What just happened?

[Xeliath]

So, I just had my workstation computer crash. No big deal, but when it didn't restart, I was a bit confused, so I tried pressing the power button. It started to start, for just a split second, and then shut off. No LEDs except the ones on the motherboard are on, and if I hold down the power button, it powers on, off, on, off, on, off.

Could the board or CPU be broken?

Please help.

System specs. (By the way, nothing whatsoever is overclocked)

i9 7920x

8x8GB Crucial DDR4 2400 (Unknown latency)

Nvidia GTX Titan X

Asus Prime X299-A

Corsair RM850x (2018)

Corsair H100i V2

Samsung 970 Evo 250GB

(There are hard drives, but they are all unplugged)

I believe that is all of the relevant system specs, if not, please ask.

Thank you

[Acid Panda]

on you mobo do you have any post codes.

if so google the post codes against your moboI

[Xeliath]

1 minute ago, Acid Panda said:

on you mobo do you have any post codes.

if so google the post codes against your moboI

It doesn't turn on long enough for a post code.
 

[Acid Panda]

1 minute ago, Xeliath said:

It doesn't turn on long enough for a post code.
 

are you able to just try to see it it displayed one at all

[Xeliath]

1 minute ago, Acid Panda said:

are you able to just try to see it it displayed one at all

00 flashes for half a second, however, it always starts at 00.

Hmm...

Should I try reseating the CPU?

[Acid Panda]

2 minutes ago, Xeliath said:

00 flashes for half a second, however, it always starts at 00.

Hmm...

Should I try reseating the CPU?

ok so code 00 seems to be a psu issue. 

do try to re seat the cpu but it seems that according to the post codes its the psu

[Xeliath]

1 minute ago, Acid Panda said:

ok so code 00 seems to be a psu issue. 

do try to re seat the cpu but it seems that according to the post codes its the psu

Okay. Also, should I try a different wall outlet?

[vong]

17 minutes ago, Xeliath said:

 

Could be the motherboard, CPU, RAM or PSU. I think your only option is to swap parts in and out to find the culprit. Got spare parts laying around?

[Xeliath]

1 minute ago, vong said:

Could be the motherboard, CPU, RAM or PSU. I think your only option is to swap parts in and out to find the culprit. Got spare parts laying around?

I don't have another CPU or motherboard. Unfortunately, the other PSU I have on hand is quite literally 250 watts. I doubt I could even get it running. My personal computer wants 300w just to start up. Should I try a different wall outlet or not?

[TempestCatto]

Try booting without your GPU in, also try without any drives plugged in.

[Xeliath]

Just now, TempestCatto said:

Try booting without your GPU in, also try without any drives plugged in.

Okay. (Also, I can't find the alternate PSU)

[vong]

6 minutes ago, Xeliath said:

I don't have another CPU or motherboard. Unfortunately, the other PSU I have on hand is quite literally 250 watts. I doubt I could even get it running. My personal computer wants 300w just to start up. Should I try a different wall outlet or not?

If you have got friends/family/coworkers that are into pc's then you could ask them to borrow individual parts like ram and psu or see if you can throw your ram and cpu into their systems to diagnose the issue. Alternatively take it to a pc shop.

[Xeliath]

Just now, vong said:

If you have got friends/family/coworkers that are into pc's then you could ask them to borrow individual parts like ram and psu or see if you can throw your ram and cpu into their systems to diagnose the issue. Alternatively take it to a pc shop.

I have some friends who are into computers. But they all use Z370 systems. Also, I already (Literally just finished) verified the RAM as working.

So, should I contact my PSU manufacturer?

Also, has anyone heard of a cpu or motherboard dying less than 4 months out of the box, without overclocking and with proper cooling?

[Xeliath]

1 hour ago, TempestCatto said:

Try booting without your GPU in, also try without any drives plugged in.

So, you recommended without any drives plugged in, does that include a M.2?

[TempestCatto]

14 minutes ago, Xeliath said:

So, you recommended without any drives plugged in, does that include a M.2?

Correct, no drives what so ever.

[Xeliath]

1 minute ago, TempestCatto said:

Correct, no drives what so ever.

Still doesn't do anything

[TempestCatto]

27 minutes ago, Xeliath said:

Still doesn't do anything

Did you try resetting the cmos? Also, was your pc under heavy load when it happened?

[Xeliath]

2 minutes ago, TempestCatto said:

Did you try resetting the cmos? Also, was your pc under heavy load when it happened?

I am resetting the CMOS right now. I wouldn't consider changing the font in Photoshop very heavy load, but I don't really know.

By the way, this computer has blackscreened in the past doing certain things. (It blackscreens, then starts up automatically like nothing happened)

 

[Xeliath]

18 minutes ago, TempestCatto said:

Did you try resetting the cmos? Also, was your pc under heavy load when it happened?

So, I reset the CMOS, and now I am getting post code A2, which I believe means basically all is good. But it doesn't output to my DVI display. I know the display IS working though. (I plugged it into my laptop via a adapter)

Weird.

[Xeliath]

Okay, i finally got it working again. Thanks for the suggestions. It turns out I had to reset the CMOS while no PCIe devices were installed. Weird requirement

Anyways, thanks!