Hi, I made the huge mistake in assuming that I can plug in a PCIe power cable into the cpu slot.
The MB has two 8 PIN connectors so I assumed that I need to use the PCIe cable instead of the CPU cable.
I plugged both in and turned it on. Nothing happened. After that I realized what I had done and plugged the CPU cable in.
Now the EZ Debug LED for the CPU is solid on when I turn on the PC. The CPU fan is running at a normal speed, nothing on the Monitor and it keeps running until i cut the power. The GPU turns on as well.
No pins on the MB are bent and the CPU is installed correctly. I also tried every RAM combo to try to get it to boot.
Did I fry the MB or the CPU?
I have an 12700k and an MSI z690-a wifi with ddr5
The MB has two 8 PIN connectors so I assumed that I need to use the PCIe cable instead of the CPU cable.
I plugged both in and turned it on. Nothing happened. After that I realized what I had done and plugged the CPU cable in.
Now the EZ Debug LED for the CPU is solid on when I turn on the PC. The CPU fan is running at a normal speed, nothing on the Monitor and it keeps running until i cut the power. The GPU turns on as well.
No pins on the MB are bent and the CPU is installed correctly. I also tried every RAM combo to try to get it to boot.
Did I fry the MB or the CPU?
I have an 12700k and an MSI z690-a wifi with ddr5
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