Not sure if I have a dead cpu, bad ram, or dead mobo?

kehsee

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Okay so about a month ago I was getting the black screen of death. and then a week later I tried to turn my pc on and my power supply exploded. So, I replaced the power supply and well I was at it, I also replaced the gpu. Hoping that it was just the psu, I plugged in the new gpu and psu. Went to turn it on and still a black screen. So, I took my old mother board which I know it works, because I switched my parts about a month prior from my new mobo, because it was having the black screen problems. When I took the cpu out, I noticed some bent pins. so, i quickly straightened them out and put it back in the mother board. So I am at a loss as to what is actually causing the black screen. Could it possibly be the explosion killed my cpu? Also, I did all the basic steps of taking the ram out, gpu, even took the heat sink off the cpu to test if it got hot or not. I would be forever grateful for you input and help. :)

PC Specs:
MSI 970a-g43 mobo
EVGA 960 gtx nvidia
amd 6300-fx six core processor
corsair vengeance 8gig ram
rosewill 650w psu
 
I think you meant blue screen, cause black screen maybe that your OS is damaged and you can not initiate windows, so you must be more especific about that black screen.
However it does not sound well, too many issues(PSU explode, CPU bent pins, etc).
You have to test the mobo, CPU, RAM etc.. individually in order to detect any damaged hardware. that is the best way.
For example testing your CPU in another PC and so on with the other hardware.
 

kehsee

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I just called it the black screen of death. :) When I turn on my computer the fans run but there is no display. Do you think the power supply exploding could have minimally damage a component enough to cause it to not work again? Also, i just have a spare mother board. so my best bet is replacing everything one by one until I figure it out? Thank you for your reply.