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Abby wrote okay so i have tested the psu and the battery on the motherboard and they both work. I reset the ram and it is still doing the same thing. I checked the cpu and there is like no thermal paste but i read that i could use toothpaste to test it so i put some tooth paste on it and it's still not working. Any ideas?


Defo sounds heat related to me. Not ruling anything else out but that's where I'd go. Easiest way to test if it's a heat issue is let the computer turn off, unplug the power and just feel around for hot spots. Obvs, if your CPU is hot then it's that because your cooler wouldn't be doing it's job.

You don't by any chance have a liquid cooler on your CPU?


I don't see how its heat related he said he let it sit overnight and it still shows the same symptoms. You can run a CPU with no heatsink at all for a few seconds whereas his PC doesnt stay on for more than half a second.

Sounds like bad memory or motherboard to me.
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Replace the PSU. That's PSU not mb or memory like others are saying.
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Abby wrote okay so i have tested the psu and the battery on the motherboard and they both work. I reset the ram and it is still doing the same thing. I checked the cpu and there is like no thermal paste but i read that i could use toothpaste to test it so i put some tooth paste on it and it's still not working. Any ideas?


How did you test the PSU? Definitely HAS to be PSU.
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iSpooky wrote
Abby wrote okay so i have tested the psu and the battery on the motherboard and they both work. I reset the ram and it is still doing the same thing. I checked the cpu and there is like no thermal paste but i read that i could use toothpaste to test it so i put some tooth paste on it and it's still not working. Any ideas?


How did you test the PSU? Definitely HAS to be PSU.


Unless his PSU was shot with a .50 BMG it should still allow it to boot. Bad PSU is system instability leading to random power failure. While it could be the PSU I don't think its likely.
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okay so i just went and bought a new motherboard, psu, cpu, and ram and a new case just to redo the whole pc and now it's not turning on. This is the first time i've built a pc so can anyone give me some tips on how to get it runnin
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The problem is that your not replying to the god dam people who's giving you information that could potentially fix your pc. So instead you go out and buy another mother board
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13ReasonsWhy wrote The problem is that your not replying to the god dam people who's giving you information that could potentially fix your pc. So instead you go out and buy another mother board


sorry i'm not able to sit on ttg all day bud
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13ReasonsWhy wrote The problem is that your not replying to the god dam people who's giving you information that could potentially fix your pc. So instead you go out and buy another mother board


Relax bro.
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Saki wrote
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Abby wrote okay so i have tested the psu and the battery on the motherboard and they both work. I reset the ram and it is still doing the same thing. I checked the cpu and there is like no thermal paste but i read that i could use toothpaste to test it so i put some tooth paste on it and it's still not working. Any ideas?


How did you test the PSU? Definitely HAS to be PSU.


Unless his PSU was shot with a .50 BMG it should still allow it to boot. Bad PSU is system instability leading to random power failure. While it could be the PSU I don't think its likely.


Well he said it doesn't even have a light anymore indicating there is not enough voltage to even power the LED. I've seen a lot of PSUs go bad it's actually very common. A lot of people cheap out on the PSU part of their build.
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okay so when i tried to turn it on a light quickly flashed next to the cpu? any ideas
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