Edit: I decided to buy a PSU tester and decide if it is the motherboard or the PSU that is dead. I will stick with my 970m for now; at least I will hook it to a 144hz monitor LOL. What an amazing start for the summer break; first my cloud II headset, and the now the whole thing.
I just cleaned my GPU and replaced its thermal paste. I fiddled around with the PSU connections and tried to switch it downwards (fan facing down). I reconnected everything and it doesn't turn on at all; no sign of power. I only messed around with the PSU (I was actually shaking it because I thought a screw got inside), and some stupid screw got lost in the case (found it). I had incidents of me messing around with parts/cleaning and having power cutoff, but this time there is no power at all, and the PSU is been weird lately; it is making weird sounds when I turn it off as if I will get an electric shock when I touch it.
The only time it powers only somehow is when only connect the ATX 24 pin from the motherboard to the PSU but ONLY the larger part of 24 pin's other end (the other end has two large parts instead of a 24 pin one). What happens is loud clicking, fans running and the LEDs of the case are flashing.
When I connect everything, there is no power at all. I tried the paper clipper test via Corsair's guide, but it says I need a fan (and a molex fan converter).
Should I take everything apart and try again? Is there anything I can do to isolate the problem?
I just cleaned my GPU and replaced its thermal paste. I fiddled around with the PSU connections and tried to switch it downwards (fan facing down). I reconnected everything and it doesn't turn on at all; no sign of power. I only messed around with the PSU (I was actually shaking it because I thought a screw got inside), and some stupid screw got lost in the case (found it). I had incidents of me messing around with parts/cleaning and having power cutoff, but this time there is no power at all, and the PSU is been weird lately; it is making weird sounds when I turn it off as if I will get an electric shock when I touch it.
The only time it powers only somehow is when only connect the ATX 24 pin from the motherboard to the PSU but ONLY the larger part of 24 pin's other end (the other end has two large parts instead of a 24 pin one). What happens is loud clicking, fans running and the LEDs of the case are flashing.
When I connect everything, there is no power at all. I tried the paper clipper test via Corsair's guide, but it says I need a fan (and a molex fan converter).
Should I take everything apart and try again? Is there anything I can do to isolate the problem?