PC Boots for half a second and loops (no beep)

atyll

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Jul 27, 2015
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Hello guys, I will very appreciate your support to my problem.

Two months ago I've build the following:

CPU: Intel i7 4790k
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Nepton 240M Water Cooling
MOB: Maximus VII Hero 1150
GPU: Asus Strix GTX 980
RAM: HyperX Savage 2400Mhz 2 x 8GB
PSU: Evga SuperNova 850 G2
SSD: Samsung 850 PRO 256GB


My PC has been working really good since then, I had about 25-35C CPU temperature on idle and 60C in stress.

While playing GTA V my computer suddenly crashed and screen went black. I turned it off and tried booting again, but it only booted for half a second and restarted and booted again in a forever loop. There was no beep or anything. The chassis fans, the PSU fans have spinned and lights on motherboard flashed and nothing.

I have realized that while the power is ON the LED's from my CPU Cooler (Nepton 240M) don't light up anymore, while everything else (the characteristic red lights on my Maximus VII Hero motherboard) are working which is weird?

So I took the cooler and CPU out and I have realized that possibly the CPU socket is damaged, I have attached the photo, please check it.

LINK TO IMAGE: http://oi58.tinypic.com/4ttzpl.jpg

I took the GPU, SSD, my sound card (Xonar D2x) and one stick of ram out, inserted my Intel Stock Cooler and tried to boot, but that didn't help, the same problem.

Please help me guys, I think that either the CPU socket is damaged or the CPU doesn't get the power from motherboard. I already contacted ASUS but it might take 2 days for them to respond.