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Awesome, thanks. Here's what I'm netting out with then:
One more question for you guys: is there any order I should upgrade the components in? Like should the new CPU go in before the new video card? Or does it not really matter?
try popping the cmos battery.Hmm... so weird issue. I installed the new CPU last night and everything was working fine. I just installed the new RAM and GPU. Plugged the computer back in, turned on the PSU, and pressed the power button. Motherboard lights briefly went on then turned off. I noticed one of the RAM sticks wasn't fully seated so I pressed it in. Now when I try to turn the computer on it doesn't do anything. Any ideas?
Update: figured out my motherboard doesn't support my new RAM. Reinstalled old RAM and having the same issue.
Update 2: paper clip tested the PSU and it's working... hope the motherboard isn't fried!
Yeah, I updated to the latest BIOS before installing the CPU. Was working fine until I put in the new RAM and GPU.try popping the cmos battery.
Did you check before the change that your BIOS was up to date?
Cool, thanks. I just reset CMOS, didn't help.Fwiw paperclip tests are pretty limited. I wouldn't rule out the psu. I can help more later today if you haven't figured it ou yet.
I put the old GPU in and it still wouldn't turn on.you said after installing the ram and gpu
its definitely not the GPU?
Now when I try to turn the computer on it doesn't do anything.
No movement, no lights, nothing.When you say doesn't do anything, how much of nothing is anything?
Do fans spin a little bit? Not at all? (A computer with power issues will often try to spin fans for half a second then stop)
It does have lights. They're not lit. They lit up the very first time I turned on the PC with the new GPU & RAM installed and almost immediately turned off. Haven't turned on since.Does the motherboard have LEDs and are they lit? (some boards have lights on all the time, some don't)
Yup.Are you sure the power cable from the power button is still connected and in the right spot?
Nope.Does the motherboard have a direct power button on the board you can try pushing?
I'm using a 6+2 PCIe connector. The end that goes into the PSU is labeled "type 4".Are you connecting the right power cables from your power supply to the video card? Most 1660tis I believe use a single 6 pin PCIe power connector.
The "type 4" connector is going into a socket on the PSU labeled "6+2 PCIe".Are the power supply cables plugged into the right spots if the power supply is modular?
Yep.Is the power supply switch on?
No movement, no lights, nothing.
It does have lights. They're not lit. They lit up the very first time I turned on the PC with the new GPU & RAM installed and almost immediately turned off. Haven't turned on since.
Yeah, I tried it by shorting the pins and also by unplugging the battery.Did you do the CMOS battery removal?
Also one thing I probably should have mentioned is you should also remove the power cable when you do this.
Yeah, I tried it by shorting the pins and also by unplugging the battery.
Yeah, I just pulled the mobo out of the case to breadboard it and it's still not doing anything. Safe to say it's dead?You can check underneath the board for shorts, piece of metal bridging two terminations. Screws can do this.
MoBo is probably dead.
It's pretty rare a PSU that will paperclip turn on will not do ANYTHING with a power on.
Game benches or bust.
And preferably game benches with video cards up and down the lineups not just a 2080 ti.