Ryzen 5 1600, msi b350 tomahawk, and a rx 580 gigabyte

[alancarbajal]

Just build a new pc for the first time, and it does not boot up the fans and lights turn on on the pc and mobo but the cpu wont turn on lights or fans, im worried that i broke the cpu or the mobo because as i wad putting it together i had a hard time putting the cpu cooler into the mobo as the backplate was loose and it did not reach easy for the screws, and when i did put it together i might of tighten it too much and heard a cracking noise and im not sure of taking everything apart as i dont have more thermal paste to put on it and is hard to get any as i live in a small town and the only way is to buy it online and wait over a week, sorry for the trouble as i tried looking for a solution but dont know what it could be or where to look first

 

[clutchc]

Take the whole board w/ CPU and cooler out of the case and test it sitting on an insulated surface. Connect just the KB, gfx card, monitor, and PSU. Start it by momentarily shorting the two pins that the case's power button would connect to. See if it produces a display. be sure to power the gfx card if required.
List your system specs.

 

[ElectrO_90]

What he says above is right, but come on. How can people over tighten screws? If this is your first pc, you should have watched and read many articles about putting them together.
You can tighten a screw and feel the tightness and you know when it stops, it doesn't need to be wrenched, these are SMALL screws and holes.

 

[alancarbajal]

Take the whole board w/ CPU and cooler out of the case and test it sitting on an insulated surface. Connect just the KB, gfx card, monitor, and PSU. Start it by momentarily shorting the two pins that the case's power button would connect to. See if it produces a display. be sure to power the gfx card if required.
List your system specs.

 

[alancarbajal]

Awesome man, it tried to boot i got signal so it does work, so there must be something in the pc case? That makes it not work?

 

[alancarbajal]

Take the whole board w/ CPU and cooler out of the case and test it sitting on an insulated surface. Connect just the KB, gfx card, monitor, and PSU. Start it by momentarily shorting the two pins that the case's power button would connect to. See if it produces a display. be sure to power the gfx card if required.
List your system specs.

 

[clutchc]

Awesome man, it tried to boot i got signal so it does work, so there must be something in the pc case? That makes it not work?

1st thing to check is that you didn't use too many standoffs. One could be shorting the back of the board.
2nd thing to check is the FP wiring you did. Easy to put the tiny wires on the wrong pins.
3rd thing is to check that one of the IO shield tabs (if it has them) wasn't sticking into one of the back ports on the board.

 

[clutchc]

While you have the board out of the case, go ahead and add in the other devices one by one and test. KB, mouse, etc.
If you can get the case close enough to the board, connect the FP wiring and test.

 

[alancarbajal]

Oh and the specs are ryzen 5 1600, msi tomahawk b350 mobo, evga 500 80 bronze psu, gloss black rosewill case, wd 1 tb harddrive, 240 gb kinston ssd,

 

[clutchc]

Oh and the specs are ryzen 5 1600, msi tomahawk b350 mobo, evga 500 80 bronze psu, gloss black rosewill case, wd 1 tb harddrive, 240 gb kinston ssd,

Thanks. I see most of that in your title now. Just wasn't paying attention. The 500W EVGA is which one? Might be too small for the RX-580.

 

[rgd1101]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from alancarbajal : "ryzen 5 1600 and a tomahawk b350 mobo cpu ez debug led light"

if a pc is turned on without a gpu does the ez debug suppose to turn on cpu led light and not make any noises, I mean it should try to boot up right? but im just not going to get any signal to the monitor. my build is also a ryzen 5 1600 stock cooler and a msi 350 tomahawk mobo waiting on a rx580 8gb

the cpu light may come on if you forgot to plug in the 8 pin eps cable. also check that the mb bios is at a rev to post your cpu chip.

 

[alancarbajal]

I think i found the problem in the front panel connectors thx alot tho that was very helpful

 

[clutchc]

I think i found the problem in the front panel connectors thx alot tho that was very helpful

Good. Glad to hear. Also, be sure the 'drive LED' and 'power LED' wires are correct polarity on the FP header. If reversed, they won't light. I've even had a couple case that had the wires marked wrong.