computer wont post

[colossus127]

Hey all,

I really hope I can get some insight here as Iam pretty frustrated at this point. Heres my dilemma. I went to add a waterblock to my gpu and add another rad to my rig. I also took nearly everything off as to clean it and just do regular maintenance. The install went fine but as I left the room to go get some zip ties for the power supply cords I heard a loud thunk coming from my room. I ran in and saw that my whole rig fell off my desk....

Ya so needless to say I was pissed. Everything seemed ok and it was ready to turn on so I did and got nothing. I figured if it was anything it was maybe a mess up in my gpu waterblock install or that the hd cable was giving me shit because sometimes it does on my cheap monitor and dvi usually works faster. Nothing worked with the water cooled gpu so I put my older 620gt in it and tried both hd and dvi and got no post

I also tried another chip because I have 2 8320s and both heated up but again no post. All the leds work, the power supply fan works, the hhds are running all fans and water cooling system works. So my question is does it sound like the motherboard is shot? Would a fall damage the mothetboard?

Ya so iam in a pretty bad spot and any info would be much onliged. Mobo isnt to bad of replace, I hope its just that.

[Br3tt96]

I wonder if the weight of everything tweaked the board a bit

[techguru]

build it outside of the case with just the bare essecials 

1 memory stick and the cpu...

[colossus127]

I think ill try the build outside and with a different power supply. I see that being damaged before the mobo im a fall circumstance, excpect everything works fine lights up and powers up it just doesn't post which leads me to think the intermediate would be the board since neither gpu works and theres no on board gpu.

[georgespamme]

@colossus127 Does your mobo have any boot LEDs or debugging tools?  Don't forget to follow your thread (top right button on this thread)

[colossus127]

I ran it outside the tower with just the essentials, two different gpus and two different power supplies, still no post but everything seems to turn on, pretty sure its the mobo.

[colossus127]

Hey all, I really hope to get some more insight and info because my situation doesnt seem to be working out. I bought a new motherboard because thats what seemed was fried but after getting it and installing it I still cant get it to boot. I put just the essentials in, my chip, new board, ram and power supply and got no boot. So I tried the other chip which was brand new in the box until the day my rig fell and I tried to boot it and got no boot with that either. I thought maybe it was the ram so I took it out and still no boot. So I tried using a different power supply and again no boot. I even took the new power supply that fell thinking maybe it was defect and the old one just wasnt powerfuly enough to boot the new board but the new one workd fine in my old rig.

 

Iam at a total complete loss here. Nothing seems to add up. All I can think is that the mother board and chip were both fried when they fell and when I put the new chip in the damaged motherboard it fried it as well. Thats the only thing that makes any sense and is that even possible?

 

All the storage devices work fine, the power supply works fine, the gpu works fine but somewhere between the motherboard and the chip I cant get a boot, and both are pretty much new. Anyone have any ideas?

 

I dont think I have another chip to test the new board with, assuming both chips were fried from the damaged mother board so all I can really do is get another chip? I dont want to keep spending money left and right and never getting it to boot you know.

 

Any info is much appreciated guys.

[Rohit Jackdaw]

Can U provide more info ? The name and brand of stuff in your rig ? Try to borrow a CPU from someone. Or you take your CPU and borrow a motherboard and try to boot. If that's not possible go to some tech shop and ask them to test put the CPU and see if it works. If it doesn't CPU is dead. Also put the CPU on the mobo and install a GPU with fans. Usually unlike case fans GPU fans won't spin unless a CPU is detected

[colossus127]

ASUS M5A99 R.20 MOBO, 8350 FX, Rosewill Capstone 1000w PS, Kingston HyperX DDR3, XFX R9 290X.

 

I thought about this all day at work, it just doesnt make any sense. The only thing that does its that the fall damaged both the mobo and chip and also damaged the new chip when I placed it in and tried to boot it. Otherwise why would both cpus not boot on both different mobos? Unless any combo wont boot due to a faulty chip since youd think the new mobo would atleast boot if either of the chips were good.

 

So frustrated! >.<

[colossus127]

Well I got an RMA on my chip, I guess ill try that. If it doesnt post after that Ill be at such a loss, power supply works, gpu works, new chip, new mobo, ram works. Wtf man