EDIT: Ordered a new motherboard and it worked, so the old motherboard must have been dead. Thanks for the help!
Hi everyone,
as of now, I have a no post. The red light on the motherboard lights up when I turn on the PSU and the fan of the HSF (Hyper 212 Evo) continues to spin. But there's no beep and no post on my monitor. I consulted this list before posting.
I'm going to explain what happened in chronological order:
Yesterday I tore apart my computer, which I bought used, because I wanted to upgrade it. At that time, it ran fine on integrated graphics. I wanted to insert it into a bigger case, add a new HSF and a GPU. So the CPU worked beforehand, I didn't need to take it out and I didn't.
For my first time, it worked out quite well in the beginning. I cleaned the CPU with kitchen roll paper, I made sure to always ground myself before touching any part, I put them on newspaper if they were not worked on, I followed this guide and read the corresponding pages in the motherboard manual.
I might've used to much thermal paste, even though it was just one drop, and I had to adjust the HSF a bit after the drop down on the CPU but the HSF assembly went fine for the most part. After that I prepared the case, inserted the motherboard, connected all the cables and peripherals and went on to attach the graphics card. Being a 290, it is quite huge and it didn't fit, so I carefully tried sowing off a small part of the case. The sliver didn't fall on the motherboard, because it was standing upright. I didn't saw off very much, because I quickly gave up on inserting the graphics card and went on. The cables were all in their places and there were no loose screws on the motherboard. So I tried to fire it up, but it didn't post.
Things I tried:
Things I'm gonna try:
Thanks for reading through the whole damn thing, at this point I'm really frustrated and grateful for any help.
Hi everyone,
as of now, I have a no post. The red light on the motherboard lights up when I turn on the PSU and the fan of the HSF (Hyper 212 Evo) continues to spin. But there's no beep and no post on my monitor. I consulted this list before posting.
I'm going to explain what happened in chronological order:
Yesterday I tore apart my computer, which I bought used, because I wanted to upgrade it. At that time, it ran fine on integrated graphics. I wanted to insert it into a bigger case, add a new HSF and a GPU. So the CPU worked beforehand, I didn't need to take it out and I didn't.
For my first time, it worked out quite well in the beginning. I cleaned the CPU with kitchen roll paper, I made sure to always ground myself before touching any part, I put them on newspaper if they were not worked on, I followed this guide and read the corresponding pages in the motherboard manual.
I might've used to much thermal paste, even though it was just one drop, and I had to adjust the HSF a bit after the drop down on the CPU but the HSF assembly went fine for the most part. After that I prepared the case, inserted the motherboard, connected all the cables and peripherals and went on to attach the graphics card. Being a 290, it is quite huge and it didn't fit, so I carefully tried sowing off a small part of the case. The sliver didn't fall on the motherboard, because it was standing upright. I didn't saw off very much, because I quickly gave up on inserting the graphics card and went on. The cables were all in their places and there were no loose screws on the motherboard. So I tried to fire it up, but it didn't post.
Things I tried:
- I disconnected everything apart from the EATX-cable for the motherboard, the power switch jumper, the HSF and its fan cable. Yes, I also connected the 8-pin CPU cable.
- Checking the cables, I found out that there's a pin missing on the 18-pin motherboard cable imgur
- I tried resetting the BIOS by detaching the CMOS and changing the jumper
- I activated the monitor to make sure it's searching for a signal
Things I'm gonna try:
[strike]- Breadboarding (in progress)[/strike] EDIT: Done, still doesn't post
- [strike]If it's the thermal paste: Leave it running for 20 minutes to dissolve thermal paste, after that: clean CPU with Alcohol[/strike] EDIT2: It's not the thermal paste, really clean job as far as I can tell imgur
[strike]- work through this guide[/strike] EDIT3: Had another PSU lying around, tried it, didn't work. The same result as always so far: Red LED, CPU fan spins, but no post. Since I can't put in another CPU, I'll pray it's the board and order a new one. FU*K!
Thanks for reading through the whole damn thing, at this point I'm really frustrated and grateful for any help.
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