[SOLVED] BF5 bricked my pc?

Lucyrt22

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So, I was at my desktop, decide I wanted to play Battlefield 5, and then when I click on the icon to launch bf5 my monitor keeps turning off and on before my computer restarted and when my pc came back it is now stuck with no display and a solid green light on the motherboard next to the ram. The motherboard is the ROG STRIX B550 Gaming F Wifi. All fans and GPU, RGB for mouse, keyboard and monitor are working. Next to the light it says BOOT in very small writing so I'm guessing it's a boot problem? If so, how do I fix this?
I have tried using different monitors and nothing comes up, the monitors don't even recognize that there's any signal.
I've tried reseating ram, and only trying one ram stick at a time and still nothing.
I have also tried reseating my nvme drive but still nothing changes.
 
Solution
Remove power from PSU.

You can completely remove the NVME drives while troubleshooting, as well as any extraneous LED strips or even unneeded case fans while merely trying to get a POST display. Drop to a single RAM stick in recommended second slot (skip first slot closest to CPU), then remove BIOS battery for 30 seconds. Reinstall battery. Reconnect PSU power, (Allow up to 4 minutes for initial POST display after a BIOS reset, including a few hard resets) If you have any other compatible heat sink you can place on top of CPU, you can even disconnect AIO from mainboard and/or PSU to eliminate it from potentially dragging things down...

If still no display...

Do you have access to another rig with an adequate PSU you could test the...
Is this a new build or one you've had that's been working fine up until now? Please list full system specs.

This is a system that's been working perfectly for several months.

The specs are:
CPU: Ryzen 9 3950X
GPU: MSI Ventus RTX 2080 Super
PSU: Corsair RM750 80+ Gold
Motherboard: ROG STRIX B550-F Gaming WiFi
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 4x8GB 3200Mhz
Primary Storage drive(OS): WD Black SN750 250gb M.2 nvme
Secondary Storage Drive: WD Blue SN550 1tb M.2 SSD
CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro H100 240mm AIO
Case: Phanteks P400A
 
Remove power from PSU.

You can completely remove the NVME drives while troubleshooting, as well as any extraneous LED strips or even unneeded case fans while merely trying to get a POST display. Drop to a single RAM stick in recommended second slot (skip first slot closest to CPU), then remove BIOS battery for 30 seconds. Reinstall battery. Reconnect PSU power, (Allow up to 4 minutes for initial POST display after a BIOS reset, including a few hard resets) If you have any other compatible heat sink you can place on top of CPU, you can even disconnect AIO from mainboard and/or PSU to eliminate it from potentially dragging things down...

If still no display...

Do you have access to another rig with an adequate PSU you could test the RTX2080 Super in? Or another GPU you test in your rig? Because if the GPU is still good...

At some point, of course, we will need to potentially rule out something as simple as the PSU having simply 'died' under a gaming load; if you have another PSU of adequate 650-750 watts rating capability and quality you can test, we can possibly narrow down our list of suspects quickly (NOTE: do NOT mix and match modular cables between PSUs due to differing pinout standards at PSU connection points!) If a known good PSU does not help, you are now likely left with a mainboard issue. (Most would suspect a mainboard of having died before anything else like a CPU, etc...)
 
Solution
Remove power from PSU.

You can completely remove the NVME drives while troubleshooting, as well as any extraneous LED strips or even unneeded case fans while merely trying to get a POST display. Drop to a single RAM stick in recommended second slot (skip first slot closest to CPU), then remove BIOS battery for 30 seconds. Reinstall battery. Reconnect PSU power, (Allow up to 4 minutes for initial POST display after a BIOS reset, including a few hard resets) If you have any other compatible heat sink you can place on top of CPU, you can even disconnect AIO from mainboard and/or PSU to eliminate it from potentially dragging things down...

If still no display...

Do you have access to another rig with an adequate PSU you could test the RTX2080 Super in? Or another GPU you test in your rig? Because if the GPU is still good...

At some point, of course, we will need to potentially rule out something as simple as the PSU having simply 'died' under a gaming load; if you have another PSU of adequate 650-750 watts rating capability and quality you can test, we can possibly narrow down our list of suspects quickly (NOTE: do NOT mix and match modular cables between PSUs due to differing pinout standards at PSU connection points!) If a known good PSU does not help, you are now likely left with a mainboard issue. (Most would suspect a mainboard of having died before anything else like a CPU, etc...)

Thanks! I can now use the system normally.
Bro, again, thank you.
And thank you to everyone else for their suggestions and help and advice.