Which part of the PC is dead?

sje_123

sje_123

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Hi guys,

My sons PC died, I built it about 8-10 years ago, 10900k etc. I built a new one for him now so he could continue his school work and gaming, but this one is still dead. The mobo lights are on, but there is no response when pushing the power button on the case, or the power button on the actual mother board. I have tried the clear CMOS button etc. but it's still dead. I have removed all RAM apart from one stick too. Unfortunatley, I don't have a spare PSU to test.

Is there a way to see what's died?

I am going to use the good components to run some stuff so I need to salvage what I can.

Full specs from what I can remember are,

10900k
ASUS Maximuus Hero (insert number here)
32GB Corsair RAM
No GFX card now as its in the new PC
1000W Corsair PSU
M.2 SSD

Cheers
 
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I assume the Corsair 1000watter was carried over into the New PC & if so it cant be that.
I also assume the new rig is DDR5 so you cant test the DDR4 in that.
Intel 10th gen is almost certainly going to be more reliable than 13th & 14th, unless it was overclocked to the gills (unlikely)
I'm going to say the board is dead, last thing to try is start the board manually by jumping the power pins with a screwdriver.
 
Thanks for the response. No, the PSU is still in there, I got a new one for the new rig. Yeah new rig is DDR5.

You got a link for how to jump the power with a screwdriver?
 
sje_123 said:
The mobo lights are on, but there is no response when pushing the power button on the case, or the power button on the actual mother board. I have tried the clear CMOS button etc. but it's still dead. I have removed all RAM apart from one stick too. Unfortunatley, I don't have a spare PSU to test.

Is there a way to see what's died?
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Not really, you have to swap stuff out.

6-10th gen CPUs very rarely die, so with no life at all I'd be looking at the PSU and the motherboard first. That's assuming nobody messed with the PC and took out cables, unseated things, etc.
 
As others have said, CPU's rarely die. It is most likely your motherboard. Get a cheap replacement from a second hand place and give it a try.
 
Tetras said:
Think the OP got their dates messed up, 10900K can't be older than 5 years.
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Was going to say, either he's confused specs/builds or the PC is 5 years old or less. I'd be surprised at a dead CMOS battery for that age but it's not impossible and costs a couple of quid to check.
 
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