HomieMcBro

So I tried my PC with a new CPU. To my surprise, nothing changed and I still have the issue. When I press the power button, the motherboard indicator LED flashes, red, then white, and sometimes green. The problem has gotten worse since I last posted. The PC will no longer boot at all and will restart itself after flashing the LEDs once through, with no results. I was able to get the PC to boot ONCE when I took out a stick of RAM. Still got the error LEDs on the motherboard though, which means there is still a problem. I’m even more lost than before I started troubleshooting

Yeah I noticed the pattern change but I’m looking at the CPU again and I don’t see it. Some of the pins appear to have a slight white color at the base, and I’m looking at brand new CPUs and they look the same. I really don’t see any bent or missing pins

There are no SATA data cables, both drives are M.2 I’ll check the RAM but I’ve had it for a few years and had no issues. There is a more recent BIOS update but it gave me other issues so I reverted to the previous one

PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor Purchased For $330.00 CPU Cooler Noctua NH-C14S 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler Purchased For $75.00 Motherboard Asus ROG Strix B450-I Gaming Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard Purchased For $130.00 Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory Purchased For $150.00 Storage Samsung 970 Evo Plus 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive Purchased For $70.00 Storage Crucial MX500 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive Purchased For $160.00 Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB SC Black Edition Video Card Purchased For $550.00 Power Supply Corsair SF 600 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply Purchased For $140.00 Case Fan Noctua NF-A9 PWM 46.44 CFM 92 mm Fan Purchased For $17.00 Case Fan Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM 60.1 CFM 120 mm Fan Purchased For $30.00 Case Fan Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM 60.1 CFM 120 mm Fan Purchased For $30.00 Custom ARCTIC Accelero Xtreme III Purchased For $50.00 Custom HUACAM HCM82 2x 8dBi 2.4GHz 5GHz 5.8GHz Dual Band Wireless Network WiFi RP SMA Male Antenna+2x15CM U.FL/IPEX to RP SMA Female Pigtail Cable Purchased For $10.00 Custom NCASE M1 v6 Purchased For $250.00 Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $1992.00 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-18 16:51 EDT-0400 I transferred cases recently and added a new boot SSD. Half the time when I boot into windows (whether that is after sleep, restart, etc) I will get an error saying "windows needs to be repaired". The other half I cannot even get to the BIOS. Occasionally the PC boots properly although it takes longer than it should with a NVMe drive. When I was removing the stock Wraith Max cooler during the build (by pulling and twisting), it pulled the CPU out of the socket. The CPU was locked into the socket at this point. I didn't notice any damage and was extremely careful to not touch anything when cleaning it up. When I first booted though, it said "new CPU detected" as if my CPU had never been in the mobo. Seemed to work fine for a bit but now the motherboard LED flashes red (indicating a problem with the CPU) sometimes before booting. After pressing the power button or restarting, the status indicator LED on the motherboard flashes red for about 3 seconds before turning white for another couple seconds. The PC either then restarts itself and repeats, getting stuck in a loop, OR after flashing white, the LED turns green and the PC boots properly. I've reinstalled Windows, cleared CMOS, reset BIOS settings, and taken the CPU back out of the socket to see if there is any damage for the second time. Here are photos of the CPU: https://imgur.com/gallery/jGyEV6K. None of this has changed anything. I see no damage or anything out of place with the socket too. I made sure to install windows on my new SSD correctly (970 Evo Plus). Never had this issue on my old boot drive (850 Evo). All BIOS and drivers are up to date. Does this mean my CPU is screwed? Or something is wrong with my SSD/windows?