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Built It, Plugged It In, And The CPU LED Wont Let Me Celebrate

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Accepted solution by Rhea Novak — For a VGA LED, plug teh monitor into teh graphics card, not the motherboard, and confirm all PCIe power cables are fully seated.
  1. Chen
    @frame_shed

    its 1 AM and my new build refuses to POST.

    thats all teh monitor shows. the CPU LED on the mini-ITX board lights up and stays on. i waited five minutes and nothing changed. my old PC is already sold, sooo i have nothing else to test parts with... please tell me this is a cable problem. ive watched a few build videos to compare and i cant spot anything i did differently... im hoping its smth obvious that a fresh pair of eyes will catch immediately. pls help 🙏

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  2. Uma Becker
    @ubecker-3qb

    hmmm which slots are teh RAM sticks in, counting from the CPU? ?

    39 5 helpful
  4. Idris D.
    @quartz_fox

    my mac is officially haunted

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  5. Vera Moreau
    @vera_voxel
    in reply to @quartz_fox

    if the CPU LED is lit, the board may need a BIOS update to support your processor, check teh CPU support list on teh boards page, and use BIOS Flashback with a USB stick if teh board has it. hope that helps :)

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  6. Rhea Novak
    @rhea_regex
    Accepted solution

    For a VGA LED, plug teh monitor into teh graphics card, not the motherboard, and confirm all PCIe power cables are fully seated.

    6 6 helpful
  7. Chen
    @frame_shed
    in reply to @rhea_regex

    @rhea_regex omg finally used BIOS Flashback with a USB stick and it booted right after. Thanks for explaining what that LED meant.

    thumbsup

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