Follow up on previous thread, still need help

[vExcise]

Last night I posted a thread about a mistake I made on my new build, here is the link for those interested:

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3348167/messed.html#19373842

In short, I plugged in one of the ends of my graphics card into the psu and then also plugged in another part on that same cable into another slot on the psu. This caused my pc to shutdown, and will no longer post or do anything with those components in.

I recently tried booting it up from my old set up (old CPU, mobo and ram) which these new parts were replacing, and it worked. Got to the desktop and all. That crossed off the psu, I think. The only issue with this setup was that the heat sink fan would run for a second and then stop running, whereas with the fried setup, the heat sink fan actually does keep running.

With the new (fried) setup, there are lights on the mobo working, all the fans run, but it does not post beep at all. The msi motherboard code is 00 if that helps. Could this still be a motherboard issue?

Unfortunately none of the old components fit in the new motherboard for me to cross test anything. There are also no blown capacitors or burn marks on anything that I can see.

Is it possible the graphics card could also be damaged? When plugged in the fan still works as well as the lights on it respond to whats going on.

Can the ram be fried from the incident?

Thanks for any and all help!

 

[sorryboi]

Have you attempted swapping out the PSU?

 

[vExcise]

I haven't because I have no other psu to swap with, but if it was indeed the psu, wouldn't both setups fail to work?

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from vExcise : "I think I messed up..."

So I recently bought a new processor, motherboard, graphics card and more ram. I got through the basic installation of the core parts and then updated the bios through a flash drive. I got windows re installed and then installed mobo drivers. This was all to the ssd while my old hdd was unplugged.

Once everything was updated/installed I started putting everything back into the case/plugging everything in to where it goes. This was all going fine until I finished and decided to see if it would still boot up with everything plugged in (added the graphics card and network card, as well as the hdd). The motherboard looked the same as usual this startup (lights on, the number display showing a non 00 number, etc) except that the monitor did not detect the hdmi cable and therefore would not turn on (it had turned on previously).

Then, like an idiot, I thought it had to do with the graphics card, which is plugged into the psu with the PCI cable and in the PCI slot. I then, while the pc was on...yeah I know... plugged the other part of the PCI cable into the peripheral and sata slot on the psu (I have no reasoning to why I thought this was a good idea, I also don't know how severe this is). This caused the whole pc to shut down, and not even turn back on for a minute or so. When it was finally able to, it no longer POSTs, the numbers on the mobo stay at 00, the mouse and keyboard no longer get power from the pc, and there is a clunking sound coming from the hdd.

There are however still lights on, on the mobo, as well as power to the graphics card. The fans also still spin.

Also, this fresh install of windows 7 was onto the ssd, where my previous install was on the hdd that got plugged in when I went to test it. I don't know if the 2 interacted badly when both were plugged in at all. I put most of the emphasis on the PCI cord fiasco as all the issues arose after that incident.

So my question is, how bad have I messed up? What is likely the issue? Any tips on fixing any of this?

I should also note, that I just bought the parts from Microcenter today, so if they cover this in their warranty, I could return whatever is faulty now.

Sorry for the super long post, but I wanted to add as much as I could remember, as well as any grammar mistakes as I am on mobile. And thank you so much for any help, you guys are actually the best!

I need some rest now, but will check responses in the morning.

Edit, new specs:
GeForce 1070 - new
i5 6600k - new
Msi 170 5m gaming mobo - new
16 gb ram - new
1 tb hdd - ~3 years old
110gb ssd - ~3 years old
750w psu - ~3 years old

tl;dr....question?

This isn't a tl;dr post, all of the info may or may not be useful, I don't know, and the question is in the middle ish section.

except that the monitor did not detect the hdmi cable and therefore would not turn on (it had turned on previously).

When adding discrete gpu, integrated gpu usually gets disabled. You just needed to plug hdmi cable into your graphics card.

plugged the other part of the PCI cable into the peripheral and sata slot on the psu

Can you provide some pics of, how you connected it. From what I can imagine, you shorted outputs of your PSU. That can lead to death of basically any (and possibly all) components of your PC.

I'm not an expert when it comes to the electrical side of things, but hopefully worst case scenario, you busted your motherboard and/or power supply.

Could be worse... better to teach yourself to think/slow down before you act, then say, with a meat grinder, wood chipper, or other dangerous tool. lol

Unfortunately I cannot get a picture of how it was connected. However I can explain it a little better. One end is plugged into the gpu, the 2x4 end. The other side has two ends. Both are one 2x3 and a 2x1. One 2x3 is plugged into the psu already and I took the other 2x3 and plugged it into the peripheral and sata slot, because it fit for some reason, really dumb I know.

If all the components were dead after this incident, would they still be able to have lights working on them? What would I look for/ test for to see if they are indeed dead? Also, any idea if Microcenter covers this sort of thing in their 15 day return policy?

I don't know anything about Microcenter's warranty, but I find it hard to believe anywhere would cover this, short of the dishonest "play dumb" approach. who knows though, it wouldn't be the first time a store covered user error. good luck though, you're gonna need it.

except that the monitor did not detect the hdmi cable and therefore would not turn on (it had turned on previously).

When adding discrete gpu, integrated gpu usually gets disabled. You just needed to plug hdmi cable into your graphics card.

plugged the other part of the PCI cable into the peripheral and sata slot on the psu

Can you provide some pics of, how you connected it. From what I can imagine, you shorted outputs of your PSU. That can lead to death of basically any (and possibly all) components of your PC.

I took it he connected the gpu power cable

Lights don't mean much - only that the component is getting power from some of voltage rails.
You would need to test each component for burn marks and try it in another working PC.

If there are no burn marks, blown capacitors (or some other visible damage), you could probably return the component.
But if you explain, what you did, return might get rejected.

MERGED QUESTION
Question from vExcise : "Follow up on previous thread, still need help"

Last night I posted a thread about a mistake I made on my new build, here is the link for those interested:

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3348167/messed.html#19373842

In short, I plugged in one of the ends of my graphics card into the psu and then also plugged in another part on that same cable into another slot on the psu. This caused my pc to shutdown, and will no longer post or do anything with those components in.

I recently tried booting it up from my old set up (old CPU, mobo and ram) which these new parts were replacing, and it worked. Got to the desktop and all. That crossed off the psu, I think. The only issue with this setup was that the heat sink fan would run for a second and then stop running, whereas with the fried setup, the heat sink fan actually does keep running.

With the new (fried) setup, there are lights on the mobo working, all the fans run, but it does not post beep at all. The msi motherboard code is 00 if that helps. Could this still be a motherboard issue?

Unfortunately none of the old components fit in the new motherboard for me to cross test anything. There are also no blown capacitors or burn marks on anything that I can see.

Is it possible the graphics card could also be damaged? When plugged in the fan still works as well as the lights on it respond to whats going on.

Can the ram be fried from the incident?

Thanks for any and all help!

Yes. It's likely your motherboard took the brunt of the hit. Your motherboard can still function to some degree, even if it's damaged(insert complexity of circuitry ect). As for your graphics card, you will just have to try it in some other pc to know for sure.

One little bent pin in the wrong place on a motherboard can make it turn on and look like it's working, yet have a major functionality unusable. ask me how I know lol

I don't know if Microcenter does repairs, but take it in and have them test it, since it seems you came out with less damage than expected. be advised though if you tell them what you did you aren't going to leave very happy. lol