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Solved PC won't boot, Dram led red

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Kermouze

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Hey guys!

After a fire in my apartment I had to rebuild my PC. Fortunately only the case suffered, I tested the HD and the SSD at a friend's and both are perfectly fine.
I bought a new case and a new PSU (just to be sure), and after rebuilding the whole thing, the PC won't work. At first, it didn't start at all, but then after reseting the CMOS it started finally. But now the screen is completely black and the Dram led appears red on the Mobo. I've spent hours trying different things I red on the internet but nothing works. Here's what I did :
  • reseting the CMOS
  • removed CMOS battery for several hours then put it back in
  • tried other Ram slots
  • tried with my friend's RAM module
  • pressed the MEMOK button (the led blinks several times then returns to still red)
  • verified that all was plugged correctly
I have no idea what I could try now and what is deficient (CPU, RAM, Mobo?)

If anyone has an idea it'd be helpful as I wouldn't want to buy anything before being sure I need it regarding the financial diffulties of this period.

Components

Intel i7 4790K
Asus Z97A
HyperX Fury DDR3 (2x8) item number : HX316C10F/8
SanDisk SSD Plus 120Go / Seagate Barracuda 2To
No GPU
Corsair CX 550
Cooler Master Silencio
 
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Kermouze said:
After a fire in my apartment I had to rebuild my PC. Fortunately only the case suffered, I tested the HD and the SSD at a friend's and both are perfectly fine.
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First thing I would do (if you have it) check with you insurance and see about getting it replaced.

Being a firefighter with almost 20 years of experience the radiant heat and water damage you may have to replace all the innards.
 
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Thanks for your response!
I'm going to have some money from my insurance but surely not enough to purchase once again all the things I've lost.
I know the heat and water might have caused damage, but since the SSD and the HD are fine I told myself that maybe other components may have been saved too.
Probably the Mobo or the CPU is dead (or maybe both), but how to be sure?
 
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I wasn't home when the fire broke out.
It was criminal. Someone got into my apartment and set my mattress on fire. So it was not an electric dysfunction. The fire cut the power afterwards. It was an important fire and I've lost most of my stuff. The PC was in the room that burnt but apart from the outside that melted a little bit on the front, the inside of the computer doesn't look bad at all. No water, smog or even dust. When I tried my HD and the SSD and saw that they worked I told to myself that maybe the PC got out alright.
I'm sorry if I sound naive, maybe just because it LOOKS alright doesn't mean it is.
 
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Still don’t know if the pc was on at the time so I’ll assume it was.
If the pc was in the room that was on fire, and was close enough to melt, then it was close enough to get wet by the same water source used to stop the fire.
So we have heat and water at play here.
Than add the plastic, fibres, toxic fumes and general airborne shite that fires generate and you have all the nasties that electronic gear hates.
If your drives are readable in other PCs, great, you can retrieve your data, but from your testing, the pc is dead.
Time to tell the insurance company and they will add the cost to the pay-out.
 
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If your case suffered damage figured that there are internal parts that suffered as well. Would defiantly back up any data that you do not wish to loose to different storage.

Structural fires can reach heat up to almost 1000 degrees Fahrenheit (537 degrees Celsius) in short time.

I agree with @Bruce file the claim on the computer.
 
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Why not take the advice given and either claim insurance on the pc or get a newer one. If you find the motherboard has been fried, what chance do the other components have. You are grasping at straws that could easily end in tears.
 
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I'm french, and in France in this case the insurance gives you a certain amount of money for all the things you've lost. I am a musician and most of my equipment burnt in the fire and I'm gonna have to buy these once again. These things are quite expensive so my hands are a little bit tied here. That's why I prefer to proceed little by little. But for sure I won't give it up, if it doesn't work with a new MB I'll know the other components died too.
 
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