Cpu or mobo dead?

[evilmeister13]

So i woke up this morning, and the light on my water cooler was flashing every 2-3 seconds. I tried to power on my pc, and it didn't do anything at all. No fans, no lights came on steadily, nothing. Just my cooler's light sitting there flashing at me. So i assumed it was my psu, and took my computer apart and tested the psu in another rig, and it worked fine. So i unplugged everything, gpu, ram, storage, and front panel connectors. I tried turning it on at every step, still just that light. When I unplugged the front panel, the light stopped flashing on my cooler. I plugged it back in, and now nothing is working at all. Not even the flashing lights. So obviously im assuming its the mobo or cpu. Is there any way i could test to figure it out? It was completely random, i was using it just last night. So now i gotta figure out if I'm spending $250 or $350 to replace these parts...so any help or suggestions are appreciated

[RevoltTrain]

Sounds like a MOBO problem

[evilmeister13]

Sounds like a MOBO problem

Kinda what i assumed...but a least its not my precious 5820k

[Legitsu]

inspect the VRM area on the board for damage 

then..try re-seating the proc 

if your are using a ASUS x99 board you may have a problem

the asus x99 boards combined with certain high output psu's  seem to have a issue of suddenly going up and smoke and usually they take the cpu with it 

http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-x99-motherboard-goes-up-in-smoke-for-reasons-unknown_150008

scroll to the last update for a relevant info on the cause

[evilmeister13]

inspect the VRM area on the board for damage

then..try re-seating the proc

if your are using a ASUS x99 board you may have a problem

the asus x99 boards combined with certain high output psu's seem to have a issue of suddenly going up and smoke and usually they take the cpu with it

http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-x99-motherboard-goes-up-in-smoke-for-reasons-unknown_150008

scroll to the last update for a relevant info on the cause

im using gigabytes ga-x99-ud3