Do I have a dead Motherboard?

AA_Neu

Parts list:

• Mobo: Z790I AORUS ULTRA (rev. 1.0)
• CPU: INTEL INTEL I7-14700K
• RAM: G.SKILL 32G 2X D5 6000
• Storage: INLAND 4TB Performance Plus NVMe SSD (in the M2A_CPU socket)
• PSU: LIANLI SP850 SFX

1. I plugged the board into the power supply.
2. Flashed the latest BIOS from gigabyte . com/Motherboard/Z790I-AORUS-ULTRA-rev-10/support#support-dl-bios using Q-flash plus.
3. Installed CPU, RAM, and storage in the M.2 CPU slot.

aaand the board will not post.

I bridge PW+ and PW- on the F_PANEL and the board does nothing.

I bridge the CLR_CMOS pins then try again, still nothing.

What are my next steps for troubleshooting? Is the board dead?

PowerSpec_MikeW

@AA_Neu

Did you have a cooler on it when tried to power it on? Aside from a thermal shutdown, it's an LGA socket. It needs some mounting pressure to push the CPU down onto the pins in the socket.