Bad CPU or bad board?

[Shadow_Storm56]

So as I mentioned in another post I am having issues and I have gotten as far as to determine that somthing is dead for sure, the CPU heatsink goes on really tight so maybe the board flexed and broke a trace or the CPU just died out of nowhere but now I'm at a loss... what do I replace? I have no other x99 boards or chips so process of elimination is not an option and I don't want to replace somthing not broken. I have it running right now just to see if it does anything but sofar it's just post code 00 but the CPU led is no longer on as it had been before. One of the fans no longer spins but the rest do. If I remove the CPU it basically does the same thing as when there is a CPU, no bent pins and I did a USB bios flash.... reset cmos.... safe boot.... it does nothing there is no scrolling through post codes and it stops on 00 it just goes strait to 00 and that's it. I'm really desperate and at a loss of what to do next like I even tried a different psu. All I did was change the thermal paste and now I got nothing... 

[AirSocial]

27 minutes ago, Shadow_Storm56 said:

So as I mentioned in another post I am having issues and I have gotten as far as to determine that somthing is dead for sure, the CPU heatsink goes on really tight so maybe the board flexed and broke a trace or the CPU just died out of nowhere but now I'm at a loss... what do I replace? I have no other x99 boards or chips so process of elimination is not an option and I don't want to replace somthing not broken. I have it running right now just to see if it does anything but sofar it's just post code 00 but the CPU led is no longer on as it had been before. One of the fans no longer spins but the rest do. If I remove the CPU it basically does the same thing as when there is a CPU, no bent pins and I did a USB bios flash.... reset cmos.... safe boot.... it does nothing there is no scrolling through post codes and it stops on 00 it just goes strait to 00 and that's it. I'm really desperate and at a loss of what to do next like I even tried a different psu. All I did was change the thermal paste and now I got nothing... 

Whats leading me to think its a bad CPU is when you removed it, the same thing happened. I'm not really sure on this one. You could try to contact your boards company and try to get an replacement. If that dosent work then you know its your CPU. It wouldn't be your PSU,

[Shadow_Storm56]

9 minutes ago, AirSocial said:

Whats leading me to think its a bad CPU is when you removed it, the same thing happened. I'm not really sure on this one. You could try to contact your boards company and try to get an replacement. If that dosent work then you know its your CPU. It wouldn't be your PSU,

I removed alot of the stock heatsinks on the board to fit the water cooling and modified others which sadly would screw my board warranty. The CPU was running fine until I replaced the bad thermal paste, really hot but fine otherwise, leaving me wondering if maybe the CPU was running hot for other reasons then.... the only thing that changed since the start was the one fan now stopped and the CPU led went off. But I reset cmos and flashed bios so maybe it just detected the issue differently now or the CPU got even worse. I still get CPU temp on my little screen that plugs into the board 

[AirSocial]

2 minutes ago, Shadow_Storm56 said:

I removed alot of the stock heatsinks on the board to fit the water cooling and modified others which sadly would screw my board warranty. The CPU was running fine until I replaced the bad thermal paste, really hot but fine otherwise, leaving me wondering if maybe the CPU was running hot for other reasons then.... the only thing that changed since the start was the one fan now stopped and the CPU led went off. But I reset cmos and flashed bios so maybe it just detected the issue differently now or the CPU got even worse. I still get CPU temp on my little screen that plugs into the board 

Did thermal paste get anywhere it shouldn't have like into the socket?

[Shadow_Storm56]

2 minutes ago, AirSocial said:

Did thermal paste get anywhere it shouldn't have like into the socket?

No I checked, the paste I had been using was liquid metal and it looked like it had good contact but temps were high so I replaced it. I really hate liquid metal even though in most cases it gives great temps. It could have dripped down some place and shorted somthing but I can't find anything and I can smell burnt PCB a mile away. I looked all over and did not see any signs of it. I can order another CPU but then if its not the CPU I'm stuck with 2

[AirSocial]

7 hours ago, Shadow_Storm56 said:

No I checked, the paste I had been using was liquid metal and it looked like it had good contact but temps were high so I replaced it. I really hate liquid metal even though in most cases it gives great temps. It could have dripped down some place and shorted somthing but I can't find anything and I can smell burnt PCB a mile away. I looked all over and did not see any signs of it. I can order another CPU but then if its not the CPU I'm stuck with 2

You could order a new CPU, if it doesn't work you could get a new motherboard, get rid of that Heatsink and then just use your old parts besides the motherboard and CPU. That could be a risky solution tho.