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Cooked my Mobo?

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September 21, 2014 4:50:10 PM

I overclocked my CPU (AMD Phenom ii x4 955 3.2ghz to 3.8ghz) using the Easy OC Toggle switch on my MSI 870 g45 mobo and was running Prime95. I had prime running for about 20 mins, I was watching my core's temps, the highest it got was 56C (water cooled) when the system failed. I tried to reboot and nothing. No power at all. Not even the fans. I pulled power from all drives, video card. Still nothing. I shorted my CMOS jumper and even shorted the CMOS battery. No change. I pulled out the PSU and tried it in another machine and its working. I think I fried my Mobo. My question is, how can i be sure. And what are the chances my CPU is dead too. I don't have a multi meter. TY.

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September 21, 2014 11:11:01 PM

Screw those OC switches, they should remove that feature in the Mobo`s. By the way for your problem, try to remove tour GPU and power on again.
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September 22, 2014 11:53:36 AM

iamlegend said:
Screw those OC switches, they should remove that feature in the Mobo`s. By the way for your problem, try to remove tour GPU and power on again.

Thanks for the reply. :)  I removed the GPU and hit the power button. The front fan on the chassis, has LEDs, they turned on for a split second. That was it. (It was interesting) So, dead mobo? TY
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September 22, 2014 6:55:56 PM

They turned on and then turned off again?
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September 23, 2014 1:34:21 PM

iamlegend said:
They turned on and then turned off again?
Yes, They were on for literally a split second and then off.

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September 23, 2014 4:42:07 PM

Do you have a rig in which you can try your parts with? Let`s say try running your system with different PSU and check if it works. Try to borrow a functional PSU to your friend and try it on your rig. Here we can verify the true source of problem, it is better than having wild assumptions.
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September 23, 2014 5:00:53 PM

iamlegend said:
Do you have a rig in which you can try your parts with? Let`s say try running your system with different PSU and check if it works. Try to borrow a functional PSU to your friend and try it on your rig. Here we can verify the true source of problem, it is better than having wild assumptions.
As I already said: " I pulled out the PSU and tried it in another machine and its working. " My PSU is good.

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September 23, 2014 5:19:40 PM

I won`t immediately go down to a conclusion that you have a faulty system, so if you have another computer also try your different parts in it one by one to see if which part fails.
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