It may be the case...?

[Despa.cosmin21]

Ok, so, I've built my own PC, using some new or SH parts. All the parts are working Perfectly fine. I was extremely excited when all my parts have arrived. I've installed all the components, the PC started, but all of a sudden it stopped booting. I had POST, the AsRock logo appeard on the screen, everything worked fine. After hours of looking in the Manual and online, I did a CMOS restart, and finally the PC fired up and worked. Find out that my CPU is a Unlocked version, and using UCC i've unlocked it. After my PSU died, because it was an old one, i've bought a new one, a Corsair VS 450. After I have finally installed the PSU, the PC started after a CMOS restart. It booted up to Windows, and after the Windows wanted me to restart the PC because some drivers installed, the PC didn't wanted to POST anymore. I mean, no Beeps, no Video, no POST, NOTHING. Tried CMOS restart, I have even removed the battery,  but still nothing. I have sent the MOBO to RMA, and they gave me a brand new. Same thing happened, no Post, no beeps, no video, nothing. I have send it back, because i'm thinking that they made a mistake, and sent me a faulty one.

PC Specs:

AsRock 970Pro3 R2.0

AMD Athlon x3 450

Kingstone Dual-Channel Kit 4GB (2x2GB) DDr3

Western Digital 160GB ( it's an old one, because i need to save money to buy a new one)

Corsair VS450

Segotep Frozen Tower T2+

 

The  real question comes now.

If the symptoms will be the same, the cause may be the Case? It's and old one ( I'll post a pic of it if asked)

All my components are working perfectly fine, because i've tested them on a MSI 970Gaming MOBO.

[TheRandomness]

Why'd you buy such a shitty PSU to replace an older one?

[NunoLava1998]

It's the PSU most likely. Saying the case is the problem is exactly like saying a violin is not working beacuse of the wood.

[Ykno]

why the case? case shouldnt effect anything. did you install motherboard standoffs so its not shorting out on the case?? appart from that it wont do anything to your pc components.

 

but sounds like somethign i did ages ago with a AMD CPU turn the unlock core feature OFF! to do this you will now need another cpu to turn that back off as you cant get it to post in to bios at all. i found taht even clearing cmos ect nothing would post grabed a old CPU installed it it posted(which auto turned core unlock off.) saved bios to recommened defualts and installed my other CPU and boom worked fine.

 

leave unlock core off! there is a reason why the CPUS have some cores locked

 

i swear that feature is there incase you get lucky and get a lower binned chip thats is perfect still and can run just like the full fat version of the chip(very rare)

 

if that dosnt work then buy a 550+ PSU with 80+ bronze min to be safe 

[Despa.cosmin21]

21 minutes ago, Ykno said:

why the case? case shouldnt effect anything. did you install motherboard standoffs so its not shorting out on the case?? appart from that it wont do anything to your pc components.

 

but sounds like somethign i did ages ago with a AMD CPU turn the unlock core feature OFF! to do this you will now need another cpu to turn that back off as you cant get it to post in to bios at all. i found taht even clearing cmos ect nothing would post grabed a old CPU installed it it posted(which auto turned core unlock off.) saved bios to recommened defualts and installed my other CPU and boom worked fine.

 

leave unlock core off! there is a reason why the CPUS have some cores locked

 

i swear that feature is there incase you get lucky and get a lower binned chip thats is perfect still and can run just like the full fat version of the chip(very rare)

 

if that dosnt work then buy a 550+ PSU with 80+ bronze min to be safe 

1. I don't have that much a consumption so i don't need a new psu.

2. The CPU worked perfectly fine after i unlocked the core.

3. The CPU still works perfectly fine, cause i tested it on my friend's mobo.

4. The mobo had been changed by the warranty.

Why it would work on an msi 970 and not work on my asrock?

[Ykno]

38 minutes ago, Despa.cosmin21 said:

1. I don't have that much a consumption so i don't need a new psu.

2. The CPU worked perfectly fine after i unlocked the core.

3. The CPU still works perfectly fine, cause i tested it on my friend's mobo.

4. The mobo had been changed by the warranty.

Why it would work on an msi 970 and not work on my asrock?

because your friends MSI MB wont have unlock core on.

 

where as your asrock has unlock core turned on assoiated with that CPU unique identifier.

 

the cpu will work perfect before a reboot, or even for a while after till that unlcoked core starts to error (again reason why cores are locked on lower binned chips)

 

trust me borrow your friends cpu and reset your MB to optimised defualts and it will run fine then leave unlock CPU core alone.

 

if it dosnt work no harm done lest your narrowing it down.

 

if your friend CPU dosnt work at all then you bricked your MB.

[Despa.cosmin21]

27 minutes ago, Ykno said:

because your friends MSI MB wont have unlock core on.

 

where as your asrock has unlock core turned on assoiated with that CPU unique identifier.

 

the cpu will work perfect before a reboot, or even for a while after till that unlcoked core starts to error (again reason why cores are locked on lower binned chips)

 

trust me borrow your friends cpu and reset your MB to optimised defualts and it will run fine then leave unlock CPU core alone.

 

if it dosnt work no harm done lest your narrowing it down.

 

if your friend CPU dosnt work at all then you bricked your MB.

The mobo had been changed due to warranty, so i think the mobo was faulty, but since the mobo was replaced, doesn't mean that the mobo would recognize the CPU as a X3, not the unlocked version? (Unlocked is amd phenom ii x4 b50)

[Ykno]

3 minutes ago, Despa.cosmin21 said:

The mobo had been changed due to warranty, so i think the mobo was faulty, but since the mobo was replaced, doesn't mean that the mobo would recognize the CPU as a X3, not the unlocked version? (Unlocked is amd phenom ii x4 b50)

did you check the option on this MB thats your using now that said unlock CPU core?

[Despa.cosmin21]

5 minutes ago, Ykno said:

did you check the option on this MB thats your using now that said unlock CPU core?

The pc doesn't start, that's the thing, if at least i Could have entered the bios and deactivate the ucc, that would be great

[Ykno]

Just now, Despa.cosmin21 said:

The pc doesn't start, that's the thing, if at least i Could have entered the bios and deactivate the ucc, that would be great

Yes exsactly so do what i keep telling you.

 

1)Borrow your friends CPU tahts is the same socket.
2)Install that in your MB

3)It will then boot and say new CPU detected do you want to load optimized defualts

4)Click yes

5)Boom PC Boots

6)Open BIOS load optimized defualts again to make sure it done.

7)Then swap the borrowed CPU out for your CPU and turn the PC on.

 

Trust me Do it!

 

Its the only way to fix it.

[Despa.cosmin21]

54 minutes ago, Ykno said:

Yes exsactly so do what i keep telling you.

 

1)Borrow your friends CPU tahts is the same socket.
2)Install that in your MB

3)It will then boot and say new CPU detected do you want to load optimized defualts

4)Click yes

5)Boom PC Boots

6)Open BIOS load optimized defualts again to make sure it done.

7)Then swap the borrowed CPU out for your CPU and turn the PC on.

 

Trust me Do it!

 

Its the only way to fix it.

Ok, i will give it a try as soon as my mobo arrives

[Ykno]

2 minutes ago, Despa.cosmin21 said:

Ok, i will give it a try as soon as my mobo arrives

well if you have a new MB then no need to worry it will be back to default ? why did you make this thread if your waiting for new MB?

[Ryujin2003]

4 hours ago, Despa.cosmin21 said:

The pc doesn't start, that's the thing, if at least i Could have entered the bios and deactivate the ucc, that would be great

Ok, so let's test the CPU vs PSU. Unplug your 4/6 pin CPU power plug. That means no juice to power the CPU. Then boot your PC. Fans, GPU, HDDs, everything else will have power and test themselves. If nothing happens, it's probably your PSU. Just because you have low consumption doesn't mean that your PSU is actually going to work as advertised. Check it and make sure everything else will power without the CPU, because I'm not sure why it won't even POST, regardless of unlocked core or not.

 

POST: power on self test. It's missing the power on part... Test for lowest common denominator.

[Despa.cosmin21]

33 minutes ago, Ryujin2003 said:

Ok, so let's test the CPU vs PSU. Unplug your 4/6 pin CPU power plug. That means no juice to power the CPU. Then boot your PC. Fans, GPU, HDDs, everything else will have power and test themselves. If nothing happens, it's probably your PSU. Just because you have low consumption doesn't mean that your PSU is actually going to work as advertised. Check it and make sure everything else will power without the CPU, because I'm not sure why it won't even POST, regardless of unlocked core or not.

 

POST: power on self test. It's missing the power on part... Test for lowest common denominator.

I have done this steps, all of them but still the pc won'T boot up. The psu is perfectly fine, i have tried it on my old pc, and it works perfectly. I've Asked all this questions because i want to know how to react if the new mobo has the same issue.

[Ryujin2003]

It is other hardware if the new one is doesn't work.

 

Have you double checked to make sure the power leads for the case are correctly connected?

[Despa.cosmin21]

26 minutes ago, Ryujin2003 said:

It is other hardware if the new one is doesn't work.

 

Have you double checked to make sure the power leads for the case are correctly connected?

Yes, I have.