I need help identifying Q-Codes.

minguekwak

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53 c e ff 8a 04 08 od 19 7f 0f 49 15 88 30 98 00

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I PRESSED THE POWER BUTTON. I HAVE USED THIS PC FOR 4 MONTHS SINCE LATE SEPTEMBER, AND IT HAS HAD 3-20 MINUTES BOOTING TIMES, BUT WORKED RELIABLY. AFTER LAST WEEK, WHEN I'VE HAD 4-5 POWER SURGES (WITH SURGE PROTECTOR), AND EVER SINCE, IT HAS NOT BOOTED INTO WINDOWS NOR THE BIOS.

these are the following numbers that appeared on my Q-Code thing, this loops indefinitely, and I am not sure what is causing this. So far, I have 1 ram installed and the hard drive disconnected, but I can't see anything wrong. All the LED's light up (Hue+) and my fans spin (Lepa Aquachanger 240 + NZXT H440 Included Fans). I have reset the BIOS, but I still think its a problem in the motherboard which is causing this (I didn't like it since the beginning). Yesterday I took the computer out of its place in order to revise all my parts. I smelled no burning in the PSU, the motherboard CPU pins are, as they appear, all straight, all the capacitors on the motherboard are ok, although I found some gecko poop in the main compartment of the PC. The Graphics Card LED and fans work, and the motherboard, which I should mention, is an EVGA Z170 FTW Rev 1.1, is all hooked up with the 24-pin and 8-pin CPU-Connector, although the additional 6 pin at the bottom (for better overclocking - optional) is empty. I reconnected the graphics card, have only one ram installed, disconnected the Hard Drive, whilst the m.2 is still connected, the Hue+ is still connected, my power supply seems to have no problems (Corsair RM650x - Branded, well known, pretty trustable (I think) as far as I know).

Parts List:
Corsair RM650x -Fully Modular
Used GTX 980 Ti (Gigabyte)
HyperX Predator 2x8GB 3333mHz
i5 6600k
EVGA Z170 FTW
Generic PCIe to USB 3.0
Crucial MX300 275GB m.2 SSD
Western Digital RE4 2TB Hard Drive
 
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Well sounds like you need to invest in a UPS, but if some wonky voltage got through to the motherboard that could easily damage it. Though that would say the power supply failed to do its job. RMx is a good series though.

It sounds like you have tried to boot with the bare minimum. But just to be sure. Motherboard, CPU, one ram stick is enough to test one of these systems, and a keyboard if you feel like looking through the BIOS. If it works at that point something else is the problem. A shorted drive or expansion card could easily prevent a computer from booting. (Only suspicious thing being the Generic USB card, would certainly leave that out and anything that might have been plugged into it)

Another thing to check with fully...

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Well sounds like you need to invest in a UPS, but if some wonky voltage got through to the motherboard that could easily damage it. Though that would say the power supply failed to do its job. RMx is a good series though.

It sounds like you have tried to boot with the bare minimum. But just to be sure. Motherboard, CPU, one ram stick is enough to test one of these systems, and a keyboard if you feel like looking through the BIOS. If it works at that point something else is the problem. A shorted drive or expansion card could easily prevent a computer from booting. (Only suspicious thing being the Generic USB card, would certainly leave that out and anything that might have been plugged into it)

Another thing to check with fully modular power supply cables is that all the pins are still in place. They can easily get jostled loose. Also be sure to check the SATA power cables, they can short internally when exposed to high voltage. So when testing, unplug all the cables you aren't using. (Basically just motherboard power is all you need)

Now is the time to pick up cheap Z170 and Z270 motherboards, so I would go ahead and grab one of the deals today. Just check the return policies before buying. Possibly a power supply as well just in case.
 
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minguekwak

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Thank you, I am outside of the US so I don't think that returning my item is a choice, but I will take apart the system to the barebones (also take the motherboard out of the case - like the breadboard quide says: no shorts on the motherboard with the case). It seems like it could be a shorting problem, I have bad cable management, and I was struggling around some cables in the psu shroud and the pc instantly restarted, so I will look into that as well.
 

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I breadboarded with cpu, 1 ram and motherboard. None of the displayed q-codes have changed, and it still loops. At this point I am guessing its a problem with the motherboard, cpu or the psu, but I don't think power supply is really a problem since it turns on and off fine and all the fans + leds are lit up. I have an extra motherboard at a relative's so I can get that, as well as a pentium in order to test if its a cpu problem. I detached the generic usb card, no hue+, no gpu, just the ram stick, cpu cooler and the motherboard.