- Dec 13, 2018
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The situation:
I moved cases (all same hardware!) and my MSI Z270I Gaming Pro Carbon now has a CPU light on it (which i'm not completely certain it didn't before) and it won't post to screen.
CPU fan, sys fan, and gpu fan all run, and the ram detected lights are both on.
Things I've tried:
1. Removing the GPU and plugging in to on board video, same effect
2. Removing ram, using 1 stick of other ram in either slot, same effect in both cases
3. Unplugging the cpu power cables, same effect
4. reseating the cpu, checking for bent pins, etc.
5. Using a screwdriver to reset the CMOS using the cmos jumper pins (seeemed to work because the machine wouldn't power while I had those pins connected, and powered after i didn't)
Notes: The CPU has never gotten hot, ever, I specifically run it very cool because I care about longevity more than fps. I don't use the computer that often nor do i play anything very graphical anyway. I've had the computer for about a year and change (the motherboard's warranty ran out in august)
Things I'm looking to try:
1. Using a multimeter to check the psu's cpu power cables
2. Using a MM to maybe check some of the cpu vrm chips or capacitors, if I can look up how-to on that
3. bake my dang motherboard
4. throw my motherboard into lava and buy a new one
I moved cases (all same hardware!) and my MSI Z270I Gaming Pro Carbon now has a CPU light on it (which i'm not completely certain it didn't before) and it won't post to screen.
CPU fan, sys fan, and gpu fan all run, and the ram detected lights are both on.
Things I've tried:
1. Removing the GPU and plugging in to on board video, same effect
2. Removing ram, using 1 stick of other ram in either slot, same effect in both cases
3. Unplugging the cpu power cables, same effect
4. reseating the cpu, checking for bent pins, etc.
5. Using a screwdriver to reset the CMOS using the cmos jumper pins (seeemed to work because the machine wouldn't power while I had those pins connected, and powered after i didn't)
Notes: The CPU has never gotten hot, ever, I specifically run it very cool because I care about longevity more than fps. I don't use the computer that often nor do i play anything very graphical anyway. I've had the computer for about a year and change (the motherboard's warranty ran out in august)
Things I'm looking to try:
1. Using a multimeter to check the psu's cpu power cables
2. Using a MM to maybe check some of the cpu vrm chips or capacitors, if I can look up how-to on that
3. bake my dang motherboard
4. throw my motherboard into lava and buy a new one
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