[SOLVED] PC won't boot

[olijenkins]

Hi guys,

I have posted on this forum years back with a similar problem on another PC which turned out to be a faulty PSU. Now resolved.

I have been following this detailed guide before troubling you all with my dilemma:- https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/perform-these-steps-before-posting-about-post-boot-no-video-problems.1285536/

This is my system:

ASUS M-atx MAXIMUS V GENE Z77 1151
Intel i5-3570K Ivy Bridge
RAM Kingston HyperX Genesis DDR3 1866mhz 4GB x 4
Thermaltake Water 2.0 240mm Radiator (2 x Arctic 120mm fans)
Corsair TX 650w PSU

GPU NVidia GTX 980 4GB

Sandisk 128GB SSD

This set up has worked in the past but has been out of action for around a year now. (no time to troubleshoot until corona virus popped up)

The problem began when I migrated the system into a new case and added two WD Blue HDDs. I couldn't get it to show anything on the screen and I was greeted with this noise:-

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=desXDQXJrJA


A year later, I have now removed the system from the case and "breadboarded" it. I now only have the MOBO, CPU, Cooler, RAM and PSU connected. This is done through the 8-pin and 24-pin plugs only.

The same noise still occurs when I press the power switch however, it now only revs up for a few seconds, displaying MOBO LEDs, shuts down, then repeats the cycle. I am not sure why it doesn't stay on anymore.

The noise actually sounds although it is coming from the CPU/Cooler. It doesn't appear to be coming from the PSU, and the HDDs are not attached.

I have a new PSU coming tomorrow, so I hope that will resolve the problem, but I wondered has anyone had a problem like this before?

I have tried the following:-
Removed GPU and used MOBO display ports
Reseated RAM using 1 stick, 2 sticks and 4 sticks in every slot.
Reseated CPU and CPU Cooler with new Thermal Paste
Removed entire system from case keeping only the essentials plugged in
PSU paperclip test

EDIT: Have now also ordered an Arctic Alpine 12 Compact Intel CPU Cooler, 95W

Any help massively appreciated. This has been driving me nuts for some time now

Thanks

Oli

 

[olijenkins]

Video taken today

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A31Z32mEZM&feature=youtu.be

 

[Nemesia]

PSU is under the WD in that video. Sounds like it was the PSU. When the system is breadboarded can you hear the PSU maikng that noise?

 

[Nemesia]

Video taken today

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A31Z32mEZM&feature=youtu.be

0:04 and 0:09-0:10. Every time you hear that noise you can see the fan on the radiator spinning. Sounds like it's the fan or a faulty pump. If you cannot hear the sound from the PSU it can't be anything else than the AIO.

 

[Flayed]

An AIO watercooler seems overkill for a 65W 3570k you should consider replacing it with a heatsink then you won't have this problem again

 

[The_Prophecy]

Yeah that definitely sounds like a pump problem in the cooler to me. You might have multiple problems though, as even if the pump has failed, the machine should still power on and boot up, it would just run hot.

 

[olijenkins]

PSU is under the WD in that video. Sounds like it was the PSU. When the system is breadboarded can you hear the PSU maikng that noise?

Hi unfortunately PSU makes no noise., I have also done the paperclip test, but I know that is not full proof

 

[olijenkins]

Yeah that definitely sounds like a pump problem in the cooler to me. You might have multiple problems though, as even if the pump has failed, the machine should still power on and boot up, it would just run hot.

Hi thanks, I was hoping not but have a hunch that you are right. I have just ordered a standard CPU cooler from Arctic. Will let everyone know how that goes.

Could a faulty CPU cooler prevent it from starting? If it was not the pump for example?

 

[olijenkins]

An AIO watercooler seems overkill for a 65W 3570k you should consider replacing it with a heatsink then you won't have this problem again

Just ordered a standard cooler, thanks for the heads up

 

[The_Prophecy]

Could a faulty CPU cooler prevent it from starting? If it was not the pump for example?

Sort of. If the BIOS was configured accordingly to detect the speed of the pump, and/or the cooling fan (and shut down automatically if it didn't detect either one, or both), it could. But the problem with that is that it would get past the POST process before that setting would kick in and shut the system down. Your machine appears (at least to me) to be shutting down and restarting just a bit too quickly, indicating a different issue being the culprit here.

 

[olijenkins]

Sort of. If the BIOS was configured accordingly to detect the speed of the pump, and/or the cooling fan (and shut down automatically if it didn't detect either one, or both), it could. But the problem with that is that it would get past the POST process before that setting would kick in and shut the system down. Your machine appears (at least to me) to be shutting down and restarting just a bit too quickly, indicating a different issue being the culprit here.

OK thanks

I'm going to put the new CPU cooler and PSU in tomorrow. Hopefully that will resolve the problems.

If not I can only think it's something to do with the motherboard which will be a real pain.

 

[olijenkins]

Hi all, I began by fitting new cooler which removed the noise, but it still wont start properly.

I then fitted new PSU, same problem... Really stuck for ideas now. Hopefully I can return the PSU and switch motherboard

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNtx8MecA9c

 

[olijenkins]

I've reached BIOS!

Clearly I left something out of this long story and that is that I replaced BIOS chip...

I took it out and re-seated it which has fixed the issue. Apologies for misleading you all and thanks for all your help

Oli