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- Feb 26, 2011
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- Motherboard
- ASUS PRIME X299-A II
- CPU
- i9 10940X
- Graphics
- AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
First thing I would check for is any short - there was a loose metal retaining bracket on my Prime A-II that clipped the usb/ps2 ports to the plastic I/O shroud. I had similar symptoms to what you describe and sometimes when it would post it would then halt saying something like “overcurrent protection” but others it would just do the PSU click like you mention.I’m really happy, really glad, to report that my computer is dead. I tried two different PSUs and my motherboard doesn’t turn on, it doesn’t start POST process, it doesn’t even ramp up fans. I’m not so skilled in hardware troubleshooting, is it fair to suppose that’s a board failure? When I switch on the PSU, the power led on it turns on but when I try to switch on the PSU makes a “click” and nothing happens. I read online that click could be a safety switch off of the power supply. Would be correct to just plug the 24 pin and cpu 8 pin and cpu fan header to check if it begins POST at least!? I mean, without cpu and without any devices plugged in. I really hope my 9980xe isn’t fried. I have hope it isn’t, since motherboard doesn’t even power the fans I suppose the problem is somewhere on the board, maybe a power burst?!
The bracket itself just needed clipping back into position because it was dangling on to one of the exposed contacts… worth double checking for any shorts first, damaged cables, loose connectors etc and then the classic unplug everything until you’ve just got cpu a single memory stick and a single gpu and see if it will turn on. If it does start reconnecting components one by one until you discover what is causing it.
It’s a PITA but also try the board outside the case in it’s most minimal config (as in the cpu and single stick) just in case it’s the board shorting directly to the case.
If it still won’t turn on and you’re certain the second PSU is good then yeah could be the board.
I’d be surprised if its the CPU, they’re normally pretty hardy.