Z77A-GD65 - Won't boot

Hi all,
I'm trying to boot my pc but for some reason doesn't work.
Board: MSI Z77A-GD65 ver. 2.1
Bios: ? (I do not know because I never get into the bios)
VGA: XFX ATI HD 5770 1Gb (tested with and without)
PSU: Corsair GS600 (CMPSU-600G)
Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7-3770K 3.5Ghz 8MB LGA1155 BX80637I73770K (tested and ok)
MEM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600MHz - CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 (tested with and without)
HDD: 2x Western WD10EARS 1TB Green (tested with and without)
COOLER: Cooler master V6 GT and intel stock cooler (tested both)
OC: none
OS: none
When I turn on my pc, LED1 lights up and after 5 secs restarts. When is restarting, two another leds blinks, one near multi-bios swtich and the other near JFP1.
No code appear on the debug display.
Any ideas?
Thanks.

>>Posting Guide<<
please give a more detailed list of parts your using in your machine as what you post is always the only thing we have to base any reply on as we do not have your actual machine to see what is there!
1: possibly bad or incompatible memory so what memory you using?
2: what PSU do you have as it may just be that there isn't enougth power to fuel the machine (give us the +12V rail/s rating/s)?
3: have you connected the 8pin CPU power header and is it fully seated?
4: have you tried the board outside of your case on a non conductive surface?
5: have you checked the CPU socket to see if any of the small connection pins are bent with a bright light and a magnifier as thats a common problem?

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MOVED: Z87-GD65 won´t boot.

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https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=184330.0

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