Is this a suitable B350 Tomahawk replacement?

[Scania]

My 12 year old nephew seems to have broken his PC, he's taken it apart "to clean it" and now refuses to post, the codes on his MSI B350 Tomahawk indicates a dead CPU, I suspect however he's used too much force screwing the cpu cooler back down (he said he had to push quite hard!) and maybe broken the board.

The CPU and socket looks ok, no sign of bent pins etc, it just refuses to post, his GPU fans don't spin and it powers down immediately unless you hold the power button.
I've tested his GPU in my spare machine and its thankfully ok..

I'm minded to get this
**B Grade** Prime B350M-A AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX (MB-69L-AS) https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-grade-asus-prime-b350m-a-amd-b350-socket-am4-ddr4-micro-atx-mb-69l-as-bg-935-as.html
or perhaps this...
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...am4-ddr4-micro-atx-motherboard-mb-69q-as.html


My hope is he has damaged the board and this is a relitavely cheap fix.

Are these a suitable replacement? , should I be looking at something else instead (budget is limited, he's paying from pocket money savings)

Not very clued up on the AMD side of things I'm afraid, any help appreciated.

 

[mickyflinn]

What cpu do you have ?

Have you tried a single stick of ram and resetting the cmos ?

 

[Vince]

Could well be the cpu. I managed to fry a 2700x recently and it acted exactly as you describe. I ended up sending the CPU back to AMD for a replacement. I also managed to kill the board at the same time

 

[Scania]

What cpu do you have ?

Have you tried a single stick of ram and resetting the cmos ?

Its a Ryzen S 1600 from what I can see on the cpu lid - its only got one stick of RAM in it and yes, I've cleared the cmos.

Could well be the cpu. I managed to fry a 2700x recently and it acted exactly as you describe. I ended up sending the CPU back to AMD for a replacement. I also managed to kill the board at the same time

Yes, I suspect your right, the board is probably fine, just doing its job reporting a dead cpu.

I think he took the fan off, cleaned out some dust and then put it back not realizing what thermal paste is for, he certainly didn't apply any more, does the Ryzen family have any kind of thermal protection or is it likely he's cooked it?

 

[Vince]

Its a Ryzen S 1600 from what I can see on the cpu lid - its only got one stick of RAM in it and yes, I've cleared the cmos.


Yes, I suspect your right, the board is probably fine, just doing its job reporting a dead cpu.

I think he took the fan off, cleaned out some dust and then put it back not realizing what thermal paste is for, her certainly didn't apply any more, does the Ryzen family have any kind of thermal protection or is it likely he's cooked it?

They do have thermal protection and you can run them without any cooler at all! They don't like it and throttle like crazy before the machine eventually shuts down. Mine died from a short on a gpu riser cable. Took the board and CPU but the rest was fine.

 

[Scania]

They do have thermal protection and you can run them without any cooler at all! They don't like it and throttle like crazy before the machine eventually shuts down. Mine died from a short on a gpu riser cable. Took the board and CPU but the rest was fine.

Thanks for the reply, I’ll try a new board, I’m assuming I’m right in saying the two I posted in the OP will do for a cheap replacement ie it’s the right board for that particular cpu?

 

[Vince]

Thanks for the reply, I’ll try a new board, I’m assuming I’m right in saying the two I posted in the OP will do for a cheap replacement ie it’s the right board for that particular cpu?

Given I had the 2700x on the cheapest motherboard money can buy both of those will be just fine Not quite the cheapest but the cheapest b450. I think it was £42