Recent content by HumanBeingRightHere

I breadboarded it as helper800 suggested. I cleaned the RAM sticks with isopropyl alcohol for good measure. Then, I put on thermal paste and installed the CPU cooler. The only thing I didn't install at that stage was my dedicated GPU. Now was the moment of truth. I pressed the power-on button...

The "Power ON" LED (on the case, but connected to a pin on the motherboard) turns on when I start the computer. The fans also start spinning. Unfortunately, I am unable to find any on-board lights. I didn't find any mention of any in the user manual when looking through it either. Neither do I...

Also, assuming that the RAM is just completely dead, it would make sense for there to be no video output, right? Given that I was using an iGPU, the DDR4 RAM cards would be where the VRAM would have to reside; no VRAM, no screen output. Is my thinking here correct? I've also tried to install a...

Right. I should get around to try them one by one again, this time making sure that they are fully seated. Do you think it likely that running the CPU for a few seconds without the cooler could have fried it?

I made sure that they were fully seated, yes.

Also, why Why would the RAM get damaged without touching them? The symptoms have remained the same since I just took out the CPU, cleaned it, and put it back. Here are my RAM sticks, by the way: View: https://imgur.com/a/zpgspwl Yeah, I agree it's not a great PSU. But it should do in terms...

I was able to slot them properly. It just required more force than I anticipated.

Based on what has been written in this thread so far, what is your guess for what might have gone wrong?

No. I was under the impression that the consensus was that damage as a result of ESD was very unlikely when installing computer parts. Perhaps I was mistaken in that belief. But yeah, I guess I messed up. Does this information strengthen your belief that the issue is with my CPU, and that the...

Suppose the motherboard has also been damaged as a result of me messing around with the components. If I get a new, working CPU, is it likely that a malfunctioning motherboard would fry the new CPU as well?

Is there any handy way to check whether a CPU is fried as a result of ESD damage, using a multimeter or some other tool?

Sorry about your lunch. I seems like I plugged in the power up button to the wrong pin, and that's the reason it did not start before. I switched out the PSUs, but unfortunately still no signal. I also tried putting in an old GPU I had lying around. This did not change anything either. And I'm...

I bought this build used, including a Corsair CV550. I have a CV650 that I intended to move over to this build, but since I had trouble booting and whatnot, I left that to be dealt with later. I am in the process of trying to plug in my old CV650 to the system and see if it makes any difference.

Unfortunately, I just moved over from AM3+ and DDR3 to AM4 and DDR4. But yeah, you're right.

You don't think the PSU is likely to be broken?