jaybird080

Alrighty, I did the manual PSU thing with a paper clip and lo and behold the fan never turned on. I even held it and felt no shock through the paper clip. The thing is, I only noticed now that the motherboard flashes the same light just when plugging in the power supply as well. But, I think it's like you said. I'll just use the warranty and say it was defective. Thanks for all your help! Honestly, people like you are the ones that keep me motivated to join the PC gamers instead of using console because I know there's always a group of people to help with issues like this. Before I RMA this, is there anything else I should be aware of or know?

Well I did what you said and here's what I found: The PSU fan never turned on. I tried it with and without the Wraith Spire and neither worked. I checked the CPU again and there are no bent pins. I reset the CMOS by touching the pins and removing the battery and neither worked. So from here, I have a couple of questions. 1. If the CPU doesn't have integrated graphics, do I need the GPU to show signs of life or no? 2. In every test and even when I first built it, the light on the left side of the motherboard flashed when the PSU is turned on (picture below). Does this mean anything like the motherboard is receiving power? Or can that part be receiving power and just the power cord to the CPU or something like that is defective? 3. My Ryzen 5 2600x, EVGA 600W BR, and my ram is covered by a limited warranty. Since it was working then randomly stopped, do you know if they could have been defective and still falls under the warranty. 4. Lastly, do you know what could've happened? Cause all I did was reroute the HD_AUDIO cord through a different cutout on the first motherboard which somehow caused the other components not to work.

Without the cooler, isn't the only way to see if it's on is if the PSU fan starts?

Does the minimum include the cpu cooler or just the cpu?

I touched them with a screwdriver earlier and nothing happened. I did the same with the other MOBO that I warrantied and it still didn't turn on.

I guess I should start off by saying I am just a tad frustrated right now. I recently built my first PC about 1 week ago and everything worked fine. Then 2 days later I decided to reroute the HD_Audio cable through a different cutout so I turned off the PSU, and rerouted the cable only to hit the power button and nothing happened. I conversed with many forums and deduced it might be the motherboard. So I used my warranty and got a replacement. Reassembled the PC and tried it again only for the EXACT SAME THING TO HAPPEN. At this point the only thing I can think of is it might be a faulty PSU cord to one of the components but I don't have a spare PSU to test it. It just makes it frustrating that only a couple days ago it was working fine and now it suddenly doesn't want to work. If any help can be provided I would be very grateful. Bonus Info: When I turn on the PSU, a small strip of light on my MOBO (B450 Aorus M) flashes, but the manual doesn't even mention what it means or that the light even exists. I have checked the CPU and none of the pins are bent. When I hit the power button, absolutely nothing happens. No fans, no beeps, nothing. I have the speaker that came with the case but it doesn't make any sounds at all. I have reseated almost everything including the GPU, Front Panel Connectors, CPU Power, 24-pin power, and the RAM. I have gone through the no power up post that is pinned, but I only meet 2 of the 3 criteria of no beeps, leds, or fans because of the previously mentioned led that flashes when I turn on the PSU.

I recently got a Blue Snowball iCE and I thought the white didn’t have the flare i think was needed. So I’m not much of a tech geek but I was wondering how you would take apart the mic so the components don’t get damaged and how you would paint it. A detailed response would be greatly appreciated as I do not know much about tech and such. Thank you!