AM4 MSI Tomahawk Potentially DOA?

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Voidcrasher

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So just finished putting together my new AM4 machine (specifications below) and wasn't able to get any power indication. I attempted shorting the power switch ruling out the case power button but still nothing. The power supply makes a very quick tick noise. As I was upgrading my machine tested it on a older machine and was able to get the machine running with the PSU. Removed all components but the bare minimum such as CPU, CPU fan, 1 memory stick with still no luck.

Since not even a power LED was turned on while power was connected is it safe to assume the motherboard is dead?

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Motherboard: MSI B350 Tomahawk
PSU: eVGA 120-G1-0650-XR SuperNova 650W G1
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1050ti
RAM: Corsair 16GB CMK16GX4M2B3200C16
 
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I had one psu from corsair and made a tickling sound. I had power issues too so I search in corsair website and found out that this is a psu issue not a motherboard. Corsair took it back without asking after told them about a strange noise the psu makes and gave a new one. I also made the psu test with the pins and I also found out that the psu fan was behaving funny some times. But yeah even if your psu is evga, go over the corsair website they have a section about the tickling sound. Never tried evga customer service though... Only corsair and they are very good.

if u have some spare bucks.. buy one cheap psu with 15 dollars and test ur pc.

Lets hope the psu didnt burn anything inside your pc.. lol check if there is any insurance...
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Could be that the board ships with a BIOS version which doesn't support Ryzen 5. I've just had this issue with the Gigabyte AB350 Gaming board. Gigabyte told me that I need to use a Ryzen 7 to update the BIOS or send it to them to update. I opted just to return to the retailer but now I can't find any boards which ship with Ryzen 5 BIOS support.
 
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Even if the cpu wasn't supported wouldn't I atleast get some sort of LED light on the motherboard when plugged into power?
 
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Yes possibly, it sounds like there might be a power issue somewhere. Although, I know that it's impossible to even turn on the PC without a CPU installed for some motherboards. This was the case with my Gigabyte anyway.
 
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I had one psu from corsair and made a tickling sound. I had power issues too so I search in corsair website and found out that this is a psu issue not a motherboard. Corsair took it back without asking after told them about a strange noise the psu makes and gave a new one. I also made the psu test with the pins and I also found out that the psu fan was behaving funny some times. But yeah even if your psu is evga, go over the corsair website they have a section about the tickling sound. Never tried evga customer service though... Only corsair and they are very good.

if u have some spare bucks.. buy one cheap psu with 15 dollars and test ur pc.

Lets hope the psu didnt burn anything inside your pc.. lol check if there is any insurance using the evga psu. The best way is to get a second psu (if you have from older pc) and test it. here is a guide for corsair psu... https://corsair.secure.force.com/knowledgebase/apex/KnowledgeArticle?id=kA1400000008UZ0&l=en_US&c=Technical_Support%3AHX_Series&fs=Search&pn=1
 
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