grahamm5001

Double checked to make sure it's definitely plugged in all the way or even if there's a bent pin or something. Definitely no issues there so I'm just going to guess there's either a CPU fault or the motherboard is dead (or at least dying).

I didn't run it with the cooler detached for any of the 2 dozen or so runs, should have specified that better. Just meant when I had removed it (which was only for the sake of making sure that there was sufficient thermal paste etc) that I noticed the cooler - and thus the CPU was super cold. I just assumed that it should really have heated up considering I had powered on the machine quite a few times and one of the times it was on for a good few minutes. I've tried 2 different types of RAM in every possible slot to no avail. The RGB ram did not light up in any slot even while the power was on (both types of RAM worked perfectly fine in my own desktop). Thanks for the help though!

Hey, first time poster here! I recently took possession of my friends previous rig (minus the GPU and his SSD for obvious reasons) with the following specs: - Intel Core i5-7500 - ARCTIC Freezer 11LP Cooler - Corsair Vengenance LPX 8GB DDR4-3000 RAM - Asus Strix B250F Gaming Motherboard - Corsair CX-500 Non Modular PSU - NZXT S340 Case I had a 160GB HDD attached just for the sake of loading Windows onto the system for the moment as well but currently there isn't anything on the drive. Of course the PC worked previously when he used it (with a GTX 1060 I believe) but when I went to start the thing up for the first time once I got it, nothing happened. None of the fans would spin and there wasn't any kind of LED flashing anywhere on the system beyond the RGB strip at the back and the Standby Power light. I reset the CMOS battery as this has previously helped with other builds for certain issues and the second time I started the system up all of the fans (case and CPU) started to spin at full speed, the hard drive started spinning and yet there was no sign of life still from the thing! I have tried taking the system out of the case and booting it that way, I've disconnected and reconnected every cable, I tried replacing the RAM with a stick I know works and tried every slot with both sticks, and I even tried reseating the CPU (and also checked the pins on the motherboard which were all fine) yet nothing seems to be working. I tried leaving the system powered on for several minutes and noticed that the CPU does not seem to heat up at all (both it and the CPU cooler were super cold after the many many startups I have attempted; sorry if I hadn't made that clearer!) I'm hoping someone can either tell me what I've somehow broken and whether I can fix it, or even just suggest other troubleshooting steps to try and find the issue. Thanks for your help in advance! ? EDIT: Just to cover all the bases I possibly could, I should also mention I successfully used the PSU in my own gaming rig with absolutely no issues powering that, so it's highly unlikely to be PSU related (I hope).