New MSI 97 GAMING 5 CHIP FAILURE ? help

HELLO,
I have just purchased a msi z97 gaming 5 (with intel I7 4790K) .
It starts and worked normaly for a few minutes, then during windows installation it stopped brutally , and no way to start it again. The led is flashing blue for a few seconds sometimes when attempting to start again.
I have changed all the components (power, cpu memory..) , same. Rarely, after many attemps it starts rarely but if I reset, no start and led flashing blue, no error code. Just if there was no power . I have changed power unit I am sure that it's working . I have also changed the case ... So I am sure all components others than the motherboard are ok...
What means this led blue flashing sometimes ? Is the motherboard dead ?
Advise ?
Thanks
thank you for your help

maybe you could check if there might be bent pin in ??
did you try to plug out power supply and clear CMOS again? or clear CMOS/take out battery and wait for 10 min before power on again..
no power means your CPU fan will still spins right but only show blank screen?

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EXTENT OF LIMITED WARRANTY
Intel does not warrant that the Product will be free from design defects or errors known as “errata.” Current characterized errata are
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