Question installed os with a loose psu power cable

Dec 6, 2024
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Hey, something interesting happened with my new pc build. During the first boots, i had the psu power cable loosely plugged in, which was causing a red cpu light on the motherboard and no display. (i didn't know what was causing it and tried to restart multiple times)



(i realized that it was loose only after the next part)



then i turned my pc off and flipped the psu switch twice and that seemed to have fixed the problem temporarily as I got into bios and started installing windows with a usb drive. After installing windows, I downloaded some drivers and software before turning my pc off.



when i tried to turn my pc on again, the same red cpu light was on with no display. this time i checked the psu power cable and plugged it in firmly and also flipped the switch twice. This fixed the issue and it booted without problem.



Could the loose psu power cable while installing windows and restarting my pc multiple times have caused any damage? is reinstalling windows a good idea even if for now, I haven't noticed anything strange except a long boot time of around 19 seconds, but this could be caused because i turned off fast boot.



i have asrock x870 steel legend motherboard, psu is seasonic focus gx750