Pc will not post

[N8god]

Can you answer this for us.

The red LED means that there is a problem with the CPU, the CPU has worked ok in the motherboard already which rules out incompatibility, both the CPU and MB were working but we know nothing about the quality of the PSU so it is important that we check if it is any good.

PSU is a 650 watt EVGA Gold and like it seems like it will power up and even with the onboard graphics it still won’t give anything on the monitor

[DOUGIE]

I had exactly the same issue as you and turned out there was one bent pin which with a magnifying glass and pin managed to straighten. Straightened the pin and everything booted fine.CPU light will come on if all pins are not making contact with CPU. I would double check again, with a magnifying glass. Check the pattern carefully as they are hard to see.

[N8god]

I had exactly the same issue as you and turned out there was one bent pin which with a magnifying glass and pin managed to straighten. Straightened the pin and everything booted fine.CPU light will come on if all pins are not making contact with CPU. I would double check again, with a magnifying glass. Check the pattern carefully as they are hard to see.

I will take a look at that. Just the crash was really weird, I mean it was working great and then it just crashes.

[DOUGIE]

You had one problem “crashing.” Taking the CPU out, you may now have two issues. Have to get it to post first, then deal with the crashing.

[N8god]

You had one problem “crashing.” Taking the CPU out, you may now have two issues. Have to get it to post first, then deal with the crashing.

But the issue was after it crashed I couldn’t get it to post again. Right after I tried restarting and it didn’t want to give video output

[N8god]

UPDATE: So I took apart the whole thing and put it back together and I’m getting the same exact results. No bent pins, everything is fully connected. Really rather unfortunate it’s come to this either have to rma the board or the cpu. Not sure which one yet. I have a friend with a PC as well. Would it be safe for me to put my cpu on his motherboard and test that way or vice versa?

[phillpower2]

Is your CPU compatible with your friends motherboard, if not sure post your friends MB info for us and one of us will check.

Trying your CPU in another known good compatible MB is the safest option, this because a dead CPU cannot damage the MB when fitted correctly but putting a known good CPU in an unproven state MB could result in the CPU becoming damaged.

Before swapping out the CPUs, long shot but try swapping in your friends PSU, just in case the12V ATX supply to the CPU socket is bad, do this without the add on video card in place.

[N8god]

Is your CPU compatible with your friends motherboard, if not sure post your friends MB info for us and one of us will check.

Trying your CPU in another known good compatible MB is the safest option, this because a dead CPU cannot damage the MB when fitted correctly but putting a known good CPU in an unproven state MB could result in the CPU becoming damaged.

Before swapping out the CPUs, long shot but try swapping in your friends PSU, just in case the12V ATX supply to the CPU socket is bad, do this without the add on video card in place.

So I was talking to my friend. He only has a 7th gen motherboard. So that will not work. At this point, I think I’m just going to rma both the motherboard and the cpu. I think that’s all I can really do.

[phillpower2]

Unless you can ask a local tech store if they can test both the CPU and MB you have no other option I`m afraid

[N8god]

Unless you can ask a local tech store if they can test both the CPU and MB you have no other option I`m afraid

Well I tried, they wanna charge me 100 bucks lol

[phillpower2]

That is outrageous and one place that I would be sure to never give any business

[N8god]

Well I’m just gonna keep updating this thread. I came to the conclusion to get this done the fastest is to contact both manufacturers and see what happens. I have a rma number from Asus and will be sending that part out ASAP. I also contacted intel today for my chipset. They have created a case number for me and asked me to send several pictures of the cpu. I’m really not sure if I’m going to get anywhere with this considering I overclocked tbe processor.

[phillpower2]

I also contacted intel today for my chipset. They have created a case number for me and asked me to send several pictures of the cpu. I’m really not sure if I’m going to get anywhere with this considering I overclocked tbe processor.

I hate anything to do with overclocking, quickest way to have to toss your hardware into the trash when things go wrong, both AMD and Intel have ways of checking if a CPU has been badly OCd and will not reimburse folk when they have determined it, Intel as far back as 2012 offered an additional one off warranty for overclockers, info here

[phillpower2]

Any update for us?

[N8god]

Any update for us?

Okay so here’s where I’m at. I’ve contacted intel and I’m sending out the CPU out tomorrow. I will also be sending out the motherboard eventually too. I need to see what each manufacturer says about each part. Hopefully intel will say the processor works fine and all I have to do is send the board to Asus.