Question Cant boot new motherboard, tested new parts, but it won't start.. Please advice

[elthztek]

Hi there,

I'm having some bad problems here and I really need some advice, I'm pulling my hair out over this. If you have any advice please post a reply.

First, my PC was working great, then it turned off one day, I unplugged the cable and plugged it back and heard a shock it didn't sound good. My first feeling was that the PSU was broken so I ordered a new PSU anyway. I performed the paper clip on this PSU so I knew it wasn't DOA it didn't work on the motherboard though.

I came to the sound conclusion that it had blown my motherboard, so I ordered a new motherboard from the amazon (accordingly used with minor box damage) it arrived and I set up as normal (CPU & RAM) and tried to boot again but alas it would not.

So I have three options on what happened

• The first shock actually fired not just my motherboard but the CPU and other parts also.
• The board that arrived is DOA and that's why it won't boot
• The CPU has been damaged but it may have also damaged this new motherboard too.,.

I note that I still get through power with the ETHERNET led on the motherboard [same on old mobo] when power is connected through the motherboard. There have never been any motherboard lights, or have I managed to POST on any of the boards yet.. All parts are validated as working on the same build also.

* I notice that on my previous motherboard there looks to be some brown almost discoloring on the CPU pin ports. Is my CPU faulty?

 

[elthztek]

well im so confused.

3rd mobo, new CPU new PSU... Still got the problems 🙁

I brought a cheap 3000G AMD to place in my new b450m pro-m2 max board... I can post to some extent on this board, the EZ debug led comes on telling me there is a fault with the CPU - Yes I have reset CMOS, both on the pin and on the battery.

So I wonder,

• My old CPU, which I thought was confirmed to be faulty as it didn't post on this new board.. Maybe it has damaged the CPU socket I dunno?
• My new CPU is DOA
• My new mobo is DOA.
• I damaged my new mobo with the old CPU, yet its still powering and the ezdebug led is working..:/
• I still have no idea if my GPU is alive or not.
• Help.. 🙁

I really have no idea what to do, nothing I'm buying is new is working, and nothing I have is working.. please someone give me some advice..

 

[yeung107]

It's possible your cpu is frying your motherboard. I would maybe replace the motherboard one more time and not place the old cpu in it at all. I'm not sure my issue was, I replaced the psu and cpu and my system was able to post. My old psu was able to post a different motherboard but it may have been frying my board, same goes for the cpu.