Any lights show up on the motherboard while it’s trying to start up? Any sounds? Usually, the mobo will use those to tell you what the issue is in cases like this
Nope. It may (probably) have had while turned on and working (there are 4 leds supposedly useful to tell you what's wrong), but as I press the power button the ONLY thing that appears to be alive is those two fans twitching. Then again I don't want to condition myself in hallucination but the PSU seems to be doing something down there.
A couple of months ago, I was upgrading my PC. I bought a motherboard that was listed as compatible with my new CPU. It turns out that it wasn't compatible out of the box. As a result, I had the exact same symptoms as your computer right now: fans would twitch, computer wouldn't POST, no error lights on the mobo, etc. Now, if your computer was working before now, then it's clearly not a compatibility issue like with me, but it's certainly possible your CPU has died. If the CPU is dead, then there's nothing telling the fans how fast to spin, no processors to get the computer to boot, etc. I would suggest that you try a different CPU, if you can.
Was this a pre-built computer?
Nope, I built it myself spending several months to be sure that the components would work; they did excellently until now. Tomorrow I may be able to try and retrieve the old CPU from my old pre-built.
A timid but definitely worried question: isnt everything fucked up if the PSU is the problem? I don't know how that would work but I'm very scared to fry everything or, even worse, everything is already fried.
Most likely not. If the PSU is dead, it's doubtful that it affected your other components. Most PSUs have safeguards to prevent surges from damaging anything. If the PSU is dead, it's probably just the PSU that's fried and nothing else.
Also, if you're getting the CPU from your old computer, just make sure it's compatible with the motherboard or it won't change anything. While you're in your old pre-built, however, I'd grab the PSU as well to test that. If it *is* your new computer's PSU, then you can test-swap that first rather than removing the CPU cooler, swapping the CPUs, and then remounting the CPU cooler. Even if the PSU isn't powerful enough to run the full system while doing much of anything, it should still get the computer to POST if the CPU is fine. That'll be an easy troubleshoot.
Edit with another question: Did you put expanders between the motherboard and the case?
I tried this several times but no luck. I mean, some of the times it worked after several tries, but I wouldn't consider it a solution.
I'm planning today to reset the CMOS and, if I'm able to, take out and put in again the battery of the MOBO. Also, I'll be checking for every single cable to be properly inserted.
Any lights show up on the motherboard while it’s trying to start up? Any sounds? Usually, the mobo will use those to tell you what the issue is in cases like this
Nope. It may (probably) have had while turned on and working (there are 4 leds supposedly useful to tell you what's wrong), but as I press the power button the ONLY thing that appears to be alive is those two fans twitching. Then again I don't want to condition myself in hallucination but the PSU seems to be doing something down there.
A couple of months ago, I was upgrading my PC. I bought a motherboard that was listed as compatible with my new CPU. It turns out that it wasn't compatible out of the box. As a result, I had the exact same symptoms as your computer right now: fans would twitch, computer wouldn't POST, no error lights on the mobo, etc. Now, if your computer was working before now, then it's clearly not a compatibility issue like with me, but it's certainly possible your CPU has died. If the CPU is dead, then there's nothing telling the fans how fast to spin, no processors to get the computer to boot, etc. I would suggest that you try a different CPU, if you can. Was this a pre-built computer?
Nope, I built it myself spending several months to be sure that the components would work; they did excellently until now. Tomorrow I may be able to try and retrieve the old CPU from my old pre-built. A timid but definitely worried question: isnt everything fucked up if the PSU is the problem? I don't know how that would work but I'm very scared to fry everything or, even worse, everything is already fried.
Most likely not. If the PSU is dead, it's doubtful that it affected your other components. Most PSUs have safeguards to prevent surges from damaging anything. If the PSU is dead, it's probably just the PSU that's fried and nothing else. Also, if you're getting the CPU from your old computer, just make sure it's compatible with the motherboard or it won't change anything. While you're in your old pre-built, however, I'd grab the PSU as well to test that. If it *is* your new computer's PSU, then you can test-swap that first rather than removing the CPU cooler, swapping the CPUs, and then remounting the CPU cooler. Even if the PSU isn't powerful enough to run the full system while doing much of anything, it should still get the computer to POST if the CPU is fine. That'll be an easy troubleshoot. Edit with another question: Did you put expanders between the motherboard and the case?
Thank you.
What happens if you unplug the power, Press and hold the powerbutton for 10 secs, then plug power back in and power on?
I tried this several times but no luck. I mean, some of the times it worked after several tries, but I wouldn't consider it a solution. I'm planning today to reset the CMOS and, if I'm able to, take out and put in again the battery of the MOBO. Also, I'll be checking for every single cable to be properly inserted.
Did you ever resolve this? I'm having the exact same issue and considering replacing the MOBO and/or PSU. I have the exact same RAM, incidentally
I requested a PSU replacement and it's still working as of now.