Computer starts, restarts soon after. No splash screen or post. Worked before. Everything is plugged in inside of the case.

Xander18657

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It is worth mentioning that I have built this computer two months ago and it has been functioning ever since the day I built it (until today). I know it was something I did. This morning, I was using it and decided I wanted to re-route some cables to allow better airflow within the case. I only routed five cables: power, reset and hdd activity front panel cables, the power cable to my optical drive and my 24 pin motherboard power cable. I want to automatically rule out the optical drive and front panel cables. Ever since plugging everything in, the computer turns on (but with no splash screen or post) and resets a couple of seconds later over and over again. It has to be something with motherboard power. Could I have damaged the socket on the mobo itself? I wasn't exactly rough with it. All of my components worked fine together before. I also may have bumped my RAM with my hand when plugging in the mobo power. I've bumped it harder before and it worked fine, I just thought it might be worth mentioning. I would appreciate any suggestions.
 
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runedj4

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Double check all you connections, make sure the ram is not lose etc. Then come back, if it still dose not work I would like to say its a PSU or motherboard failure but I think you may just have something loose here hoping!

Keep in mind its always hard for pepole to detirmine PC problems over the internet we can only make an educated guess most of the time.
 
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Xander18657

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Thank you very much for the suggestion! After a very thorough examination of my PC, I found that my CPU power was a bit loose. Booted fine after tightening that. Thank you for saving me several hundred dollars having someone look at it.
 

runedj4

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No Problem ^.^ have a great day!