- May 5, 2015
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Hey there, I've gone through a few threads and have a general idea that my CPU is shot, but figured I would ask. I'm currently using my phone to browse being that my only PC is not starting so I apologize if this is formatted weirdly.
(Also, I overdid it with the Arctic Silver 5 when I first built this PC and it was leaking over the top, but it didn't seem to get anywhere on the CPU pins or motherboard if this detail matters)
So what happened was a few days ago, my computer sparked and smelled like burning when I started it up. I left it alone for a day and tried to boot up. Nothing happens. One of the individual fans inside my case jerks for a second but nothing else. In my impatience and stubbornness, I thought it was the PSU that died (didn't make sense. was using a Corsair HX1050, but hey shit happens) and ordered a new PSU (750W).
New PSU comes in, I plug everything in to test it, nothing. Same results. I take out everything but the CPU and mobo speaker (RAM, my 2 GPUs, front panel connections, HDD) and there's no memoryerror beep when I start up, but it dots get the fans running and on, but nothing else. So now I figure it's the mobo being dead because of no beeps and I go ahead and order a new mobo.
New mobo comes in. I clean and reapply ceramique2, get the heatsink on, get the CPU power plugged in, get the mobo power plugged in and I start it up. Same thing as the new PSU. The computer turns on with fans running, but no beeps. I tried it again with RAM and one GPU plugged in, but nothing. No display, no beeps.
Is it most likely my CPU that's dead? Any way to test just the CPU? Any ideas would be appreciated!
(Also, I overdid it with the Arctic Silver 5 when I first built this PC and it was leaking over the top, but it didn't seem to get anywhere on the CPU pins or motherboard if this detail matters)
So what happened was a few days ago, my computer sparked and smelled like burning when I started it up. I left it alone for a day and tried to boot up. Nothing happens. One of the individual fans inside my case jerks for a second but nothing else. In my impatience and stubbornness, I thought it was the PSU that died (didn't make sense. was using a Corsair HX1050, but hey shit happens) and ordered a new PSU (750W).
New PSU comes in, I plug everything in to test it, nothing. Same results. I take out everything but the CPU and mobo speaker (RAM, my 2 GPUs, front panel connections, HDD) and there's no memoryerror beep when I start up, but it dots get the fans running and on, but nothing else. So now I figure it's the mobo being dead because of no beeps and I go ahead and order a new mobo.
New mobo comes in. I clean and reapply ceramique2, get the heatsink on, get the CPU power plugged in, get the mobo power plugged in and I start it up. Same thing as the new PSU. The computer turns on with fans running, but no beeps. I tried it again with RAM and one GPU plugged in, but nothing. No display, no beeps.
Is it most likely my CPU that's dead? Any way to test just the CPU? Any ideas would be appreciated!
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