PC wont boot

[Toolsac101]

I recently switched cases now my pc wont boot. No spinning fans, no error lights/rgb (except for on my mobo rgb). I breadboarded it once and it booted, then I put it back in and it didnt work. So I breadboarded it again but it didn't boot the second time, no spinning fans/cpu copler rgb, only mobo rgb. 

 

I tried reseasting the gpu and both ram sticks, double checking all connections are in proper, removing cmos battery.

 

I really hope I didn't break any components because i don't have any money to replace anything

 

My specs are: 

Case- deepcool matrexx 50

Mobo- asus prime z390-a

Cpu- i5-9600k 

Gpu- rtx 2060

Ram- gskill ripjaws v

Psu- gigabyte p650b

Ssd- samsung 970 evo plus 1tb

[curiousmind34]

23 minutes ago, Toolsac101 said:

I recently switched cases now my pc wont boot. No spinning fans, no error lights/rgb (except for on my mobo rgb). I breadboarded it once and it booted, then I put it back in and it didnt work. So I breadboarded it again but it didn't boot the second time, no spinning fans/cpu copler rgb, only mobo rgb. 

 

I tried reseasting the gpu and both ram sticks, double checking all connections are in proper, removing cmos battery.

 

I really hope I didn't break any components because i don't have any money to replace anything

 

My specs are: 

Case- deepcool matrexx 50

Mobo- asus prime z390-a

Cpu- i5-9600k 

Gpu- rtx 2060

Ram- gskill ripjaws v

Psu- gigabyte p650b

Ssd- samsung 970 evo plus 1tb

99% chance its a mobo problem, but otherwise idk how to fix it. Check which color the light is with a manual of your motherboard as it likely corresponds to some error.

[IkeaGnome]

24 minutes ago, Toolsac101 said:

I recently switched cases now my pc wont boot. No spinning fans, no error lights/rgb (except for on my mobo rgb). I breadboarded it once and it booted, then I put it back in and it didnt work. So I breadboarded it again but it didn't boot the second time, no spinning fans/cpu copler rgb, only mobo rgb. 

 

I tried reseasting the gpu and both ram sticks, double checking all connections are in proper, removing cmos battery.

 

I really hope I didn't break any components because i don't have any money to replace anything

 

My specs are: 

Case- deepcool matrexx 50

Mobo- asus prime z390-a

Cpu- i5-9600k 

Gpu- rtx 2060

Ram- gskill ripjaws v

Psu- gigabyte p650b

Ssd- samsung 970 evo plus 1tb

Does it still act weird if you remove the GPU and plug the monitor into the motherboard? Dumb question, but triple check your powersupply is on. 

Are you able to upload pictures of the motherboard? Specifically the front panel connectors?

[Toolsac101]

5 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

Does it still act weird if you remove the GPU and plug the monitor into the motherboard? Dumb question, but triple check your powersupply is on. 

Are you able to upload pictures of the motherboard? Specifically the front panel connectors?

 

[IkeaGnome]

1 minute ago, Toolsac101 said:

 

Those are correct. It won't start up like that? What about the rest of the motherboard? As many connectors as you can. 24 pin, 8 pin cpu etc.

[Toolsac101]

1 minute ago, IkeaGnome said:

Those are correct. It won't start up like that? What about the rest of the motherboard? As many connectors as you can. 24 pin, 8 pin cpu etc.

Right now I have the mobo ontop of the mobo box with my gpu plugged in with an 8 pin connected, the 8 pin connected to the cpu connecter and the 24 pin plugged in, double checking that they're properly seated. The rgb turns on the motherboard when i turn on my psu so I don't think the mobo is dead (unless I'm wrong, im kinda inexperienced) 

 

I've been tinkering with this for a few days now and it's really stressing me out

[IkeaGnome]

1 minute ago, Toolsac101 said:

Right now I have the mobo ontop of the mobo box with my gpu plugged in with an 8 pin connected, the 8 pin connected to the cpu connecter and the 24 pin plugged in, double checking that they're properly seated. The rgb turns on the motherboard when i turn on my psu so I don't think the mobo is dead (unless I'm wrong, im kinda inexperienced) 

 

I've been tinkering with this for a few days now and it's really stressing me out

It's worked, so the hardware should be good. I think there's something that got forgotten when it got put into the case.

In this picture below. The connector on the left is plugged in? Should be 8 pins labeled "CPU" or "EPS" or a connector that is 4+4 instead of the 8 or 6+2 on your GPU.

On the right there are little LEDs, are any of them lighting up? 

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[Toolsac101]

8 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

It's worked, so the hardware should be good. I think there's something that got forgotten when it got put into the case.

In this picture below. The connector on the left is plugged in? Should be 8 pins labeled "CPU" or "EPS" or a connector that is 4+4 instead of the 8 or 6+2 on your GPU.

On the right there are little LEDs, are any of them lighting up? 

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The left connector is plugged in with a 6+2 cable, and when I first breadboarded the mobo some of those lights did turn on, but what was multiple days ago so i forget what they were, but currently no they are not turning on, just the green led that indicates power is going to the mobo

[IkeaGnome]

25 minutes ago, Toolsac101 said:

The left connector is plugged in with a 6+2 cable, and when I first breadboarded the mobo some of those lights did turn on, but what was multiple days ago so i forget what they were, but currently no they are not turning on, just the green led that indicates power is going to the mobo

Those are wired differently. There's your problem. Use a CPU or EPS power for the one on the left. If you're lucky, protections in the motherboard worked.

[Toolsac101]

9 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

Those are wired differently. There's your problem. Use a CPU or EPS power for the one on the left. If you're lucky, protections in the motherboard worked.

Sorry I'm not very good at pc building, so do I use a different cable or a different slot on the mobo? 

[IkeaGnome]

1 minute ago, Toolsac101 said:

Sorry I'm not very good at pc building, so do I use a different cable or a different slot on the mobo? 

You have to use that same slot, the one circled in red. Use the cable on the left of these two. Pay attention to the shape of the clip that holds the plug into the slot. Hopefully, once you change to that connector, the computer will start up just fine.

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[Toolsac101]

2 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

You have to use that same slot, the one circled in red. Use the cable on the left of these two. Pay attention to the shape of the clip that holds the plug into the slot. Hopefully, once you change to that connector, the computer will start up just fine.

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So clip this together and it goes in the same slot, and use the 6+2pin for my gpu?

[IkeaGnome]

2 minutes ago, Toolsac101 said:

So clip this together and it goes in the same slot, and use the 6+2pin for my gpu?

Correct. That connector goes to the one I circled in red, 6+2 to GPU.

[Toolsac101]

1 minute ago, IkeaGnome said:

Correct. That connector goes to the one I circled in red, 6+2 to GPU.

Oh my god you're a life saver. You have no idea how much stress you just relieved. Everyone else I've been asking across reddit and other forums said my mobo was dead and had me thinking i had to buy a new one. Now lets hope it'll work when i put it back in the case

[IkeaGnome]

Just now, Toolsac101 said:

Oh my god you're a life saver. You have no idea how much stress you just relieved. Everyone else I've been asking across reddit and other forums said my mobo was dead and had me thinking i had to buy a new one. Now lets hope it'll work when i put it back in the case

You're lucky it's not fried. You put power to all the wrong spots. Power protections saved it. 

I really wish those two sets of connectors were keyed so they couldn't be plugged in wrong. 

Did it do a full POST for you?

[Toolsac101]

1 minute ago, IkeaGnome said:

You're lucky it's not fried. You put power to all the wrong spots. Power protections saved it. 

I really wish those two sets of connectors were keyed so they couldn't be plugged in wrong. 

Did it do a full POST for you?

If I'm thinking of the same thing, the mobo's 4 little leds all lit up, and now its green on BOOT, It's asking me to go into bios so i gotta go grab my keyboard now

[IkeaGnome]

Just now, Toolsac101 said:

If I'm thinking of the same thing, the mobo's 4 little leds all lit up, and now its green on BOOT, It's asking me to go into bios so i gotta go grab my keyboard now

Awesome! Glad it sorted out. If anything else comes up, feel free to @me and keep this going. Don't forget XMP and all that

[Toolsac101]

4 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

Awesome! Glad it sorted out. If anything else comes up, feel free to @me and keep this going. Don't forget XMP and all that

Does this all look good? Shouldn't the bios be detecting my gpu as well? I don't know what XMP is or does. And does that Dram status mean my rams only running at 2133mhz? I thought it was 3200mhz

[IkeaGnome]

2 minutes ago, Toolsac101 said:

Does this all look good? Shouldn't the bios be detecting my gpu as well? I don't know what XMP is or does. And does that Dram status mean my rams only running at 2133mhz? I thought it was 3200mhz

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When you first start the computer and are changing settings in BIOS, this is saved in the motherboard it's self. It's how you keep your computer settings when you unplug the power supply or move the computer to a different room.

With the power plug having been in the wrong spot, there is a chance that when you tried to boot the computer it got confused and tried to set up the wrong "settings". What I would do is remove the RAM stick on the right. Clear CMOS(which clears the BIOS settings and sets them back to factory settings), and boot. Then if any of these lights stay on we can look farther into it. Ignore XMP for now.

Here's how to clear CMOS.

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These lights.

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Basically, we know the power is good now and everything is alright. The motherboard might still think something isn't right because of settings that it set when stuff was wrong. This clears it so it has a chance to see that everything is ok. Only 1 RAM stick(left one), clear CMOS according to top picture. Let it POST and see which of the 5 lights in the second picture is on.

[Toolsac101]

5 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

When you first start the computer and are changing settings in BIOS, this is saved in the motherboard it's self. It's how you keep your computer settings when you unplug the power supply or move the computer to a different room.

With the power plug having been in the wrong spot, there is a chance that when you tried to boot the computer it got confused and tried to set up the wrong "settings". What I would do is remove the RAM stick on the right. Clear CMOS(which clears the BIOS settings and sets them back to factory settings), and boot. Then if any of these lights stay on we can look farther into it. Ignore XMP for now.

Here's how to clear CMOS.

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These lights.

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Basically, we know the power is good now and everything is alright. The motherboard might still think something isn't right because of settings that it set when stuff was wrong. This clears it so it has a chance to see that everything is ok. Only 1 RAM stick(left one), clear CMOS according to top picture. Let it POST and see which of the 5 lights in the second picture is on.

Thanks alot, I was able to boot and made it to my desktop, you're a savior.

[Toolsac101]

Hopefully it stays that way when it goes into the case though, fingers crossed

[IkeaGnome]

24 minutes ago, Toolsac101 said:

Hopefully it stays that way when it goes into the case though, fingers crossed

Once it's in the case and works fine, Windows installed, add the second stick of RAM back in.

Your RAM was at 2133 mhz because that's the default speed. XMP it the easy way of getting them to 3200 mhz.

Here's written steps for it.

https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?111883-What-can-I-do-to-enable-XMP#:~:text=Go to the ADVANCED Mode,the BIOS changes and reset.

Here's a video if you prefer that.

 

[Toolsac101]

32 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

Once it's in the case and works fine, Windows installed, add the second stick of RAM back in.

Your RAM was at 2133 mhz because that's the default speed. XMP it the easy way of getting them to 3200 mhz.

Here's written steps for it.

https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?111883-What-can-I-do-to-enable-XMP#:~:text=Go to the ADVANCED Mode,the BIOS changes and reset.

Here's a video if you prefer that.

 

She's all set up and running mint, I can't thank you enough. Thanks alot