PC was posting....now it's not.

[Spooky Skeletons]

Hello all, 

 

Computer specs: AMD 5900 CPU, Gigabyte Aorus x570 elite wifi motherboard, RTX 3070 GPU, 32 gigabytes ( 2 x 16 ) Corsair vengeance RAM, NZXT x53 CPU cooler. CORSAIR RM 850W PSU.

 

So. When I first put this build together I flashed the motherboard to bios version f36, assembled the Computer, everything posted to bios correctly. That was 2 days ago. However the Computer immediately started crashing after being on for less than 2 min. I quickly realized that the cpu cooler pump was not turning on and NEVER had been. I watch my cpu temp in the bios go from 60 C to 80 C in like 30 seconds. I promptly turned the computer off and ordered a return of the NZXT cooler and a new CPU cooler which I am still waiting on the arrival of. After this it sat on my desk for about 24 hours. 

 

This is where the problems really started. The next day I got the urge to check the installation of my NZXT again. I just had to know if I was being dumb and missed something. I felt like if I didn't check again it would always haunt me. So I opened everything back up, checked all the cable connections. Bc the case I bought is absolutely horrible (never again) and my power supply is modular, this involved taking the PSU back out of the case so I could actually access the back of it where the cables connect. To check the sata cable that the nzxt has. I never found anything wrong with the install of the NZXT. But when I put it all back together to check, the computer would not post. 

 

Fan spin good. Fan speed adjusts several times after startup. No motherboard beep code. Checked all cable connections. 

 

[Kid.Lazer]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but did you take a computer with a non-functional CPU cooler, and turn on again anyway? Modern chips have lots of built-in safeties, but that is asking for trouble, IMO.

 

As for it not posting now, sounds like you may have caused an issue that wasn't there before. A card or cable not seated correctly perhaps.

[Spooky Skeletons]

14 minutes ago, Kid.Lazer said:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but did you take a computer with a non-functional CPU cooler, and turn on again anyway? Modern chips have lots of built-in safeties, but that is asking for trouble, IMO.

 

As for it not posting now, sounds like you may have caused an issue that wasn't there before. A card or cable not seated correctly perhaps.

Yeah I just didn't realize that the water cooling pump was not pumping. For sure not smart of me and I turned it off as soon as I realized. But I fear I may have been to late .