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GranteedEV · 03-06-2023, 07:49 AM

Your heatsink isn't installed too tightly or with too little / too much thermal paste, is it? Try removing the heatsink, wiping all the thermal paste with 90% isopropyl, putting in new thermal paste (the size of a rice grain should do it), and then only finger-tighten the heatsink. If you need to use your wrist, you're overtightening, which prevents getting past POST

You may also have

- faulty ram, hence the above suggestion to try one stick at a time.
- a toasted processor. Might be damaged pins, might be something else. Tough to isolate
- faulty PSU, though in my experience that will still POST

Finally, when you installed the new motherboard, you made sure to ground yourself properly, right? Static can destroy a motherboard during installation.

Motherboard
RAM
CPU with cooling

These are the the three things that can prevent getting to your BIOS I think

03-06-2023, 07:49 AM	#4
GranteedEV Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Calgary Exp:	Your heatsink isn't installed too tightly or with too little / too much thermal paste, is it? Try removing the heatsink, wiping all the thermal paste with 90% isopropyl, putting in new thermal paste (the size of a rice grain should do it), and then only finger-tighten the heatsink. If you need to use your wrist, you're overtightening, which prevents getting past POST You may also have - faulty ram, hence the above suggestion to try one stick at a time. - a toasted processor. Might be damaged pins, might be something else. Tough to isolate - faulty PSU, though in my experience that will still POST Finally, when you installed the new motherboard, you made sure to ground yourself properly, right? Static can destroy a motherboard during installation. Motherboard RAM CPU with cooling These are the the three things that can prevent getting to your BIOS I think __________________ "May those who accept their fate find happiness. May those who defy it find glory." Last edited by GranteedEV; 03-06-2023 at 07:52 AM.