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I had an older i7 system with a gigabyte board that has worked fine for years.
Yesterday replaced it with a new 7700k and z270 msi board
Using a corsair ax860i psu that has never given me problems at all
At first the new setup wouldn't get to the bios, stuck in a boot loop with a RAM error code. Had to shut power off and try different things like 10 times before it finally got to bios with a single stick of ram installed
Shut it down to test another stick in that slot and lost all power to the mobo. No leds lit and no response from the power button.
Assuming a dead mobo I pulled the 24 pin and plugged it into the old mobo on the bench and got leds so I knew I was getting power to the psu
Pulled the new stuff, put the old mobo and cpu back in it, hit the power button and it booted up fine. Powered it off to move it back to my desk and then it wouldn't boot again, just like the old mobo, no power at all.
Have I killed both of these motherboards? I want to think no since they only stopped working after a successful boot to bios, If the PSU was frying them wouldn't it happen immediately?
If the mobos aren't dead my other suspicion is maybe corsair link, which both my new h100i v2 cooler and the 860i psu have, but neither of which I hooked up the USB for. When it started to boot up maybe it saw that wasn't connected and didn't like something? Idk, I'm just thinking out loud because I'm at a loss.
I need to try and pin down the issue before I start ordering and plugging in another new mobo if I'm zapping them.
Any help or tips appreciated!
Yesterday replaced it with a new 7700k and z270 msi board
Using a corsair ax860i psu that has never given me problems at all
At first the new setup wouldn't get to the bios, stuck in a boot loop with a RAM error code. Had to shut power off and try different things like 10 times before it finally got to bios with a single stick of ram installed
Shut it down to test another stick in that slot and lost all power to the mobo. No leds lit and no response from the power button.
Assuming a dead mobo I pulled the 24 pin and plugged it into the old mobo on the bench and got leds so I knew I was getting power to the psu
Pulled the new stuff, put the old mobo and cpu back in it, hit the power button and it booted up fine. Powered it off to move it back to my desk and then it wouldn't boot again, just like the old mobo, no power at all.
Have I killed both of these motherboards? I want to think no since they only stopped working after a successful boot to bios, If the PSU was frying them wouldn't it happen immediately?
If the mobos aren't dead my other suspicion is maybe corsair link, which both my new h100i v2 cooler and the 860i psu have, but neither of which I hooked up the USB for. When it started to boot up maybe it saw that wasn't connected and didn't like something? Idk, I'm just thinking out loud because I'm at a loss.
I need to try and pin down the issue before I start ordering and plugging in another new mobo if I'm zapping them.
Any help or tips appreciated!
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