I've tried everything

[KancerousKanadian]

so I rebuilt my PC with working components into a different case

Now my motherboard doesn't want to post

I have tried everything including rebuilding the PC

when I start it I'll hear a click or two from the speaker and that's it

nothing on the display

[LeapFrogMasterRace]

Did you try posting outside of the case? Are all the case's standoffs installed?

[SlyTroopah]

Check each individual stick of ram to see if thats the issue.

[KancerousKanadian]

@LeapFrogMasterRace

I don't know how I'd do that and all the standoffs are in

 

@SlyTroopah

RAM worked fine before I switched the cases

[Sauron]

Be more exhaustive on what you mean by "everything", because otherwise we'll end up suggesting you do things you already tried.

 

Do the fans spin? Does the motherboard beep? Have you tried the iGPU? Does the pc turn itself off instantly? Does it do anything different if you remove the graphics card? Did you separately test each ram slot/dimm?

 

Just now, KancerousKanadian said:

I don't know how I'd do that

put it in your older case or place it on your motheboard box

[SlyTroopah]

Just now, KancerousKanadian said:

@LeapFrogMasterRace

I don't know how I'd do that and all the standoffs are in

 

@SlyTroopah

RAM worked fine before I switched the cases

just dont use a case is what @LeapFrogMasterRace was saying. To turn it on use a flat metal piece (usually a flat head screw driver) instead of the wire you would traditional use with the case power button.

[Cakezxc]

Did you have an extra standoff in the case? Less standoff isnt an issue but any extra can potentially short the motherboard.

 

But I suspect it's got something to do with either the CMOS battery or the CPU seating. The last time I saw something along your problem was when my motherboard pin got bent without me removing the CPU at all. Also a dying CMOS battery might cause that too.

[SlyTroopah]

4 minutes ago, Cakezxc said:

Did you have an extra standoff in the case? Less standoff isnt an issue but any extra can potentially short the motherboard.

 

But I suspect it's got something to do with either the CMOS battery or the CPU seating. The last time I saw something along your problem was when my motherboard pin got bent without me removing the CPU at all. Also a dying CMOS battery might cause that too.

Lol when upgrading from an i3 to my current i5 I somehow bent one of the pins, attempted to bend it back then it snapped off XD. Sill works like nothing happened and Im oc @ 4.8ghz  - Just thought I would share.

[Cakezxc]

4 minutes ago, SlyTroopah said:

Lol when upgrading from an i3 to my current i5 I somehow bent one of the pins, attempted to bend it back then it snapped off XD. Sill works like nothing happened and Im oc @ 4.8ghz  - Just thought I would share.

You got a broken pin and it still works? What dark magic is this?

 

I actually got like 5 pins bent somehow but my time dealing with LGA 478s and AM3s has trained me well.....the B85m-G43 has survived through more issues than all my other mobos combined

[zJordan]

13 minutes ago, Cakezxc said:

You got a broken pin and it still works? What dark magic is this?

 

I actually got like 5 pins bent somehow but my time dealing with LGA 478s and AM3s has trained me well.....the B85m-G43 has survived through more issues than all my other mobos combined

The pin he snapped off probably wasn't used for anything important, maybe one his PCI-E lanes is forever broken or something.

 

I've heard that certain pins can be bent and nothing abnormal will occur.

[KancerousKanadian]

@Sauron

sorry for the late reply

phone can't stay on for more than five minutes and died as I was typing

 

 

I don't think I've tried everything I think I was just frustrated

 

Fans and LEDs turn on and run fine

if I remove the RAM I get beeps

if I remove the GPU nothing happens

Tried removing the battery and trying again after awhile too didn't work

 

as for outside the case

its all wired in the back of the case I can't really take it out

[Cakezxc]

CPU sounds like the biggest suspect here then. This has got nothing to do with standoffs. Pull it out and check the socket and pin connectors on the CPU for damages. If there arent any visible ones, try putting in another CPU if you happen to have one lying around. My money's on that youve bent a pin or a few.

[KancerousKanadian]

@Cakezxc

I don't have another AM3+ socket CPU lying around I'm afraid

 

will I need to reapply thermal paste if I take the heatsink off then check the CPU?  I haven't done that because I don't have any around 

[Cakezxc]

Wait. Youre on AM3 and you didn't remove the CPU? That just tossed my theory out the window lol. It's almost impossible to bend a pin on a AM3 without removing it.

 

Check all of your cable connections. 4/8Pin EPS and CPU cooler pins especially. If nothing else works, pull the board out of the case and do an open bench trial and error trouble shoot lol.

[KancerousKanadian]

@Cakezxc

I get the feeling it may be the 8 pin

i remember it being extremely difficult to remove so maybe it didn't go back into place quite right either

let me try repluging it

[KancerousKanadian]

@Cakezxc

Didnt work

may I ask what an EPS is?

[Cakezxc]

Its the CPU 8 pin lol. So that didnt work huh. Check all your other connections then.

[KancerousKanadian]

24 Pin seems fine

any others you recommend I check?

[KancerousKanadian]

@Cakezxc

forgot to mention you in my last comment

[Cakezxc]

I dont suppose you have any spare PSU lying around....?

[KancerousKanadian]

@Cakezxc

Im afraid not

as a bus boy that's paid minimum wage I don't have a lot of stuff

[Cakezxc]

Just now, KancerousKanadian said:

@Cakezxc

Im afraid not

as a bus boy that's paid minimum wage I don't have a lot of stuff

Hmmmm.....well this is why I keep a shitty set of parts with me at home so i can at least troubleshoot effectively

 

Im out of ideas mate. There are only so many reasons why a system wont POST at all but if you cant test any of them out there isnt really a way to find the problem and rectify it  

[KancerousKanadian]

@Cakezxc

well thanks for trying m8

I appreciate it

[Cakezxc]

Actually AM3+ boards are backwards compatible. So if you can find a shitty, BUT PROVEN WORKING AM2 CPU which should cost less than 10 bucks you can test out whether if its the CPU that went bad. If it isnt then its the mobo or the PSU.

[KancerousKanadian]

@Cakezxc

My guess is PSU

Got it for forty bucks off a guy I know

apparently he only used it for a day probably had the same problem