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stimlaphine
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Hey guys, so I recently built a new skylake based mini itx system 2 months ago. It was working absolutely perfectly until a few days ago, all of a sudden it would no longer turn on. I'm talking about a completely dead system, where when I press the power button, I don't get any signs of life at all, ie the CPU or PSU fans don't even budge at all, LED lights stay off and I don't hear any beeps whatsoever from the motherboard.
I have tried the following troubleshooting steps:
1. Removed all components and stripped it bare until I'm left with only the motherboard, CPU, CPU Fan/HS, and PSU. Even with this bare minimum, the system still does not turn on.
2. To rule out the PSU, I have swapped out the PSU with a brand new working one that I had extra when building this new PC. This also did not work...
3. To rule out the case power button, I did the trick of shorting the two power switch header pins with a screwdriver as well hoping to jump start it. No good either...Also tried clearing the CMOS by shorting the cmos reset pin, nothing.
4. I visually inspected if I saw any blown capaictors on the motherboard and could not spot any.
Which part looks most likely to be the culprit as this point ? Could it be the motherboard or CPU ? Is there any way I can reliably check without having to buy a whole new motherboard only to realize it was the CPU for instance....
The other thing I guess I can do is try reseating the motherboard into the case, perhaps I have some loose screw in there or a motherboard standoff that's not aligning with a mount ? But i think that's highly unlikely since I would expect it to be causing issues from day one then, not 2 months of usage later...
I'm really at a loss to explain how a perfectly working brand new PC built with entirely new parts can suddenly decide to just completely go dead and not work like this, so any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Specs:
Gigabyte Z170 Gaming 5 Mini Itx Mobo
Intel Skylake I7 6700K
Seasonic SSR-650M PSU
Node 304 Mini Itx case
I have tried the following troubleshooting steps:
1. Removed all components and stripped it bare until I'm left with only the motherboard, CPU, CPU Fan/HS, and PSU. Even with this bare minimum, the system still does not turn on.
2. To rule out the PSU, I have swapped out the PSU with a brand new working one that I had extra when building this new PC. This also did not work...
3. To rule out the case power button, I did the trick of shorting the two power switch header pins with a screwdriver as well hoping to jump start it. No good either...Also tried clearing the CMOS by shorting the cmos reset pin, nothing.
4. I visually inspected if I saw any blown capaictors on the motherboard and could not spot any.
Which part looks most likely to be the culprit as this point ? Could it be the motherboard or CPU ? Is there any way I can reliably check without having to buy a whole new motherboard only to realize it was the CPU for instance....
The other thing I guess I can do is try reseating the motherboard into the case, perhaps I have some loose screw in there or a motherboard standoff that's not aligning with a mount ? But i think that's highly unlikely since I would expect it to be causing issues from day one then, not 2 months of usage later...
I'm really at a loss to explain how a perfectly working brand new PC built with entirely new parts can suddenly decide to just completely go dead and not work like this, so any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Specs:
Gigabyte Z170 Gaming 5 Mini Itx Mobo
Intel Skylake I7 6700K
Seasonic SSR-650M PSU
Node 304 Mini Itx case
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