Z77A-GD65 not booting

Hi
I just bought 2 new AX1200 PSU for my MSI Z77A-GD65.
I have connected the 24pin and the 8 pin "CPU Cable" to the board.
Beside this there is nothing connected to the board (no HD, Monitor etc.). The board is not in the case yet but on a cardboard.
When pressing the power button on the Motherboard the PSU just clicks once and then nothing. On the board nothing lights up. The fans (CPU and PSU) do not move at all.
Then I tried with my second AX1200 PSU - same result. So I thought the problem relies to either the board or on the RAM. I took back the Motherboard to the shop where I bought it and we tested the board with a no name PSU and it works fine.
Next thing I tried then was to replace the supplied original cables from the first PSU set with the second PSU set. No success here as well, still just one click.
The only thing I'm doing different than the guys in the shop (they used VGA) is to either connect no monitor or connect my TV trough HDMI. Both are not working either. Is it required to have a monitor connected at all and if yes does it matter whether I use HDMI or DVI or VGA?
Any help, tips and hints are highly appreciated

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What is the RAM? Brand and description. For initial startup it is recommended that only 1 RAM stick be used and placed in the DIMM2 slot.
Don't know the RAM brand but as it was working in the shop when we tested it with the noname PSU I assume it's not an issue.
When testing in the shop we had 2 banks in Slot 2 and 4 but i tried as well 1 and 3 and just with one single stick myself (slot 1 and as well slot 2).
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Use the onboard graphics port other than HDMI to a monitor. Visual is required otherwise nothing can be set properly in the UEFI/BIOS.
Will try this later today. I'd assume the board should start up as well without any monitor connected or is it required to configure this initially in the BIOS setup?
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Not sure I understand what the term 'boot' means in your topic title. You mean no POST? Boot is OS loading.
When pressing the power button on the board just nothing happens: one click on the PSU, blank screen, no fans (CPU, PSU) spinning up.

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