SOLVED Sanity check on a new build. Supermicro X12STL-IF won't post.

[sheps]

UPDATE 2023/03/23:
I finally decided to swap the motherboard with a new copy. It posted fine. Not sure what was defective with the previous motherboard.

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Item​	Qty​	​
Fractal Design Node 304 ITX Case​	1​	​
SUPERMICRO X12STL-IF-O Mini ITX Server Motherboard​	1​	​
Intel E-2324G Xeon CPU, used​	1​	​
Noctua NH-L9x65 CPU Cooler​	1​	​
NEMIX 2x16GB DDR4-3200 PC4-25600 ECC UDIMM 2Rx8​	1​	​
Corsair SF600, 80+ Platinum, Fully Modular PSU​	1​	​
WD_BLACK 500GB SN770 NVMe SSD (PCIe 4, M.2 2280)​	2​	​
Seagate Exos X16 14TB 7200RPM SATA3 256MB 3.5" HDD​	5​	​
ADCAUDX SFF-8643 0.5m Mini SAS to 4xSATA3 Cable​	1​	​
BENFEI HDMI to VGA 6ft cable​	1​	​
EZDIY-FAB PCIe4.0 X16 Quad Bifurcation M.2 Expansion with Heatsink​

Am I missing something about my parts compatibility? The Supermicro board should support the E2324G and the given RAM....

Symptoms
- I have no post, nor any video output from the VGA port.
- I can enter IPMI, but there is no output from the remote view as well (it literally says No Signal).
- IPMI indicates that I have a healthy E2414 cpu... that's not what I put in!
- IPMI indicates I have RAM, which could be my two sticks. But when I remove a stick, it still says I have two healthy sticks. Is that... normal?
- I tried clearing CMOS, removing components, using either stick of RAM, etc.
- I tried updating the BMC FW. It's currently over 30 minutes that the update is processing... that can't be good, right?

Questions
- Can you sanity check the build please?
- This firmware update... should I just power down?
- Do you think it's more likely the board or the cpu is defective?

Thanks.

 

[sheps]

I should note that I'm fairly certain all jumpers (including JPG1) are set correctly.

 

[dbrown1234]

Did you ever figure it out? I'm having same issue. I have an x12stl-if

 

[sheps]

Did you ever figure it out? I'm having same issue. I have an x12stl-if

Not yet :(

I ordered a second copy of the motherboard to see if that was the issue.

The CPU I have *should* be fine... and I doubt *both* RAM sticks are bad. I'll update if anything changes.

 

[dbrown1234]

I actually figured mine out. I was using a vga to displayport adapter. Once I switched to an older monitor I had with a vga port, magic, the post screen appeared. Good luck with your issue.

 

[sheps]

Interesting. I was using VGA-to-HDMI. I just tried using a VGA-to-VGA cable on a monitor but no luck. Thanks for the suggestion though.