I've been going through a lengthy troubleshooting process with a computer I've been building and I'm trying to narrow down all possibilities. My issue is that when I go to power up the system, it powers up for about a second and then shuts down. In the short time it is powered, the debug led display shows 00(failure to post). I had already RMA'd my motherboard thinking this was the issue but after receiving a replacement I'm still having the same problem as before.
Now while it is possible that I've gotten yet another dud mobo, there is one thing that I cannot seem to find an answer on. On the motherboard, the standby LED does not light on when the PSU is flipped on. Can a faulty processor prevent this light from turning on at all? If it can, I think I will be trying to replace the processor next.
Here's all of the things I've tried to resolve this issue to no avail:
Attempted to power up with bare minimum component
Attempted to power up testing the RAM sticks one by one
Shorted the CMOS battery to clear the BIOS
Attempted to power up with components outside of the case
Tested the PSU rails with a multimeter to confirm that the proper voltage was being given
Hooked up PSU to separate system to confirm it works
Attempted to power up system with a separate but known to be reliable PSU
Confirmed that switches were not faulty on case
Specs are below
Main Board: MSI Gaming 5
CPU: Intel 4790k
Bios Version: N/A
Video Card: Gigabtye GTX 980
PSU:Newton R3 FD-PSU-NT3W-1000W
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 2133 Model F3-2133C11D-16GXL
SSD/ HDD: Samsung 850
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
