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R0B75

R0B75

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Ok, slightly over-dramatic thread title but hey ho :D

I moved house over the weekend and on Friday I had a working PC as I was listening to music on it whilst doing some final packing. I then boxed up the tower in its original box and it was moved along with all my other crap by a removal company.

Fast forward to Monday and setting up the PC in the new house. I switch everything on and get no video on the TV via HDMI through the av receiver, set up exactly as it was in the old house. Odd..

So, I proceed to try the following.

Several different HDMI cables in both on board and dedicated GPU. With and without the dedicated GPU installed.

Tried clearing CMOS and repeating the above process.
Tried on board VGA with a friends monitor
Tried DVI to HDMI cable from dedicated GPU.
Tried bypassing the AV receiver, straight to TV.

At this point I'm convinced it is not an actual video issue but another component, possibly the motherboard itself or CPU. Bear in mind I get no POST beeps as there is no speaker.

I then try disconnecting everything from the board except CPU and fans and VGA. Still nothing.

When I power on the PC it just stays powered on but does nothing, no beeps, no video, doesn't turn off.

I'm not convinced anything is shorting so have not taken the board out of the case....yet.

My thoughts are that the weight of the CPU cooler has maybe damaged the board and/or CPU in the move and this is the problem.

The board is an ASUS P8Z77-LX2 and the CPU is an i5 2500k.

Has anyone had any similar experiences and is there something I haven't tried that might save me having to buy a new PC or try and source a new CPU and board of the same type? :(:D
 
Some huge Coolermaster thingy, Hyper 212 I think. I realised yesterday that I should have removed it before transporting the PC, and it's advice I would've given to other people when I was seriously into building/upgrading PCs some years ago, so a potentially silly mistake.

I suppose now I either, try and find an equivalent motherboard and CPU to try or just buy a new PC.
 
Just tell us the truth - you kicked it down the stairs so the wife wouldn't complain when you buy a spanky new pc didn't you? :D
 
Given you've got a blank screen, I think your problem is down to the board/CPU. If you have access to the Members' Market, you might be able to get hold of another 1155 board and CPU.
 
Yeah, I drew the same conclusion. I've tried everything I know and nothing will make it work.

I have access to the MM but the prices of equivalent CPUs and motherboards on there mean it's probably best to buy new and upgrade, if only a slightly. I have therefore bought following bundle. https://www.overclockers.co.uk/reco...ore-value-skylake-gaming-bundl-bu-234-ok.html

I don't game on my PC but do use Zwift (cycling sim) so need the same or better performance as Zwift ran nicely on my current set up.

Everything I have currently should work with it and I know I (almost certainly) need to re-install Windows. Anyone see any potential issues I might have?
 
Well, if you're not gaming, then that'll be plenty powerful enough for you.

You shouldn't have any issues I think, except for having to re-install Windows.
 
Might not be the board or cpu might be the PSU. If its not delivering juice on one of the rails you are using then it could be that. PSU's are quite sensitive to knocks. If I were you I would buy the cheapest 1150/1151 CPU you can find and a dirt cheap 1150 motherboard from the clearance section (about £35/£45 Asus one at the moment) and troubleshoot with them.

You will be a bit annoyed if you spend £269 on a CPU and motherboard only to find out its PSU or RAM. That way you only spend about £90 and can always keep them as backup or sell them on.

Actually have you tried one stick of RAM at a time in each DIMM slot to check that ?

Oh too late just realised you bought mb/cpu, well good luck hope its one of them.
 
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The bundle comes with 8GB DDR4, so it's a complete upgrade for the OP. Hopefully it is the board/CPU that's the issue.

Looking back at it, I agree that it could be a PSU issue - didn't think about that initially because I would have thought that the PSU would be more durable than the CPU/board with the heatsink on. If a removals company was involved, it may have been mishandled...
 
I suppose there could be a PSU issue here but given that the tower was packed in it's original box with polystyrene I dismissed it as it sounds less likely than CPU and or motherboard being damaged.
I suppose it's worth trying a new PSU. I did try each stick of ram in each slot individually. No luck there.
 
Tried another PSU today. Same problem unfortunately. Any other ideas? If not, come on OcUK hurry up and post my stuff! :D
 
Tried taking everything out of the case last night. Placed the motherboard on a piece of wood and hooked up the spare PSU. Only things connected to the board were CPU fan, Power Switch, VGA, RAM and of course the PSU.

Switch on and once again, nothing. I think I've now done everything I can short of trying parts of the same spec so whilst I cannot determine which part is at fault I'm going to classify it as FUBAR.

My new motherboard, CPU and RAM should arrive from OcUK today.
 
yea looks like you have tried everything you can try.
any insurance from the movers? maybe claim back something

I must admit when I moved my PC was placed in the back seat of my own car so I knew what was going on with it.
 
The movers were insured but only against obvious physical damage. My fault completely really, I should have moved it myself or taken the cooler off the board.
 
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The movers were insured but only against obvious physical damage. My fault completely really, I should have moved it myself or taken the cooler off the board.
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yea we all live and learn.
I managed to kill my 8350 when I bought a new case.. I ended out building my 4690k set up so wasn't all bad and managed to get the 8350 replaced through the warranty so built that back up for my lad..

still no ideas how I managed to kill the 8350 :confused:
 
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