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Computer wont boot - no monitor display, no beeps, no keyboard lighting

How much does a similar board cost?
 
a lot. I could only find this mitx board and it cost me $200 cad, from Netherlands. It was cheap but didn't notice shipping and handling.

I made some really bad decisions in my life. This setup was one of them.

I am gonna call it quits I think. There is a guy selling a Intel Pentium G3258 for $30 in Ontario, so I gotta see if he will ship it to Calgary. But that is last resort. After that, if I cant get it. I am just going to sell it at a loss if I can. If I cannot, well, I just lost $400.
 
crap. Well, I hope that Pentium works and allows you to update the BIOS and make that i7 sing. If it was me, I would probably try the same as you. Best of luck.
 
You not lying there. Prices for 1150 parts are expensive when it comes to ITX Boards. I'm not willing to upgrade to AMD just yet. I would like to but just prices have gone up. I'm trying to get a i5 4460 for cheap
 
So I ordered the Pentium processor. Guess what? Just checked? It won't work. So I just wanted $30 cad on top of $400. It won't work until I get bios 2.3 which is same one needed for my currency processor

Never again.

So I just ordered another one. 3220. It works on all bios.
 
Are you serious? Is it a the newer cpu? Then it probably won't work besides a bios update which you'll need a cpu to do so with. How about you look through the cpu list and look for one that works with bios on its first one that was on it then you'll be able to update the bios with easy windows 7 install then update bios program
 
the first question I would have asked when buying a used motherboard is if the BIOS is up to date. I dont know if you bought the CPU after you bought the board but it goes to show that you need to do your research, this shows another fine example of Intel's BS, AMD doesnt have socket problems like this.

Hope you get it sorted out.
 
sepheronx said:
So I ordered the Pentium processor. Guess what? Just checked? It won't work. So I just wanted $30 cad on top of $400. It won't work until I get bios 2.3 which is same one needed for my currency processor

Never again.

So I just ordered another one. 3220. It works on all bios.
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Are you sure i3 3220 is the right CPU? Socket 1150 needs the 4xxx generation. 3220 is Ivy Bridge.
 
According to this:

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z87E-ITX/index.us.asp#CPU

It would work

Note: I made sure it was an Intel Pentium G3220, not core i3 cause I know ivy bridge chips won't work.

I'm curious though. If it was incompatibility because of lack of proper bios, wouldn't it just still post or something but state can't detect CPU?
 
No it doesn’t work that way, although some high end ASUS boards do allow flashing of the BIOS without a CPU, most boards would require a compatible CPU to boot
 
Not asking to boot but wouldn't it still give a beep code and try to show bios and show CPU failure or something? Cause I'm saying the display doesn't turn on and keyboard doesn't light up.
 
As far as I can see, there are two versions of G3220, original and newer (refresh) version which requires at least BIOS 1.50. Original is probably SR1CG, while newer is probably SR1RK.

Also 12 GB RAM is not an ideal setup, especially if they are from different manufacturers, have different memory modules etc.
 
Komshija said:
As far as I can see, there are two versions of G3220, original and newer (refresh) version which requires at least BIOS 1.50. Original is probably SR1CG, while newer is probably SR1RK.

Also 12 GB RAM is not an ideal setup, especially if they are from different manufacturers, have different memory modules etc.
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I know comrade, but the issue is that even tried individual sticks and it didn't work.

Anyway, the cpu i ordered is the SR1CG from ebay.

If I get this working, I will buy myself a $23 bottle of rum than my usual $17 rubbing alcohol.

And I'll give you all virtual hugs.
 
sepheronx said:
Not asking to boot but wouldn't it still give a beep code and try to show bios and show CPU failure or something? Cause I'm saying the display doesn't turn on and keyboard doesn't light up.
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Same thing even with the ASUS boards that I flashed the BIOS that way. It turned on with fan running but no video output. I just followed the step by step instructions provided by ASUS website and successfully flashed the BIOS. Not saying you have the same issue though as I don't know.
 
Ah, ok.

Well, the CPU comes in on Thursday, so in time being, I figured out my standard ATX PSU wont fit in the case I purchased Cause it is 150mm not 140mm. So I gotta go out and purchase a new one.

I was thinking a 550W gold standard PSU. What do you ladies think?

https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX65812
 
That is not a bad PSU. I have that and it works fine. With the rebate it is worth it, as Corsair is pretty quick with processing and sending rebates. Otherwise, this one is pretty good too - https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX64227
 
I would but.... My case is a Couger QBX which fits maximum length psu of 140mm
 
Wow, that build has gone sour. Sorry to hear that. Sincerely hope that the Pentium makes your computer tick.
 
It was my fault. I was trying to save money by buying used parts as normally parts up here are expensive in general. In end, I paid more for most parts minus GPU and RAM.

I could have gotten myself a Core i5 8400 and an mitx board. Ram would be too expensive though.

Anyway, live and learn, even if it cost me a lot. If I can get this system up and running with the pentium processor to update bios, then I can at least sell my Alienware x51 with GTX1060 6gb, 12gb of ram, core i7 3770, etc for probably a pretty penny here (it is actually a fantastic system. It just cant fit my GTX 1070).

I like the Cougar case though. Its really nice. I am thinking of spending the few extra bucks and get a SFX powersupply from Mike's since they do free shipping.
 
Well, at least you didn't have to pay the stupid premium that DDR4 has over DDR3.
 
So I got the other processor and it worked. Got into windows and all that. Installed bios 2.5 (last one) and its supports i7-4790K and what not. Put this processor (4790) and nope, same issue.

Contacting Ebay seller to state that processor he sold me doesn't work. I paid over $200 CAD for it.
 
Do you guys like my blog? Was thinking of making a tech blog just for my mishaps.

Anyway

Got the money back for the 4790 (it gets sent to my paypal. Does that mean the money is in a paypal wallet even though its tied directly to my credit card? I didn't see it in my credit card so I gotta figure this out too now).

Ordered a 4670K from a guy who was selling it for $160 CAD. He made a video showing it working, showing his packaging and even shipping (he was new to the whole thing).

Also got a guy selling a dell 9020 with a 4770 in it for $150 with 16gb of ram. So I figure I pick it up, use that CPU, and sell the ram, hdd and other stuff. Probably the sale of the ram alone will come close to making money back on the purchase.
 
If your credit card is tied to Paypal when you paid, Paypal will credit back to your credit card is a day or two.
 
sepheronx said:
Got the money back for the 4790 (it gets sent to my paypal. Does that mean the money is in a paypal wallet even though its tied directly to my credit card? I didn't see it in my credit card so I gotta figure this out too now).
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It gets credited back to Paypal and held there for future use, or until you manually transfer back to your bank account/card.
 
Caring1 said:
It gets credited back to Paypal and held there for future use, or until you manually transfer back to your bank account/card.
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Interestingly enough, it isn't in my paypal and checking paypal history, it says it sent it to my credit card which it is tied to. But I am checking my credit card account and I do not see it at all. Gotta contact someone now.

Update: ITS WORKING!

While everyone online was going to charge me $250 for the core i7 4770 (non K model), I was able to get a whole Dell 9020 with 16gb of ram and the 4770 for only $150. So now I got a second system to just play around with, using it for media center.

I was almost in tears in happiness just to get this POS working at least.

So here its final system setup:

Core i7 4770 - Cost me $150 (well, technically a whole system but I am counting it)
Asrock Z87E-ITX mobo ~$180 (way too expensive. $130 for mobo but shipping/handling/import taxes cost me the extra amount)
Couger QBX - $80
ASUS GTX 1070 Turbo - $400 (got it used at a decent price)
480gb Kingston SSD - $108
EVGA 600W Bronze PSU - $70
16gb GSKILL Ripjaws - $100

$1,088 CAD ($834 USD)

Not bad. I would be theoretically spending about ~$400 - 500 more if I got some newer components. But ram prices up here are a killer so the cheap DDR3 were what helped.
 
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