Finding the Cause of issue

[DualFever]

I recently purchased components to put together for a friend.

I keep getting issues with the build. Before I get an RMA on one of the components, I want to make sure I've got the right part.
These are the parts used:
MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB Graphics Card
AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz CPU
ASRock 970 Extreme4 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz RAM
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' PSU

Firstly the issue was the CPU temperature was idling in BIOS at 50c and the CPU fan was running fast to keep it cool. Reseating the CPU and cooler did not solve the problem. So a few days later there was a slight burning smell and the computer would no longer boot and the motherboard would not post.
I took it to a local store where they replaced the processor for a AMD 6 Core @ 3.5Ghz, they explained it looks like the CPU had burnt out..and died. So I thought that may have been the problem solved. After a few more days it seems I've got the same problems. The build was still running hot, not the PC does not boot. I can't afford another processor to be put in and just burned out. So I disconnected all the components just had RAM, CPU(could be dead now), Motherboard and PSU on a cardboard box.

I've put it down to either the Motherboard or the PSU?

Anyone experienced anything like this? Do you think the CPU's are dead? is there anything I can do about them, if another component caused it?
Do you think its a faulty motherboard?

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

 

[kookie3010]

I recently purchased components to put together for a friend.

I keep getting issues with the build. Before I get an RMA on one of the components, I want to make sure I've got the right part.
These are the parts used:
MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB Graphics Card
AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz CPU
ASRock 970 Extreme4 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz RAM
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' PSU

Firstly the issue was the CPU temperature was idling in BIOS at 50c and the CPU fan was running fast to keep it cool. Reseating the CPU and cooler did not solve the problem. So a few days later there was a slight burning smell and the computer would no longer boot and the motherboard would not post.
I took it to a local store where they replaced the processor for a AMD 6 Core @ 3.5Ghz, they explained it looks like the CPU had burnt out..and died. So I thought that may have been the problem solved. After a few more days it seems I've got the same problems. The build was still running hot, not the PC does not boot. I can't afford another processor to be put in and just burned out. So I disconnected all the components just had RAM, CPU(could be dead now), Motherboard and PSU on a cardboard box.

I've put it down to either the Motherboard or the PSU?

Anyone experienced anything like this? Do you think the CPU's are dead? is there anything I can do about them, if another component caused it?
Do you think its a faulty motherboard?

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Hi.Is the components brand new?just asking since u get it from a friend.did u have by any chance able to try out the psu on another pc?

 

[axehead15]

Did you change anything in the bios?

 

[DualFever]

Did you change anything in the bios?

Hey,
All parts are new. Nothing changed in BIOS, reset them anyway, with the physical button on the board.
I have now managed tried another PSU on the PC but it only has one ATX 12v and the motherboard requires 2 I do get something different though, the motherboard on board diagnostics LED displays code d6. I'm not sure if this means the PSU was faulty..
I get nothing with the original PSU (just power on no code), or it's because both ATX 12v's aren't plugged in.

Thanks for your help,
Looks more like the psu then?

 

[kookie3010]

Did you change anything in the bios?

Hey,
All parts are new. Nothing changed in BIOS, reset them anyway, with the physical button on the board.
I have now managed tried another PSU on the PC but it only has one ATX 12v and the motherboard requires 2 I do get something different though, the motherboard on board diagnostics LED displays code d6. I'm not sure if this means the PSU was faulty..
I get nothing with the original PSU (just power on no code), or it's because both ATX 12v's aren't plugged in.

Thanks for your help,
Looks more like the psu then?

if i am not mistaken code d6 have something to do with your graphic card not being properly connected.i can really say its the psu not until you can try it on another system.

 

[DualFever]

Did you change anything in the bios?

Hey,
All parts are new. Nothing changed in BIOS, reset them anyway, with the physical button on the board.
I have now managed tried another PSU on the PC but it only has one ATX 12v and the motherboard requires 2 I do get something different though, the motherboard on board diagnostics LED displays code d6. I'm not sure if this means the PSU was faulty..
I get nothing with the original PSU (just power on no code), or it's because both ATX 12v's aren't plugged in.

Thanks for your help,
Looks more like the psu then?

if i am not mistaken code d6 have something to do with your graphic card not being properly connected.i can really say its the psu not until you can try it on another system.

This is actually true because I'm just testing the system, I do not have PCI express Power connectors on this PSU which means the GPU will not have enough power. So I need to try this PSU on another system? I just don't want to damage another one,

 

[kookie3010]

Did you change anything in the bios?

Hey,
All parts are new. Nothing changed in BIOS, reset them anyway, with the physical button on the board.
I have now managed tried another PSU on the PC but it only has one ATX 12v and the motherboard requires 2 I do get something different though, the motherboard on board diagnostics LED displays code d6. I'm not sure if this means the PSU was faulty..
I get nothing with the original PSU (just power on no code), or it's because both ATX 12v's aren't plugged in.

Thanks for your help,
Looks more like the psu then?

if i am not mistaken code d6 have something to do with your graphic card not being properly connected.i can really say its the psu not until you can try it on another system.

This is actually true because I'm just testing the system, I do not have PCI express Power connectors on this PSU which means the GPU will not have enough power. So I need to try this PSU on another system? I just don't want to damage another one,

Is it still under warranty?you could try asking for a replacement and try it again on your system if your cpu still lives.Also did u apply thermal paste on the cpu?

 

[DualFever]

Did you change anything in the bios?

Hey,
All parts are new. Nothing changed in BIOS, reset them anyway, with the physical button on the board.
I have now managed tried another PSU on the PC but it only has one ATX 12v and the motherboard requires 2 I do get something different though, the motherboard on board diagnostics LED displays code d6. I'm not sure if this means the PSU was faulty..
I get nothing with the original PSU (just power on no code), or it's because both ATX 12v's aren't plugged in.

Thanks for your help,
Looks more like the psu then?

if i am not mistaken code d6 have something to do with your graphic card not being properly connected.i can really say its the psu not until you can try it on another system.

This is actually true because I'm just testing the system, I do not have PCI express Power connectors on this PSU which means the GPU will not have enough power. So I need to try this PSU on another system? I just don't want to damage another one,

Is it still under warranty?you could try asking for a replacement and try it again on your system if your cpu still lives.Also did u apply thermal paste on the cpu?

The thermal compound was the standard supplied paste. I'll need more now because I've reseated the CPU and Heatsink. I've decided to buy a cheap PSU to test if this is the problem. If the cheap one works.. get the PSU replaced under RMA and put the decent one back in the build.