Recent content by frostyfish88

Hey, one more quick question. If I'm returning (RMAing) the CPU, should I like wipe off the thermal paste with a paper towel or something? It came pre-applied, so.... I just don't want to do anything to jeopardize them exchanging these parts for me. Thanks!

Okay, so I tried the power supply from my working build and got nothing, and I breadboarded the motherboard and still got nothing. So at this point, it has to be the cpu or motherboard that's bad, right? Is there any way to distinguish between which it is, or do I just have to return both?

Hello, I'm trying to make a budget build. I got everything assembled and in the case. When I power the computer on, all the case fans power on, as well as those for the CPU, GPU, and PSU, so I can only assume that those components are at least powering on. Everything looks fine to me, but...