Well, I tested the motherboard outside the case and still nothing. Except now when I short the pins I don't even get the click sound from the PSU like before. So, rma both board and CPU or just the bo ...

Okay.
So ill go through with what tests I've done.

I didn't completely uninstall the motherboard from the case as suggested, I simply worked with it still in the case.

I used a PSU tester and ...

Okay.
So ill go through with what tests I've done.

I didn't completely uninstall the motherboard from the case as suggested, I simply worked with it still in the case.

I used a PSU tester and ...

Just wondered, even if I do reassemble everything and short the pins and it still doesn't work, would that necessarily mean it's the PSU at fault? Or can it still be a motherboard problem?

^ that's actually not a bad shout. That's what I would do personally.

So heres the step by step process of what I would do if I was in your shoes.

Completely disassemble the PC, remove all har ...

Hi bro, had this similar issue with a old pc i had, possibly its the CMOS battery

What's the clicking coming from?

I've tried reseating the cmos and no change mate. The clicking is from the powe ...

So, I am not entirely sure what is wrong. I am really only bumping because I want people to see it and help you out. But I did some google searching and found something similar to your problem, I hope ...

Hey, I've tried changing power outlet, and I was using a power strip, tried different sockets on there and also in multiple wall sockets. I replugged everything and couldn't see anything loose. Runnin ...

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So the first couple of pics are of the MoBo and what I'm getting from it. The Last link is a video of what soun ...

Okay I'll try that and let you know what happens, I'm running 16gb ram (2x8)

Doubt it's the ram, because the fans would still spin regardless of whether the ram was bad. Sounds like the mobo is bad ...