Hello. I have bought a B360M-E TUF motherboard, 550W PSU, DDR4 2666 2x8 RAM, used i5-8600K.
Never overclocked it myself.
The problem used to be BSOD. Loading optimized defaults would cause BSOD. Having the voltages on Auto in BIOS would cause constant BSODs, fiddling with it to manual and lowering the voltage would clear the BSODs but if my PC would restart there would be no monitor/keyboard output, on the other hand, making the voltage higher the PC would be more stable.
I have no clue if I have purchased a faulty CPU but running it on only four cores. would also clear the BSODs. Not five. Now, I don’t know what I have messed up, but last time I remember upping the voltage to around 1.335 which would still cause BSODs and after that it never booted up again. PC spins to life, lights start up, no signal from the keyboard or the monitor though.
I do not have a speaker to hear any beeps, nor does the mobo have debug leds
I have tried almost everything, reseating ram, trying only one channel, trying without a GPU, tried a different motherboard, a different PSU, unplugged every sata cable, power cables to the hard drives, tried both of the RAM each while switching slots but still no sign of monitor/keyboard output.
There is no dust
Cleared CMOS
Held power button with unplugged/off PSU
Temps below 60
Checked for bent socket pins, processor looked fine
I have used Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool and passed all the tests. Not sure if 4 or 6 cores.
I know my hard drives are not faulty
Reinstalled windows 10 more than 5 times. Somehow ended up on windows 11
Also has nothing to do with the OS
Before: Constant random BSOD crashes before startup/installation (when the circle starts spinning), mostly Kernel Security Check Failure
After: Computer does not POST/boot, no output
I’m really starting to think that my CPU is at fault, but the seller told me that the CPU never had any problems. (sus
Is there any way this could be troubleshooted? Keep in mind that I have bought a new motherboard just to try and fix the monitor output problem, which it did for a day or so. Buying a new one did not fix the BSODs though. With old motherboard it has been working fine for a few weeks and the CPU performed without any problems on all cores and just lowering the CPU frequency. Except the fact that at start I had BSODs on the old motherboard too but fixed them easily using some BIOS settings
Something’s up with it.
Should I just go for a new i5-8600k?
I’m starting to give up honestly
How to use CPU Parameter Recall?
Apologize for the length. Any help will be appreciated
Never overclocked it myself.
The problem used to be BSOD. Loading optimized defaults would cause BSOD. Having the voltages on Auto in BIOS would cause constant BSODs, fiddling with it to manual and lowering the voltage would clear the BSODs but if my PC would restart there would be no monitor/keyboard output, on the other hand, making the voltage higher the PC would be more stable.
I have no clue if I have purchased a faulty CPU but running it on only four cores. would also clear the BSODs. Not five. Now, I don’t know what I have messed up, but last time I remember upping the voltage to around 1.335 which would still cause BSODs and after that it never booted up again. PC spins to life, lights start up, no signal from the keyboard or the monitor though.
I do not have a speaker to hear any beeps, nor does the mobo have debug leds
I have tried almost everything, reseating ram, trying only one channel, trying without a GPU, tried a different motherboard, a different PSU, unplugged every sata cable, power cables to the hard drives, tried both of the RAM each while switching slots but still no sign of monitor/keyboard output.
There is no dust
Cleared CMOS
Held power button with unplugged/off PSU
Temps below 60
Checked for bent socket pins, processor looked fine
I have used Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool and passed all the tests. Not sure if 4 or 6 cores.
I know my hard drives are not faulty
Reinstalled windows 10 more than 5 times. Somehow ended up on windows 11
Also has nothing to do with the OS
Before: Constant random BSOD crashes before startup/installation (when the circle starts spinning), mostly Kernel Security Check Failure
After: Computer does not POST/boot, no output
I’m really starting to think that my CPU is at fault, but the seller told me that the CPU never had any problems. (sus
Is there any way this could be troubleshooted? Keep in mind that I have bought a new motherboard just to try and fix the monitor output problem, which it did for a day or so. Buying a new one did not fix the BSODs though. With old motherboard it has been working fine for a few weeks and the CPU performed without any problems on all cores and just lowering the CPU frequency. Except the fact that at start I had BSODs on the old motherboard too but fixed them easily using some BIOS settings
Something’s up with it.
Should I just go for a new i5-8600k?
I’m starting to give up honestly
How to use CPU Parameter Recall?
Apologize for the length. Any help will be appreciated
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