GPU fans spin a bit and then stop and there's no post

ysaakbenny

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So today I built my PC, specs
-Asrock ab350m
-Ryzen 3 1200
-MSI GTX 1050 Gaming X
-1 stick of 8 gb HyperX 2666 mhz ram
-CoolerMaster MasterWatt lite 500 watts
-WD 1 tb hard drive 7200 rpm
So everything is plugged in, i checked in the manual and it's all in the right place. When I turn on my computer the GPU fans will spin a bit, everything else spins right, and will keep spinning, but then the GPU fans stop, and theres no post. The motherboard has no integrated graphics so i cant use it to post. (LED's on the graphics card stay on. Please help me, I've been trying to have my gaming PC for years and now that its happened it wont work. Also USB ports don't work (or I don't think they do) and I cant install the drivers for the GPU because I can't tell what im doing without seeing the bios.

Update: After someone mentioned moving the RAM which failed, I tried removing it completely and booting, the boot cycle seems to be working without the RAM but its in a boot loop, does this mean I need to replace the RAM I currently have?
 
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It's honestly hard to say what it might be without another system to test things on. If I had to take a wild guess, I'd say you have a DOA motherboard (very common). If I were you, I'd see about asking a friend if you could use their system to test your GPU.

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LED staying on means something isn't right. You can't install the drivers for your card because your computer isn't booting up (you install drivers in Windows, not the BIOS). Do you have the power supply plugged into the 6 pin connector on the graphics card?
 

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yes i do
 

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I tried, nothing happened, exact same situation. Thanks for trying though.
 

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It's honestly hard to say what it might be without another system to test things on. If I had to take a wild guess, I'd say you have a DOA motherboard (very common). If I were you, I'd see about asking a friend if you could use their system to test your GPU.
 
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I brought my pc into a shop today. They said they cant tell me what's wrong but we did rule out GPU issues, and RAM issues. They said that DOA CPU's are extremely uncommon. So im getting my DOA mobo replaced, and I'm getting the MSI AB350 Tomahawk instead. Hopefully that fixes the issue.
 

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Good deal, I hope that solves the problem for you. Graphics cards, and RAM aren't usually DOA (if you buy a reputable brand) out of the box. Generally when RAM fails, you'll get randoms BSODs and a generally unstable system. GPU failure usually results in visual artifacts, and an unstable system when the card is in use (example being I had a GTX 780 croak. System booted up fine, but as soon as I ran a game or other 3D application, whole system went down). As the shop said, CPU's being DOA are incredibly rare. They're tested at pretty much every step of the manufacturing process due to it being more expensive to completely manufacture a chip, then test it vs testing it step by step and discarding it if fails at some point along the process.

Motherboards are another story. It's just kind of a luck of the draw thing with them. You can just browse the reviews on Newegg for various motherboards, and there are always several people getting them DOA. Doesn't matter how cheap or expensive.