Not yout typical 'my PC won't boot' thread.

[TooOldForThis]

OK. I have an FX 6300 on an MSI 970A Krait with a Gigabyte 1050ti, 16 GB of GSkill RAM, an NZXT Kraken X52, a Seasonic 650W power supply, two HDDs and one SSD. A week ago I was doing several things at once and the CPU was somewhat toasty, but not above 65 °C, when the PC shut down. While trying to boot it up, I see the NZXT logo on the Kraken light up for a second; fans won't even start spinning.

 

I switched the RAM around, no use. I took out the GPU in case I overloaded the PSU, no use. I took everything out and tested on a cardboard box, fans keep spinning but no signal sent to monitors. Tried another GPU, same results. Tried another PSU, same results. Tried another motherboard, same results. I concluded it HAD to be the CPU, got another one, same damn results.

 

I literally tested a whole different system and it still doesn't work. I MUST be doing something wrong. Any ideas?

[Ren Heika]

This is strange, have you tested each individual part? I would start by testing each stick of RAM one by one. if you tried another motherboard and the same issue happened then you most likely have an issue with the CPU, or RAM. Then again it could also be the power supply. Really the only thing you can do is test each part one by one in a situation like this.

[TooOldForThis]

Yes. As I said, I tested each stick of RAM, another GPU, PSU and even CPU. Still no use.

[Airdragonz]

Take everything off that you don't need for a boot. Run everything outside the case, and make sure your front panel USB headers from case aren't connected. In other words, keep your psu, mobo, 1 stick of ram in primary slot, cpu. Use an air cooler if possible, or unplug your AIO from the USB2 header. (Might want to double check that the kraken still works without USB) Do a cmos reset and hope it boots. If it still doesn't, you might have a dead mobo or psu

[TooOldForThis]

For anyone interested, I finally found that the motherboard, the CPU and a RAM stick were all fried. Probably a motherboard issue.