Apologies for chucking this into General Hardware - but I thought I might tap into the knowledgebase of OcUK....
Taking a look at a PC For someone at work - they had problems with BSOD ever few hours when gaming, so I suggested that it might be an overheating issues (maybe a "Please remove" sticker left on the cooler), so duly removed the cooler to take a look; all ok, so reassembled everything but oddly I don’t get anything on screen. Stupidly, I never turned the thing on first to check the output was ok to start with – but friend assures me it was all ok before.
Tower powers up, all the fans spin, the graphics card lights up – but I can’t get any display output. The connected k/b and mouse have no power, there are no beeps, though I do hear the hard drive briefly seeking…
Motherboard is as above, has a Ryzen 5 3600 – I did notice when checking the CPU, that the socket on the mobo feels like it’s snagging on something with the CPU installed – if I move the locking arm with nothing plugged in, it locks/unlocks smoothly; but with the CPU sat in it, there is a definite bit of resistance – so I’m not sure if the socket is damaged or not!
Tried clearing the CMOS, no joy, tried several monitors, cables etc – nada. CPU pins look fine, nothing bent or whatnot too. Also tried the display ports on both the mobo and the Gefore GTX they have installed.
This is the first PC I have worked on for a good 10+ years, that’s not an office one – so I have been used to hearing POST beeps etc, to guide one along the course of fault finding – but to have a LED lit monstrosity, sitting there making nothing but fan noise – I’m a bit stumped to say the least. I did have a nosey around t’internet, and found one similar story, which was sorted by a replacement mobo – that’s only £50 so possibly worth a punt; but I thought I’d at least try here.
Taking a look at a PC For someone at work - they had problems with BSOD ever few hours when gaming, so I suggested that it might be an overheating issues (maybe a "Please remove" sticker left on the cooler), so duly removed the cooler to take a look; all ok, so reassembled everything but oddly I don’t get anything on screen. Stupidly, I never turned the thing on first to check the output was ok to start with – but friend assures me it was all ok before.
Tower powers up, all the fans spin, the graphics card lights up – but I can’t get any display output. The connected k/b and mouse have no power, there are no beeps, though I do hear the hard drive briefly seeking…
Motherboard is as above, has a Ryzen 5 3600 – I did notice when checking the CPU, that the socket on the mobo feels like it’s snagging on something with the CPU installed – if I move the locking arm with nothing plugged in, it locks/unlocks smoothly; but with the CPU sat in it, there is a definite bit of resistance – so I’m not sure if the socket is damaged or not!
Tried clearing the CMOS, no joy, tried several monitors, cables etc – nada. CPU pins look fine, nothing bent or whatnot too. Also tried the display ports on both the mobo and the Gefore GTX they have installed.
This is the first PC I have worked on for a good 10+ years, that’s not an office one – so I have been used to hearing POST beeps etc, to guide one along the course of fault finding – but to have a LED lit monstrosity, sitting there making nothing but fan noise – I’m a bit stumped to say the least. I did have a nosey around t’internet, and found one similar story, which was sorted by a replacement mobo – that’s only £50 so possibly worth a punt; but I thought I’d at least try here.
Last edited:
