series SS-400FL2 400W fanless
Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3
Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB SATA III SSD
Samsung 840 EVO 500GB SATA III SSD
Thanks.
Mike
From what I've gleaned from other sources it seems it could be that my low-profile (and therefore low-voltage?) memory isn't being recognized by the motherboard.
I have another regular-size DIMM to use to get it to POST so I can manually change the voltage. After that I could replace the low-profile DIMMs.
But I'm using a CPU cooler (Noctua NH-U14S) that goes over three of the memory slots, which is why I got the low-profile memory. The regular DIMM won't fit into any of the slots except B2. It still acts the same when it's there.
I removed the fan from the CPU cooler and was able to just get the regular-size DIMM into B1. Same thing -- power for one second and then nothing. The motherboard manual says nothing about where a single DIMM needs to go so I don't know if it needs to go into A1. It only mentions two (A1/2 or B1/2) and four DIMMs.
The regular-size DIMM I have is actually really tall with cooling fins (Corsair Vengeance). So I could see if I can find some shorter memory to buy to try in A1. That will cost money for something I'll use for a couple minutes. And time and hassle.
Or I could remove the CPU cooler to get this DIMM into A1, if that will work. Just time removing old thermal paste and reapplying it for that solution.
But I'm not entirely sure I've identified the problem or if these solutions will work. So that's why I'm here. :)
All components are new:
Antec P280 case
ASRock Z87 Extreme4
Intel Core i7-4771 Haswell Quad-Core 3.5GHz
SeaSonic Platinum Series SS-400FL2 400W fanless
Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3
Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB SATA III SSD
Samsung 840 EVO 500GB SATA III SSD
Thanks.
Mike
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