pc wont start | Linus Tech Tips | Page 1

icy wave Apr 18, 2023, 1:44 PM

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Just chamged motherboards plugged all the wires in. In the right spots and nothing will turn on. Except for ram light and button on motherboard.
I installed a z590 aorus master with an
I9 11900k

chrome whale Apr 18, 2023, 1:45 PM

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are there any error codes?

icy wave Apr 18, 2023, 1:45 PM

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No

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The dubug codes wont even light.

chrome whale Apr 18, 2023, 1:46 PM

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did you plug in the CPU power?

icy wave Apr 18, 2023, 1:46 PM

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Yes. It has two 8 pin connectors

chrome whale Apr 18, 2023, 1:47 PM

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also the motherboard one right?

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I am just going over basic stuff to miss.

icy wave Apr 18, 2023, 1:47 PM

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Yes.

chrome whale Apr 18, 2023, 1:48 PM

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do you have a test tool to check wattage (probably not but it could be useful)

icy wave Apr 18, 2023, 1:49 PM

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No i dont own that.

chrome whale Apr 18, 2023, 1:49 PM

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can you make a video or pictures of you turning it on and such?

icy wave Apr 18, 2023, 1:51 PM

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Omg. Sorry for my fucking breathing.

chrome whale Apr 18, 2023, 1:55 PM

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ok so its probably not the motherboard and probably not PSU.... try getting all the RAM out accept the one on the left

icy wave Apr 18, 2023, 1:56 PM

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Same thing.

chrome whale Apr 18, 2023, 1:57 PM

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ok, take off the cpu and check if any pins are weird or shorted

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wait

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before that

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unplug everything accept the power stuff and power button

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might be a fan

icy wave Apr 18, 2023, 1:58 PM

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Uhhh. I can unplug everything but the back fan.

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Thats kinda impossible to get too.

chrome whale Apr 18, 2023, 1:59 PM

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also the cpu cooler

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your cpu shouldn't overhead if you dont have the fan plugged in for a bit

chrome whale Apr 18, 2023, 2:00 PM

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icy wave Thats kinda impossible to get too.

that might be it, like is it pressing against anything?

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maybe its shorting

icy wave Apr 18, 2023, 2:01 PM

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Its that there if you can see it.

chrome whale Apr 18, 2023, 2:02 PM

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its very low res but you can give it a try with tweezers

icy wave Apr 18, 2023, 2:05 PM

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Im gonna test a dofferent psu too

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Ok. Its the psu.

chrome whale Apr 18, 2023, 2:12 PM

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its weird how the PSU is like half alive

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like it does work but only for a bit

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maybe it is shorted inside

icy wave Apr 18, 2023, 2:14 PM

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Want me to take it apart? Can you walk me through fixing it?

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Jk jk.

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Its a corsair and only like a year and a half old. I dont understand how it died.

chrome whale Apr 18, 2023, 2:18 PM

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yea

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there might still be some warranty

icy wave Apr 18, 2023, 2:19 PM

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If its something i had to pay extra for. I aint got it.

chrome whale Apr 18, 2023, 2:20 PM

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most PSU have a few years on them

icy wave Apr 18, 2023, 4:24 PM

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@chrome whale sooo uhh. Now its not booting.

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Im getting an a0 code.

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Does that mean i have to reinstall windows??

chrome whale Apr 18, 2023, 4:39 PM

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icy wave Does that mean i have to reinstall windows??

maybe, can you get into the bios?

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start the computer and press like F12 or F10 or DEL or ESC

icy wave Apr 18, 2023, 4:41 PM

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it uhh just works now

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thank you for everything

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