How does one tell if the cpu or motherboard is fried?

Prisoner154 · Aug 10, 2014

So recently my computer keeps on turning on and off within a second and it would just be stuck in that loop, on,off,on,off. It was due to my stupidity, and messing around in the UEFI and stuff. So i am wondering what are the chances of my CPU and or Mobo frying? some say this could also contribute to the PSU/RAM/GPU, but i removed both the gpu and ram from the equation and still got the same results. I also took out the PSU and did the paperclip test, it didnt turn on and off, so i assumed it works well (ALL of my components were functional before messing around the UEFI, i just rebooted the computer and the problem occured.) Some say to use the jumpers on the mobo to reset it but that didnt work, i also took the cmos battery out for a whole night, that didn't work.

My computer specifications: i5-3570k, Asus GTX 660 direct CU 2, mobo is As-rock H61M-HVS, PSU is Corsair CX750M, 8 gb of g-skill ram, and a Western Digital 1 TB HDD, OS is windows 7 home premium, I also have an AVC 120mm water cooler in there.

Karsten75 · Aug 10, 2014

what exactly were you attempting to do. Apart from trying to overclock and overvolt the CPU, or running it without a heatsink, I can't imagine what you could do to get into this state of affairs.

I know it sounds stupid to ask you this, but maybe you want to try again to clear the CMOS. Removing the battery might not have much effect thee days - I don't know if the CMOS is still semi-volatile.

the instructions on how to clear CMOS with the jumper is here: ftp://66.226.78.21/manual/H61M-HVS.pdf

Around page 24.

Prisoner154 · Aug 10, 2014

Karsten75 :

what exactly were you attempting to do. Apart from trying to overclock and overvolt the CPU, or running it without a heatsink, I can't imagine what you could do to get into this state of affairs.

I know it sounds stupid to ask you this, but maybe you want to try again to clear the CMOS. Removing the battery might not have much effect thee days - I don't know if the CMOS is still semi-volatile.

the instructions on how to clear CMOS with the jumper is here: ftp://66.226.78.21/manual/H61M-HVS.pdf

Around page 24. [/quotemsg

I remembered the exact settings that i have changed within the UEFI (i didnt change any voltage settings, left everything on auto, just enabled PLL overvoltage, turned the cpu ratio to all cores and punched in 38 which doesnt count as overclocking if you ask me, then i changed the ram speed to 1066, which is default according to the UEFI other than those settings i changed nothing), but anyways yeah i've done that and i still got nothing, same old results

and here is a video of my computer and what it is doing; https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4WCh-mP_Wiwa0dEZ0Z4bmVIZU0/edit?usp=sharing

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