SOS. Workstation down.

[Hebdomad]

Description of issue
  

Desktop was working last night. Tried booting it up this morning and it appears to be stuck in a boot loop whilst spitting out undocumented error codes. Possible dead motherboard but with a water cooled system I want to be absolutely sure before I tear it apart again as this would be my second dead motherboard in this system (last one died a year ago).

I'm a freelancer and this machine is my livelihood that I can't afford to replace.
So I'm after a sanity check and second opinion before I start tearing the machine apart.

System configuration

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Processor
Motherboard ASRock X470 Taichi AM4
Samsung 960 EVO NVMe M.2 250GB SSD
Corsair RM850i 850W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply
G.Skill Fortis F4-2400C15D-32GFT (2x16GB)
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WaterForce WB 8GB

Troubleshooting steps you already did

Monitor works (not the issue)
Checked all power cables
Checked Power Button
Checked PSU
Attempted Clear CMOS - (No response, No difference )
RAM is properly seated.
Checked system for leaks. None found.
Unable to test GPU or RAM in another machine as I don't have access to compatible machine.
Having GPU unplugged results in the same boot loop and random undocumented error codes.

Any additional information that may be relevant.

 

[Robchil]

http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11846&title=no-post-x470-taichi

in that thread it seem to be the CPU that has failed. 

he has all your error msgs.. 

 

[Hebdomad]

14 minutes ago, Robchil said:

http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11846&title=no-post-x470-taichi

in that thread it seem to be the CPU that has failed. 

he has all your error msgs.. 

 

Thank you for that.
I guess I'll take the Motherboard and CPU down to the place I bought it and hopefully get a new one under warranty.

[Robchil]

unless you have a monoblock it would be easier to take out just the cpu, and bring it in for a test. 

 

[Hebdomad]

Yeah I reckon you're right on that one.
Hopefully it IS just the CPU.
Luckily I've kept all the original packaging.
Those pins can be a pain in the arse.

[Robchil]

28 minutes ago, Hebdomad said:

Yeah I reckon you're right on that one.
Hopefully it IS just the CPU.
Luckily I've kept all the original packaging.
Those pins can be a pain in the arse.

Hehe, on Intel you need to keep the CPU socket cover... or no RMA 

[Hebdomad]

I feel so stupid. CPU and board is fine.
Turns out the RAM was in the wrong spot.
I followed the manual not my instincts.
I know you should alternate slots.
But I went A1 and A2 slots.
Not A1 B1 or A2 B2.
Fucking numbering systems...

Now I've got to reassemble the damn thing.

[Robchil]

Look at the bright side,

now you get to service your custom loop, and it's probably about time you did it anyway

that GPU is atleast a year old,  i had two of them

but one burned out and killed my mainboard  .. but i got RMA and to cancel the order så both returned and refunded. 

 

 

[Hebdomad]

Yeah not too happy with Gigabytes quality.
I had a motherboard of theirs that died on me.
Anywho. Killing this thread to not spam tech support.
Feel free to PM me if you want to chat further.