Hello everyone,
I woke up to a completely dead pc the other day. It has no power completely (my ram's LED has no power, fan LEDs no power, motherboard LEDs no power, no power/lights anywhere). I left it in sleep mode the night before which I usually do and have been doing so for the past year or 2. 4 days before my pc died on me, it froze while I was gaming (pretty unusual and rare) and wouldn't restart/shut off unless I completely shut off the PSU. I shut off the psu, unplugged it, plugged it back in and my pc ran fine until it didn't two days ago.
At first I thought it was my PSU so I bought a new one and replaced my old one with it. Still no power or LED lights anywhere. Because my pc still had no power with the new PSU I decided to test/jumpstart my OLD PSU using the paper clip method with the 24 pin motherboard connector. To do this, I plugged into my old PSU only the 24 pin connector and a Pcie connector which I had connected to my fan speed/LED controller. Once I had the paper clip in pins 4 & 7 on the 24 pin connector, my PSU fan and my pc fans along with their respective LED lights came on so I figured my old PSU wasn't the issue. Probably should've tested it out first before rushing into buying a new PSU but whatever.
I quickly returned the new PSU and picked up a new motherboard because thats what I thought was my issue. I swapped in the new motherboard but still had no lights or power anywhere. I made sure my 8 pin cpu connector, 24 pin motherboard connector, and all of the JFP1 cables were plugged in correctly. New motherboard still in pc currently.
Now I'm starting to think it's my case? Could I have possibly have gotten a bad new motherboard? Is there a way to test the motherboard? Or should I buy a new case? Please help and suggest other possibilities! Thank you!
PC spec:
CPU - ryzen 7 3800x
GPU - 6950xt
Ram - 2 sticks of 16gb
Old motherboard - Asus Tuf x570 plus
New motherboard- MSI b550 tomahawk
Old PSU - CORSAIR 850w
New PSU - Corair 1000w (returned already)
I woke up to a completely dead pc the other day. It has no power completely (my ram's LED has no power, fan LEDs no power, motherboard LEDs no power, no power/lights anywhere). I left it in sleep mode the night before which I usually do and have been doing so for the past year or 2. 4 days before my pc died on me, it froze while I was gaming (pretty unusual and rare) and wouldn't restart/shut off unless I completely shut off the PSU. I shut off the psu, unplugged it, plugged it back in and my pc ran fine until it didn't two days ago.
At first I thought it was my PSU so I bought a new one and replaced my old one with it. Still no power or LED lights anywhere. Because my pc still had no power with the new PSU I decided to test/jumpstart my OLD PSU using the paper clip method with the 24 pin motherboard connector. To do this, I plugged into my old PSU only the 24 pin connector and a Pcie connector which I had connected to my fan speed/LED controller. Once I had the paper clip in pins 4 & 7 on the 24 pin connector, my PSU fan and my pc fans along with their respective LED lights came on so I figured my old PSU wasn't the issue. Probably should've tested it out first before rushing into buying a new PSU but whatever.
I quickly returned the new PSU and picked up a new motherboard because thats what I thought was my issue. I swapped in the new motherboard but still had no lights or power anywhere. I made sure my 8 pin cpu connector, 24 pin motherboard connector, and all of the JFP1 cables were plugged in correctly. New motherboard still in pc currently.
Now I'm starting to think it's my case? Could I have possibly have gotten a bad new motherboard? Is there a way to test the motherboard? Or should I buy a new case? Please help and suggest other possibilities! Thank you!
PC spec:
CPU - ryzen 7 3800x
GPU - 6950xt
Ram - 2 sticks of 16gb
Old motherboard - Asus Tuf x570 plus
New motherboard- MSI b550 tomahawk
Old PSU - CORSAIR 850w
New PSU - Corair 1000w (returned already)
