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    Question USB Port Damaged?

    It's an NZXT h500.
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    Question USB Port Damaged?

    I recently experienced a power surge warning on one of my front USB ports; after unplugging, I can't seem to plug anything back in. On visual inspection, the damaged port looks different from an undamaged one, but I don't know enough to diagnose the problem or determine whether it can be...
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    [SOLVED] First build -- no display; RAM not detected?

    Thanks for the help. The problem was much simpler than I thought: the motherboard DIMM slots have only one latch, and you have to push the RAM in on the non-latched side first until it clicks. Once I did that, everything worked.
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    [SOLVED] First build -- no display; RAM not detected?

    The relevant parts are listed here: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XTTZnH I have the motherboard in the case and the GPU/CPU/RAM/PSU installed. (Not all of the standoffs are screwed in; my impression has been that this shouldn't necessarily matter.) When I power the system on, all the LEDs...