Question PC not getting past POST ?

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PC was working without any issues until the other day when it just didn't get past POST.
I have a ASUS motherboard and it gets stuck on the white VGA light, sometimes it gets stuck on the orange DRAM light.

I did have a issue where the PC would take a while to get past the POST but it would never get stuck like this where it just does not want to boot at all.

All fans are spinning and RGBs are working.

I have tried a different GPU (3060 also ASUS), Another Motherboard (again also ASUS), another PSU (750w) and still no success.
Any suggestions on how to solve this?

Specs
GPU: ASUS TUF 5070 Ti
CPU: Ryzen 7600X
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR5 64GB
Motherboard: ASUS ROG X870-F
PSU: Cooler Master MWE Gold 850 V2
 
How old is the PSU: History of heavy use for gaming or video editing?

Disk drives: make, model, capacity, how full?

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If possible, go into BIOS and look for the verbose setting. What "verbose" will do is display the boot process step by step. Watch for some error or problem.

Will the system boot into safe mode?

Try resetting CMOS per the motherboard's User Guide/Manual.

Replace the CMOS battery with a new, fresh CMOS battery.
 
How old is the PSU: History of heavy use for gaming or video editing?

Disk drives: make, model, capacity, how full?

= = = =

If possible, go into BIOS and look for the verbose setting. What "verbose" will do is display the boot process step by step. Watch for some error or problem.

Will the system boot into safe mode?

Try resetting CMOS per the motherboard's User Guide/Manual.

Replace the CMOS battery with a new, fresh CMOS battery.
PSU is from march last year, heavy use from gaming
Motherboard is brand new, tried resetting CMOS by using the button but I can try again.
M.2 NVMe Drives: Kingston KC3000 2TB, Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB, Samsung 970 Evo 500gb
Drives are around 60-80% full

I can not get into BIOS or Windows, it won't boot at all sadly
 
PSU is from march last year, heavy use from gaming
Motherboard is brand new, tried resetting CMOS by using the button but I can try again.
M.2 NVMe Drives: Kingston KC3000 2TB, Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB, Samsung 970 Evo 500gb
Drives are around 60-80% full

I can not get into BIOS or Windows, it won't boot at all sadly
Make it smaller.
Unplug all disk....test.
If no help remove the gpu and connect to the igp....test.
If no help use just one stick of ram in the proper slot....test.
 
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Make it smaller.
Unplug all disk....test.
If no help remove the gpu and connect to the igp....test.
If no help use just one stick of ram in the proper slot....test.

7600x has integrated graphics. Remove the graphics card and test.

It is possible for failed memory to cause this issue. Try running only 1 stick of ram, and reseat it a couple of times to ensure good connection.
I attempted to remove all drives, same issue
I removed the GPU using only the HDMI cable or the Display Port cable nothing, still white VGA light from the motherboard. I'd like to add that I did disable the IGP but that was when I was using the other motherboard and I reset CMOS multiple times as i've read that it should solve this but nothing.
I also have tried a single RAM stick in every single slot, the older RAM and the current RAM stick im using.

I did reseat it a few times but it did not work.

This is such a weird issue, I do not understand why the white VGA light is showing even tho there is no GPU, as well as previous GPU's could it be that the PSU is the issue? if so then why is it able to turn on and attempt to POST but not able to get into or past BIOS?

EDIT:
I now have also updated the BIOS using BIOS FlashBack with no luck
 
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