PC won't post?

[liamwiebe759]

Hello
This afternoon I was met with an unfriendly PC problem.

I was playing a game, and when I was done I closed the application and others open. Then a malwarebytes update message popped up (I don't know if that's relevant or not). After that I tried to click other icons on my PC, but they weren't registering. Nothing came up when I clicked anything. So I shut down my PC.

After a good 10 min it finally shut down. I tried to turn it on again and saw a glimpse of the motherboard screen, and then my screen went black. Tried again, and this time nothing showed up! What?!

I have tried to see what wrong, but with no resolve. My monitor and video cable work perfectly, something must be wrong with my PC.

One interesting thing I noticed was my motherboard didn't turn the VGA light on even when my GPU wasn't even connected!


tl;Dr
PC won't post even though MOBA lights are on. Monitor/cable work fine. Fans all run (even GPU ones). I am stumped...

Motherboard - MSI X370 SLI Plus
GPU - GTX 1060 6GB
GPU - Ryzen 1700
PSU - Corsair Gold rated 750w
RAM - 16GB Crucial, 2400hz
(Sorry, I not in my Pc's location atm.

Any help?

 

[The Man Dan]

Are you running an overclock?
How old is the build?
Windows installation drive?

 

[liamwiebe759]

I forgot to mention that I did have it running an overclock.
I had the Ryzen 1700 running at 3.5 ghz at 1.3 V
I was able to access the BIOS before it only showed a black screen. I changed those values to 3.0 ghz at 1.2 V. (Which may have been a bad idea on my part) . Now that I mention it, it didn't post after I made that change...is this why?

System is about 6-8 months old

Windows 10. I'm not sure what else you mean by that (Sorry, I'm fairly new to this)

 

[The Man Dan]

I forgot to mention that I did have it running an overclock.
I had the Ryzen 1700 running at 3.5 ghz at 1.3 V
I was able to access the BIOS before it only showed a black screen. I changed those values to 3.0 ghz at 1.2 V. (Which may have been a bad idea on my part) . Now that I mention it, it didn't post after I made that change...is this why?

System is about 6-8 months old

Windows 10. I'm not sure what else you mean by that (Sorry, I'm fairly new to this)

As in is it installed on a HDD or an SSD and if so how much storage does it have?
I'm not to sure about Ryzen overclocks & voltages (i'm a team blue fan) but those voltages like fine to me, anyway look up how to clear CMOS it resets the BIOS to standard settings that should fix it. Its a button on the motherboard.

 

[liamwiebe759]

Oh ok, Installed on SSD, 525 GB. I also have a 3 TB HDD.

I have tried to clear CMOS already, but I have a feeling I didn't do it right. I will look into it and respond if it didn't go so well

 

[liamwiebe759]

It worked! Cleared the cmos (right thus time) and it works perfectly!
Thanks a ton