[SOLVED] Motherboard safety question?

Mar 29, 2021
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i5-9600k
Gigabyte Z390 UD
Gigabyte 1070
Corsair CX750M
Corsair Vengeance 24gb

Hi, so I put my build into another case the other day, everything worked normally with no issue. Previous to swapping cases, my build ran fine for 3+ years. I turned it off for the night and when I woke up it wouldn't start again at all. I've pretty muched ruled it out to being a damaged CPU, as I've tried it in a new mobo and it won't get to post with it. I was just wondering if my mobo (Z390) has some sort of safety feature not allowing it to start due to the CPU being damaged? If I put the 24-pin in, leaving the CPU power out, it powers on and stays on. The new one that I bought will turn on for 10 seconds, not post or anything, then turn off and back on again creating a loop.

Im scared to buy a new CPU and put it in the old mobo for it to end up frying somehow. Should I just keep the new one and rma the old?
 
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Ok. Sounds like it the RGB that is lighting up for you. Doesn't make sense to me that it's not giving you a warning on the status lights.

When you get an opportunity, try completely removing the GTX 1070 from the system and try booting up just from the on-board graphics of your I5-9600K,

-Wolf sends
Open up the case and try to power the system on with the I5-9600K installed. In the lower-right corner, next to the Front Panel connectors are you system status lights. Are any of them lit when you try to power up?

-Wolf sends

The orange decorative lights come on, but nothing other than that.
 
Gigabyte Z390 UD Motherboard Manual
Reference Pgs 4, 19


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What "decorative" light? Was it one of these four?

-Wolf sends
 
Ok. Sounds like it the RGB that is lighting up for you. Doesn't make sense to me that it's not giving you a warning on the status lights.

When you get an opportunity, try completely removing the GTX 1070 from the system and try booting up just from the on-board graphics of your I5-9600K,

-Wolf sends
 
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