Issue with computer hardware

[Aiden879]

I need help I can’t get to the bottom of this I’ve tried everything I have two computers my main had for almost 2 years no problem and secondary as for about 3 months no problem my main has a asus prime z390-a i7 9700k gtx 1660 id-cooling auraflow x 240 and secondary pc has a h310m vlh pro i5 9400f gtx 1060 nu9s cooler everything was fine until one day I was getting tired of my cable management for the water cooler bothering me so I decided to fix things up and then I finished turned the pc on it WOULDNT turn on then I realized for it to turn on I had to move the 24pin power cable in a certain way for it to turn on which has never happen to me before as if I had like a broken iPhone charger so then it turned on and I decided to use XTU to stress test to check my temps and make sure I put it back in right and then temps were SUPER unstable during the stress test and there was a loud buzzing/beeping noise coming from the cpu area and I tried EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING I tried under clocking I tried switching the power supply from my other pc and then when using my other power supply my pc will only turn on with the cpu pin from psu disconnected but when connected will only turn on for a split second then turn off and then I tried a different cooler same thing and then I switched the cooler to my second pc and now my second pc has the same issue with the main pc cooler and the secondary pc cooler so it can’t be the cooler and I tried my main pc power supply same thing I’m super stuck I don’t know what’s happening is both my power supplies broken? Or is my main pc motherboard broken what’s the problem both power supplies are 600w one bronze certified and the other silver

[RAS_3885]

It's unlikely both power supplies are dead. Based on the picture you posted, however, I'd suggest you start over. Get organized, get all the extra stuff out of the way, and start systematically testing things. Having two systems with multiple overlapping issues is going to be hard to diagnose without identifying some common ground first.

 

First thing that comes to mind is pump cavitation on your AIO. Gamer's Nexus did a video a while back about pump vs. radiator orientation for AIOs and he found some configurations can lead to pump noise. Does lifting the radiator higher (to replicate how it would be mounted in a case) cause the noise from the CPU socket to go away? This would also have the effect of poor water flow and temps.

 

As far as the power issues, it's possible you've damaged the motherboard(s) with how haphazardly things are thrown together in your picture. Maybe a power connector got stressed too much. Again, getting a bit more organized will help rule things out.

 

Another thing, when you switched power supplies... If they are both modular power supplies (I can't tell from the picture) then you also need to switch the cables going to the computer as well, since different power supply brands and models can have different pinout configurations. Maybe you did that already, but if you just unplugged one PSU and plugged in the other to the same cables running to the motherboard they may not be compatible, leading to the issues you are seeing (at best - killing things permanently at worst).

[Aiden879]

1 hour ago, RAS_3885 said:

It's unlikely both power supplies are dead. Based on the picture you posted, however, I'd suggest you start over. Get organized, get all the extra stuff out of the way, and start systematically testing things. Having two systems with multiple overlapping issues is going to be hard to diagnose without identifying some common ground first.

 

First thing that comes to mind is pump cavitation on your AIO. Gamer's Nexus did a video a while back about pump vs. radiator orientation for AIOs and he found some configurations can lead to pump noise. Does lifting the radiator higher (to replicate how it would be mounted in a case) cause the noise from the CPU socket to go away? This would also have the effect of poor water flow and temps.

 

As far as the power issues, it's possible you've damaged the motherboard(s) with how haphazardly things are thrown together in your picture. Maybe a power connector got stressed too much. Again, getting a bit more organized will help rule things out.

 

Another thing, when you switched power supplies... If they are both modular power supplies (I can't tell from the picture) then you also need to switch the cables going to the computer as well, since different power supply brands and models can have different pinout configurations. Maybe you did that already, but if you just unplugged one PSU and plugged in the other to the same cables running to the motherboard they may not be compatible, leading to the issues you are seeing (at best - killing things permanently at worst).

I don’t think the issue is the aio because the temps are super unstable with my nu9s as well and my aio isn’t making any noise it’s the z390-a and I think the noise is telling me that temps are unstable because it doesn’t make the noise on my h310m vlh pro but the temp are the same really unstable and another thing is that when connecting one of the power supplies onto my z390 it will turn on for a split second but when I unplug the cpu pin power it will turn on but then when I connect the same power supply onto my h310m it boots up normally but then again super unstable temps but when plugging my different power supply into my z390 everything boots up normally but then again super unstable temps 

[Aiden879]

1 hour ago, RAS_3885 said:

It's unlikely both power supplies are dead. Based on the picture you posted, however, I'd suggest you start over. Get organized, get all the extra stuff out of the way, and start systematically testing things. Having two systems with multiple overlapping issues is going to be hard to diagnose without identifying some common ground first.

 

First thing that comes to mind is pump cavitation on your AIO. Gamer's Nexus did a video a while back about pump vs. radiator orientation for AIOs and he found some configurations can lead to pump noise. Does lifting the radiator higher (to replicate how it would be mounted in a case) cause the noise from the CPU socket to go away? This would also have the effect of poor water flow and temps.

 

As far as the power issues, it's possible you've damaged the motherboard(s) with how haphazardly things are thrown together in your picture. Maybe a power connector got stressed too much. Again, getting a bit more organized will help rule things out.

 

Another thing, when you switched power supplies... If they are both modular power supplies (I can't tell from the picture) then you also need to switch the cables going to the computer as well, since different power supply brands and models can have different pinout configurations. Maybe you did that already, but if you just unplugged one PSU and plugged in the other to the same cables running to the motherboard they may not be compatible, leading to the issues you are seeing (at best - killing things permanently at worst).

So the power supply making my motherboard turn on for only a split second makes me believe my motherboard is the problem but then my second power supply makes my motherboard turn on completely so that’s why I’m stuck like what’s the problem then but with both of them I get dangerously unstable temps on cpu and with two different coolers

[Aiden879]

9 minutes ago, Aiden879 said:

So the power supply making my motherboard turn on for only a split second makes me believe my motherboard is the problem but then my second power supply makes my motherboard turn on completely so that’s why I’m stuck like what’s the problem then but with both of them I get dangerously unstable temps on cpu and with two different coolers

And the power supplies are not modular and I never switched them before the problem started occurring the problem only started occurring really randomly after unplugging my aio and plugging it back it just to fix up cable management I only started switching power supplies afterwards to see if I can figure out the problem 

[Aiden879]

I got the temps to calm down on my second motherboard and the temps calmed down on my main motherboard as well now the only problem is the main motherboard making a buzzing noise around the cpu area when temps are almost anywhere above 50 and I have a asus z390-a prime that’s my only issue now