Hey there!
So I recently bought Ryzen 5 3600 and Prime B450 Plus motherboard and 16gb of ram to go with it, it was a bundle.
Everything was working fine, until a couple of days ago, I installed a new cooler for my cpu to replace the stock one. The installation was a bit problematic, and i spread some thermal paste on my motherboard during the installation (which I did clean the best I could), I also removed the gpu during the installation and managed to break off the plastic latch/clip on the pcie slot. My gpu is in the slot now and seems to be working, but is it safe to keep using it?
After starting my pc after this, it kept turning on (all the fans and lights etc) but before anything shows up on my screen, it resets and then loops usually 1-3 times before I get to bios/or windows. Now, it doesnt do this everytime and sometimes it simply boots normally.
After getting to windows, I've tried playing some games etc, checked the temps and everything seems fine. Have I broken my motherboard somehow or is there something else that could cause the boot issue? There is also an orange light blinking under my 2 pcie slots that did not blink before iirc, also I did not find any documentation about this led on the motherboard manual.
Thank you!
So I recently bought Ryzen 5 3600 and Prime B450 Plus motherboard and 16gb of ram to go with it, it was a bundle.
Everything was working fine, until a couple of days ago, I installed a new cooler for my cpu to replace the stock one. The installation was a bit problematic, and i spread some thermal paste on my motherboard during the installation (which I did clean the best I could), I also removed the gpu during the installation and managed to break off the plastic latch/clip on the pcie slot. My gpu is in the slot now and seems to be working, but is it safe to keep using it?
After starting my pc after this, it kept turning on (all the fans and lights etc) but before anything shows up on my screen, it resets and then loops usually 1-3 times before I get to bios/or windows. Now, it doesnt do this everytime and sometimes it simply boots normally.
After getting to windows, I've tried playing some games etc, checked the temps and everything seems fine. Have I broken my motherboard somehow or is there something else that could cause the boot issue? There is also an orange light blinking under my 2 pcie slots that did not blink before iirc, also I did not find any documentation about this led on the motherboard manual.
Thank you!
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