DEAD i7 3770

[NotTheRealJay]

Hello everyone, i was wondering how did i end up killing my cpu by installing a new ssd?
At first my pc is working perfectly fine. I bought a new ssd and try installing a new windows os on it, but my pc won't boot with the ssd installed. When i tried to boot my pc without the ssd, my pc turns on but it is stuck in a boot loop with no signal displaying on my monitor. Even the keyboard and mouse won't lit up but the rgb fans does.

What i've tried so far:

breadboarding the system with the cpu and ram only.

swapping ram's slot, trying only one at a time.

swapping a different psu.

booting with and without the gpu.

cleaning the rams with an eraser, and the slots as well.

reseating the cpu ( as a last resort, even though i've no idea how is this connected to my issues ).

What makes me think it's the cpu:

tried booting without any ram installed, there's a beep from the motherboard speaker.

tried the cpu to my friend's pc ( he got i5 3470 ). My i7 3770 doesn't work. Pc boots up but with no display.

I really am confused how the hell did i bricked it. I'm so depressed right now as this happened to me last year as well, with a different i7 3770.

Pc specs:

cpu - i7 3770

motherboard - foxconn h61mxe-k

ram - 16gb (2x8gb) ddr3 1600mhz (kingston)

hdd - 1tb western digital green

gpu - rx 570 overclocked ( 1400mhz at 1110mv )

psu - superflower 600w

case - deepcool maccube 110

monitor - acer r231

[LIGISTX]

32 minutes ago, NotTheRealJay said:

Hello everyone, i was wondering how did i end up killing my cpu by installing a new ssd?
At first my pc is working perfectly fine. I bought a new ssd and try installing a new windows os on it, but my pc won't boot with the ssd installed. When i tried to boot my pc without the ssd, my pc turns on but it is stuck in a boot loop with no signal displaying on my monitor. Even the keyboard and mouse won't lit up but the rgb fans does.

What i've tried so far:

breadboarding the system with the cpu and ram only.

swapping ram's slot, trying only one at a time.

swapping a different psu.

booting with and without the gpu.

cleaning the rams with an eraser, and the slots as well.

reseating the cpu ( as a last resort, even though i've no idea how is this connected to my issues ).

What makes me think it's the cpu:

tried booting without any ram installed, there's a beep from the motherboard speaker.

tried the cpu to my friend's pc ( he got i5 3470 ). My i7 3770 doesn't work. Pc boots up but with no display.

I really am confused how the hell did i bricked it. I'm so depressed right now as this happened to me last year as well, with a different i7 3770.

Pc specs:

cpu - i7 3770

motherboard - foxconn h61mxe-k

ram - 16gb (2x8gb) ddr3 1600mhz (kingston)

hdd - 1tb western digital green

gpu - rx 570 overclocked ( 1400mhz at 1110mv )

psu - superflower 600w

case - deepcool maccube 110

monitor - acer r231

Did you try resetting your CMOS? Does your friends PC have latest BIOS on his mobo, could potentially be why your CPU only sort of worked there.

 

Its unlikely, but possible something shorted. But... strange. Did it happen on the same mobo when it broke the CPU last time? I wouldn't exactly trust a foxconn board all that much. They do OEM for a lot of manufacturers, but, yea.

[NotTheRealJay]

3 minutes ago, LIGISTX said:

Did you try resetting your CMOS? Does your friends PC have latest BIOS on his mobo, could potentially be why your CPU only sort of worked there.

 

Its unlikely, but possible something shorted. But... strange. Did it happen on the same mobo when it broke the CPU last time? I wouldn't exactly trust a foxconn board all that much. They do OEM for a lot of manufacturers, but, yea.

I did reset cmos, just forgot to add there. And no, my first cpu died in an asus motherboard. Hence my cpu and motherboard are new ( in my posession that is ).

[NelizMastr]

6 minutes ago, LIGISTX said:

Did you try resetting your CMOS? Does your friends PC have latest BIOS on his mobo, could potentially be why your CPU only sort of worked there.

 

Its unlikely, but possible something shorted. But... strange. Did it happen on the same mobo when it broke the CPU last time? I wouldn't exactly trust a foxconn board all that much. They do OEM for a lot of manufacturers, but, yea.

I agree that Foxconn's own boards are pretty crappy. And it's a low end H61 with poor VRMs. They might not handle an i7 that well.

 

An unstable PSU is also a possibility. Unstable power can wreak all kinds of havoc.

[NotTheRealJay]

1 minute ago, NelizMastr said:

I agree that Foxconn's own boards are pretty crappy. And it's a low end H61 with poor VRMs. They might not handle an i7 that well.

 

An unstable PSU is also a possibility. Unstable power can wreak all kinds of havoc.

Could it be the psu cause it to die? Coz' i'm still using the same psu when my first cpu died. 

[NelizMastr]

Just now, NotTheRealJay said:

Could it be the psu cause it to die? Coz' i'm still using the same psu when my first cpu died. 

It's a possibility. It rarely happens, but it is something to consider.

 

How old is this PSU? If it's as old as the other components (2011/2012) then I'd consider it due for replacement.

[NotTheRealJay]

2 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

It's a possibility. It rarely happens, but it is something to consider.

 

How old is this PSU? If it's as old as the other components (2011/2012) then I'd consider it due for 

2019, replacing a generic psu. Bought it online used. It works just fine or that' s what i thought.

[LIGISTX]

8 hours ago, NotTheRealJay said:

2019, replacing a generic psu. Bought it online used. It works just fine or that' s what i thought.

The fact it only happened when you put an ssd in makes me think it’s not the PSU. But that’s a really hard one to diagnose… something could have shorted, maybe case is slightly bent behind the mobo and the back of the mobo shorted. Or just bad luck?

[NotTheRealJay]

On 5/17/2021 at 12:18 AM, LIGISTX said:

The fact it only happened when you put an ssd in makes me think it’s not the PSU. But that’s a really hard one to diagnose… something could have shorted, maybe case is slightly bent behind the mobo and the back of the mobo shorted. Or just bad luck?

Kinda update to this, my pc turns on but without the gpu. And it takes a lot of POST before it gets to work.

[jaslion]

12 minutes ago, NotTheRealJay said:

Kinda update to this, my pc turns on but without the gpu. And it takes a lot of POST before it gets to work.

Might indeed be power related if that is just a generic superflower 600 psu.

[NotTheRealJay]

48 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Might indeed be power related if that is just a generic superflower 600 psu.

I tried booting with gpu again, still no luck even after I uninstalled the gpu drivers. Now my pc won't boot again even without the gpu. I have to clear the cmos for it to works ( no guarantee of working, will be stuck at boot loop first ).

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, NotTheRealJay said:

I tried booting with gpu again, still no luck even after I uninstalled the gpu drivers. Now my pc won't boot again even without the gpu. I have to clear the cmos for it to works ( no guarantee of working, will be stuck at boot loop first ).

Yeah something is broken for sure. Since the cpu has been tested in a different system it might very well be dead but the cause could probably be the psu as if this is a superflower from the age of the 3770 it can easily be one of the popular bad ones but because you didn't list the exact model I do not know.

[NotTheRealJay]

2 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Yeah something is broken for sure. Since the cpu has been tested in a different system it might very well be dead but the cause could probably be the psu as if this is a superflower from the age of the 3770 it can easily be one of the popular bad ones but because you didn't list the exact model I do not know.

It's an SF-600P12A korean 600w superflower.

Is there any chance that it's not the cpu? Because it works fine, just without the gpu.

[jaslion]

1 hour ago, NotTheRealJay said:

It's an SF-600P12A korean 600w superflower.

Is there any chance that it's not the cpu? Because it works fine, just without the gpu.

Oh hey that unit yeah it's kinda crap. At best I can give a good guess that the extra power draw of the gpu crashes the system but that is about it.

 

You could get a new psu that is at least b tier for your system

 

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1116640-psucultists-psu-tier-list/

[NotTheRealJay]

28 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Oh hey that unit yeah it's kinda crap. At best I can give a good guess that the extra power draw of the gpu crashes the system but that is about it.

 

You could get a new psu that is at least b tier for your system

 

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1116640-psucultists-psu-tier-list/

Ok thanks, i'll try my best to update this if it all works out fine.