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I blew it out because I saw there is a little gap between the CPU and socket when mounted which I suspected dust might have gotten in. View: https://imgur.com/a/cZgR9xi This was the closest I could get in focus, I checked pretty close and didn't see any misaligned or damaged pins

Okay I just just fixed it by removing the CPU and lightly blowing out any unseen debris. Now I have another problem, after I shutdown the computer, the next boot up has intermittent self shutdown before I get to the post screen, then it tries to boot up again and and shuts down again then it...

Nope, CPU and CPU cooler were still mounted when I cleaned it.

I didn't notice anything come loose or any ESD as this isn't my first time cleaning, I only clean it when the build up gets big enough that it kicks out dust every time I start my computer.

Black screen, fans all spinning

Just did some dusting of my old PC and now it doesn't properly boot, the CPU_LED on the motherboard is on. I already did the following: Reseat CPU, GPU, RAM, PSU cables Tried another CPU on the same motherboard Removed CMOS battery for 10 minutes Anything else to try before declaring the...

Chipset installed

Hot plug is enabled, still unable to see drive

I have window installed on the HDD but when but it only boots when the SSD is not connected for some reason, otherwise it'll be stuck on the ASUS splash page

Sorry it's been a while, is there any other possible solution for this?

SATA SSD (faulty), SATA HDD (temporary), USB (Windows boot) ASUS Z97-A Yes Right now I'm just trying to get Windows to detect the drive so I can back up the data

Oops was swapping some drives around so it was on 3 off screen

Just tried, it doesn't see the drive

How do I test if I can't see the disk in disk management either