who can work out this problem?????

[mr griffin]

So I have a bit of a strange problem! wondering if any of you might know the answer??

when I press the start button on my case it takes about 10 seconds for it to even register to turn the PC on? I thought it must be the PSU on its way out so purchased a new one, but it still does exactly the same thing, you can hear the click when it starts! the only thing I have done since this problem started was remove the CPU and clean it and change CPU cooler from a Noctua d15 back to an old Bequiet dark rock pro 4 - it did reset the bios because it said new CPU installed so could it be an option in there?

The spec in case it makes any difference are:
5900x
asus hero x570 mobo
32gb 8 pack ram
asus tuff 3080

please someone help its driving me mad lol

 

[mr griffin]

Heya Griffin, that does sound annoying. Nice system though and I'm sure there's a resolution!

Q1: Do the lights / fans turn on immediately when you press the power button?
Q2: Have you tried manually shorting the two pins which signal a power on to the motherboard (same two pins which the 'Power SW' front panel cables connect to)

Thanks for the reply.

A1:No nothing turns on till I hear the click of the psu and then everything comes to life as it should.

A2: No I havent but The motherboard has a start button on it and it also does it when pressing this exactly the same as it does when you press the on button on the case

 

[mr griffin]

It's a motherboard problem. Could try installing the latest bios if you haven't already, otherwise you probably just have to live with it.

yeah latest bios is on it.

The thing is it never used to do it until I removed the CPU the other day and changed the cooler
more annoyingly just wasted £200 on a new PSU

 

[mr griffin]

If you a

What kind of cooler did you have and what did you put in its place?

Noctua D15 Chromax and now Bequiet dark rock pro 4 / so pretty much the same thing. I had the DR4P anyway and thought I would see how it compared to the ugly D15 its probably a little worse but quieter and looks nicer

 

[mr griffin]

In bios, use the button that sets it all back to default (including removing XMP) and see if that helps it.

You can always add XMP back afterwards without issue

i have reset cmos on the back of the board already and it didn't help

 

[mr griffin]

Yeah this in theory if it's delaying then the contact isn't a 100% ie bent pin/themal paste or maybe even too much pressure with the cooler ?

Ok thanks for the info guys. I will have a look some time, cba with it right now as it means taking the motherboard out again to put the DR4P back on as its a bugger to get the fan clips on in the case and I've done it the last 2 days running, but I will check for bent pins or thermal past on them when I'm bored
probably next week

 

[mr griffin]

What happens if you bypass the power button? Either short the pins or use an onboard button if you have one.

exactly the same

 

[mr griffin]

Build it outside the case with the barebone essentials(CPU/RAM/motherboard) and if the issue is still reproduced you'll have the issue isolated to those core components (PSU aside unless you've tested for that to).

Given what you've said though, i'd get in and check the CPU pins and make sure they're 100% (no need to panic, you can ease them back into place if they're off - confident but gentle).

Its not the psu 100|% as I just purchased a new one as I thought that's what the problem was, PC works fine when its running no issues at all. I think I might have got a bit of paste on a pin I don't think I bent any as was careful with it, but I tried out some new thermal paste and it was messy hard to clean off stuff and I did get some on my finger tips cleaning it all off. So maybe I got a tiny bit on a pin perhaps? I will take the cpu out at some point and have a look at it.

 

[mr griffin]

Yeah let us all know how you get on next week mate.

well finally got my lazy ass in gear and took CPU out and had a good look at it, no bent pins but there was a small amount of thermal paste on 2 of the pins one of them had quite a lot on it, so I cleaned it up popped it back in the motherboard and what do you know it boots up straight away again now and works perfectly.
mystery solved lol

 

[mr griffin]

wooooow never would have guessed that was the issue. well done for finding and sorting. I had exact issue with my mobo but bios refresh sorted it.

yeah i'm glad I managed to sort it, it was starting to get really annoying and I wasted £200 on a new psu lol

 

[mr griffin]

Can you return?

No its been too long - also prefer my Bequiet 1000w over the Evga 1200w p2 its smaller and quieter - I'll just put it with the many computer related parts I have and am sure someone will have a use for it some day lol