I am building a PC and have run into a problem.
In essence: When I mount to processor cooling fan, the processor no longer works.
Details:
Motherboard: Asus Prime B450M-A
Processor: AMD Ryzen 3, which comes with its own cooler fan
I went ahead and built the PC, turned it on, and not much happened. Fans went on, but the processor did not POST. I undid the build and started troubleshooting bit by bit.
Symptoms
When processor and RAM is in the board, and I power the system up, the processor POSTs and I see on my monitor the start of the ASUS BIOS screen.
If I power off and then mount the cooler fan on the processor, and screw it to the board, the next time I power up, the processor does not POST – no beep codes, nothing.
I have tried this several times. I have tried removing the heat paste and re-applying fresh paste.
The motherboard comes with a back plate for use when mounting the cooler fan. These cooler fans have 4 spring loaded screws. It is quite some job to try and get them to catch.
I have tried, using a star method, to tighten each opposite screw a bit, and so son, until they were all tight.
I
So when I mount the cooling fan, the processor no longer POSTs. When I remove the fan, the processor does POST. (Although sometimes, the processor does not POST after the fan is removed, so I remove the processor, and then re-insert it, lock it back in, and it does work).
Questions
Has anyone come across this before? And if so, what was the cause?
My thoughts:
This has to be one of the following
Damaged processor (although I cannot see any damage)
Damaged motherboard (although I cannot see any damage)
Some error in the process of mounting the cooling fan
Any help / suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Garrett
In essence: When I mount to processor cooling fan, the processor no longer works.
Details:
Motherboard: Asus Prime B450M-A
Processor: AMD Ryzen 3, which comes with its own cooler fan
I went ahead and built the PC, turned it on, and not much happened. Fans went on, but the processor did not POST. I undid the build and started troubleshooting bit by bit.
Symptoms
When processor and RAM is in the board, and I power the system up, the processor POSTs and I see on my monitor the start of the ASUS BIOS screen.
If I power off and then mount the cooler fan on the processor, and screw it to the board, the next time I power up, the processor does not POST – no beep codes, nothing.
I have tried this several times. I have tried removing the heat paste and re-applying fresh paste.
The motherboard comes with a back plate for use when mounting the cooler fan. These cooler fans have 4 spring loaded screws. It is quite some job to try and get them to catch.
I have tried, using a star method, to tighten each opposite screw a bit, and so son, until they were all tight.
I
So when I mount the cooling fan, the processor no longer POSTs. When I remove the fan, the processor does POST. (Although sometimes, the processor does not POST after the fan is removed, so I remove the processor, and then re-insert it, lock it back in, and it does work).
Questions
Has anyone come across this before? And if so, what was the cause?
My thoughts:
This has to be one of the following
Damaged processor (although I cannot see any damage)
Damaged motherboard (although I cannot see any damage)
Some error in the process of mounting the cooling fan
Any help / suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Garrett