Two Month Old Build - Turns On For 2secs, Then Off, Then Back On, No P.O.S.T., No Video

PReid76

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After building this PC (system specs below) approximately 2-months ago it has been running like a top, and so it should for what it cost. Last evening I was only surfing the internet when it shut off without warning. On attempting to start it back up I hit the power button, it runs for about 2-secs, shuts off, then starts back up again and remains running but does not post nor is there any video display on my monitor. I had overclocked the CPU ever so slightly after doing alot of reading / watching instructional YouTube videos to 3.7GHz and it has been running quite stable w/ regular temperatures from what I have witnessed. QCode displays 00 and the onboard CPU status LED remains lit, which, according to the manual, indicates there may be a potential CPU issue / problem.

I have read a few other threads that have a similar-ish issue. I do not have another PSU to try out as has been suggested elsewhere. I have tried unplugging all of the RAM except 1-stick then boot but same result. I have gone through all of the connections, unplugging then re-plugging each. During original installation / assembly I did not apply additional thermal paste to the CPU cooler before installing, as it did have some present which I thought was a sufficient amount on it upon receiving it new, rookie mistake maybe but like I said it has been running great.

I would very much appreciate any guidance and / or assistance that anyone can provide. I consider myself a fairly tech-savvy person but as this was my first solo computer build I would appreciate any positive feedback people have to offer.

Thanks.

Paul Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada

System specs are as follows:

Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 Case
ASUS X99 Deluxe II Motherboard
Intel Core i7-6850K 15M Broadwell-E 6-Core 3.6 GHz
Corsair Hydro Series H110i Extreme Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler, 280mm
2 x ASUS GeForce GTX 1070 8GB ROG STRIX OC Edition Graphics Card
Corsair HX 1000i High Performance Power Supply
Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR4 3000
Samsung 950 Pro M.2 2280 512GB
2 x WD Black 6TB Performance HDD
 
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It may actually be the mobo (oh please be the mobo).
I had a similar issue with an Asus Sabertooth for my amd 8350k, and in my case the cpu led lights up, but the cpu was cool to the touch.
and then i put the same cpu onto another compatible one, and it turns out the cpu was ok.

try replacing the mobo first.

Darthutos

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It may actually be the mobo (oh please be the mobo).
I had a similar issue with an Asus Sabertooth for my amd 8350k, and in my case the cpu led lights up, but the cpu was cool to the touch.
and then i put the same cpu onto another compatible one, and it turns out the cpu was ok.

try replacing the mobo first.
 
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