Good Afternoon,
I need some assistance! And some thoughts!
About 3-4 weeks ago, I was playing a game (Stellaris I think it was), when my PC suddenly shut down. This was rare and had never happened previously. Attempted to reboot the PC, however the computer would not boot, the lights on the motherboard would not come on and I did not hear a click on the PSU. My initial diagnostics revealed that my EVGA PSU (1000W Supernova) had died, upon RMA (that was accepted and I received a new PSU) was deemed to be faulty. During this time I did by a new PSU (Corsair HX1000i) and install it into the case, however that did not boot the PC either. However the PC does now have lights on the motherboard, but would still not boot. After testing with a different motherboard (MSI X99 Carbon Pro) and a new CPU (I7-6850K) the motherboard would start, however I had issues with that motherboard and it was eventually returned.
I placed my motherboard and initial CPU (I7-5930K) into my Praxis Test Bench and the system booted up (with a reference Nvidia 980). Although, not with my EVGA 980Ti as it had seemingly died (possible capacitor failure and EVGA would not provide a RMA as it was out of warranty). Elated at the fact that my motherboard and PSU did not die, I placed it back into my originally case (CoolerMaster Storm Trooper) and it would not start, I hear a click on the PSU and I have power on the MB, however it does not boot. I believe I read somewhere that if you hear a click on the PSU, that it is tripping to protect the components from shorting. Any assistance would be appreciated.
P.S: Does anyone have nylon or plastic stand offs and screws attached for their cases and motherboards? The Praxis Test Bench does have plastic screws, that is the only thing I can think of. I've read the metal standoff and the plastic screws ground the motherboard, but maybe in this case it is shorting the components?
Specs
Case: CoolerMaster Storm Trooper
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Maximus V Extreme 2011-v3
CPU: I7-5930K LGA 2011V-3
GPU: EVGA 980Ti (dead), Corsair HX1000i (new)
PSU: EVGA 1000W Supernova (Dead), Corsair HX1000i (New)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H115I RGB Platinum
Memory: 32GB Corsair Dominator DDR4 3333(4x8) and 16GB Corsair Dominator DD4 2888 (4x4); Total 48Gb RAM
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 512GB
- James