- Mar 9, 2015
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Specs:
Motherboard -- ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0
CPU -- AMD FX-6300 / FX-6350
CPU Cooler -- Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
GPU -- MSI GTX 760
RAM -- Corsair Vengeance 8GB
PSU -- Corsair CX600
I got this board in March of this year, and it had worked fine until now. Around a week ago, the PC kept failing to post and the CPU error LED on the board lit up (solid, no blinking), I got no beeps and nothing on the display. I took this as the FX-6300 (CPU in the system at the time) having failed and replaced it.
I got an FX-6350 to replace it, again the same issue - red CPU error LED is constant, no post, no beeps, nothing on display. I presumed this FX-6350 was DOA. So, I got it replaced with another FX-6350. Yet again - red CPU error LED, no post, no beeps, nothing at all. Surely the chance of getting two CPUs both dead on arrival, in a row, is so damn low that it can't be the FX-6350s at fault? Does this then mean that neither the FX-6300 nor the first FX-6350 actually failed?
Things I've already done:
-Checked power connectors (24-pin, 8-pin) over and over
-Single RAM stick in every slot (with and without graphics card for each slot)
-Graphics card in other PCIe slot
-Physically checked CPU - no bent pins, no thermal compound on PCB or pins and reseated it
-Used onboard 'Clear RTC RAM' jumper
-Removed and reseated CMOS battery after around 10 seconds
I'm pretty sure this is everything I did, so I apologise if there is something I say I did later but didn't list here. For clarity, it was out of the case, on the motherboard box while doing all of this so a short is extremely unlikely.
This is everything that comes to mind and everything that, to my knowledge, I can do to diagnose this problem.
I don't have another compatible system to check any components in, so I hope that this is enough to determine whether it's the motherboard or not.
Thanks in advance, any feedback is appreciated
Motherboard -- ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0
CPU -- AMD FX-6300 / FX-6350
CPU Cooler -- Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
GPU -- MSI GTX 760
RAM -- Corsair Vengeance 8GB
PSU -- Corsair CX600
I got this board in March of this year, and it had worked fine until now. Around a week ago, the PC kept failing to post and the CPU error LED on the board lit up (solid, no blinking), I got no beeps and nothing on the display. I took this as the FX-6300 (CPU in the system at the time) having failed and replaced it.
I got an FX-6350 to replace it, again the same issue - red CPU error LED is constant, no post, no beeps, nothing on display. I presumed this FX-6350 was DOA. So, I got it replaced with another FX-6350. Yet again - red CPU error LED, no post, no beeps, nothing at all. Surely the chance of getting two CPUs both dead on arrival, in a row, is so damn low that it can't be the FX-6350s at fault? Does this then mean that neither the FX-6300 nor the first FX-6350 actually failed?
Things I've already done:
-Checked power connectors (24-pin, 8-pin) over and over
-Single RAM stick in every slot (with and without graphics card for each slot)
-Graphics card in other PCIe slot
-Physically checked CPU - no bent pins, no thermal compound on PCB or pins and reseated it
-Used onboard 'Clear RTC RAM' jumper
-Removed and reseated CMOS battery after around 10 seconds
I'm pretty sure this is everything I did, so I apologise if there is something I say I did later but didn't list here. For clarity, it was out of the case, on the motherboard box while doing all of this so a short is extremely unlikely.
This is everything that comes to mind and everything that, to my knowledge, I can do to diagnose this problem.
I don't have another compatible system to check any components in, so I hope that this is enough to determine whether it's the motherboard or not.
Thanks in advance, any feedback is appreciated
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