PC not posting NEED HELP!

[n1ck.neb]

After just buying a new watercooler My friend and I wanted to test it out by overclocking the CPU. We put up the frequency (3.2 - 3.8) but left the voltage on auto. After this, the computer did not post. We can't get power to a monitor or keyboard and mice. It did load bios once, where I reset everything to normal but after closing bios the problem persisted.

 

 

I then went to my brother's system and swapped parts to try to see if one of them was broken. I did the GPU and Ram and it was fine, then when I swapped the CPU (all compatible, should've worked fine) the motherboard flickered and then didn't turn on or boot at all. When I turn the power off and on again it will flicker. I then put his CPU back and its the same problem. We are both frustrated and eager for some help.

We've tried:
-bios reset by taking out the lithium battery
-resiting GPU
-Unplugging and replugging everything in

 

My PC:
Parts list:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB
RAM: Viper 16GB 3000MHz
Case: NZXT H500i
Cooler: EVGA Closed Loop 280mm
Motherboard: MSI B350m
HDD: 1TB Western Digital Blue
SSD: ADATA 128Gb
PSU: Cooler Master 550W 80+ Bronze

 

Please help,
Thanks!

[lmeneses]

Are all the pins fine on the cpu?

[Imbellis]

On page 16 of the manual, it says to clear the CMOS by shorting the JBAT pins (On page 7) near the end of the PCI-E slot.

Do you have a speaker (you may need an internal one) connected to listen for beep codes?

[n1ck.neb]

@imeneses Yes all the pins on both cpu'sare fine

 

[n1ck.neb]

Just now, Imbellis said:

On page 16 of the manual, it says to clear the CMOS by shorting the JBAT pins (On page 7).

Do you have a speaker (you may need an internal one) connected to listen for beep codes?

let me try real quick with the speaker, but we reset the cmos aswell.

[Imbellis]

Are any lights lighting up on the bottom-right of your motherboard when attempting to boot? There should be a row of 4 LEDs.

[n1ck.neb]

Just now, Imbellis said:

Are any lights lighting up on the bottom-right of your motherboard when attempting to boot? There should be a row of 4 LEDs.

Yes all the lights turn on

[Imbellis]

Sorry if this is a bit repetitive, but did the lights flicker, or stay on for the duration?

Do you have the pump connected to the CPU fan header?

[n1ck.neb]

11 minutes ago, Imbellis said:

On page 16 of the manual, it says to clear the CMOS by shorting the JBAT pins (On page 7) near the end of the PCI-E slot.

Do you have a speaker (you may need an internal one) connected to listen for beep codes?

I got no beep codes

 

 

[n1ck.neb]

1 hour ago, lmeneses said:

Are all the pins fine on the cpu?

Yes

[n1ck.neb]

1 hour ago, Imbellis said:

Sorry if this is a bit repetitive, but did the lights flicker, or stay on for the duration?

Do you have the pump connected to the CPU fan header?

On my motherboard, the lights turn on and stay on. The coolers LEDs are on and all the fans spin, yes it is connected. On my brothers, it just flickers on once and then instantly  turns off no more than half a second.

[zombieshy_guy81]

Ok, i have practically the same system as you and i had the SAME EXACT ISSUE as you do right now. In my case after maybe 30-40 failed boots (sometimes it got to the boot screen and i could get into the bios for a few seconds) i completely removed the cmos battery booted the pc without it, the shut it down and put it back in and it worked so try that

[n1ck.neb]

15 minutes ago, zombieshy_guy81 said:

Ok, i have practically the same system as you and i had the SAME EXACT ISSUE as you do right now. In my case after maybe 30-40 failed boots (sometimes it got to the boot screen and i could get into the bios for a few seconds) i completely removed the cmos battery booted the pc without it, the shut it down and put it back in and it worked so try that

No luck for me mate. Is there anything else that was done differently than before, or you have setup differently?

[zombieshy_guy81]

check my rig specs in my profile (at the time this happened i had an Rx 480)

 

All the steps i did (i will try to list them in order to the best of my abilities)

try booting the rig maybe 10 times

Removed Gpu, tried booting, re installed it, then tried to boot again maybe 5 times bot to boot screen once or twice and was quick enough to set my clock to auto but it still didnt fix it

tried to boot about 10 times

Removed CMOS got to a Cmos reset screen, shut system down and put it back and i was fixed

[n1ck.neb]

9 minutes ago, zombieshy_guy81 said:

check my rig specs in my profile (at the time this happened i had an Rx 480)

 

All the steps i did (i will try to list them in order to the best of my abilities)

try booting the rig maybe 10 times

Removed Gpu, tried booting, re installed it, then tried to boot again maybe 5 times bot to boot screen once or twice and was quick enough to set my clock to auto but it still didnt fix it

tried to boot about 10 times

Removed CMOS got to a Cmos reset screen, shut system down and put it back and i was fixed

I'll give it a go tomorrow, thanks so much for the help!

[n1ck.neb]

16 hours ago, n1ck.neb said:

I'll give it a go tomorrow, thanks so much for the help!

no luck.