So I was a dumb recently (about 2-3 weeks ago) by finally putting the return I got from RAM RMA into my build. Problem is that I have the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO and so I jiggled it around and I'm worried that I unseated and/or broke some pins on my i7-3770 cpu.
Because steadily to the point of not even once in 30 shots has my desktop even hit POST or given me a beep. I've gotten it to work once a day but I've gone through 30-50 attempts in that last 12 hours. It's gotten to the point where I am now on <4 hours of sleep where it still hasn't POST... But I haven't had any BSODs.. no crashes. Nothing. Just POST issues. No beep codes.
It's not simply a display issue as even my K70 corsair's LEDs don't light up... no beep. I've checked the connections and also removed all RAM, not one beep code.
So I believe my CPU and/or MOBO may be borked and I'm possibly worried about "having" to troubleshoot it. I don't know of any computer repair places so at this point I'm thinking of just building another PC but I don't have the willpower to do it myself.
On the other hand, would it be simple to just replace the mobo with a new one and a new CPU? I believe everything else is fine but I'm also frustrated enough with the troubleshooting process that I'm not 100% -sure- that they are (SSD, HDD, GPU, PSU, RAM).
I'm also a blind Kage and I don't have a jumper nor do I know where the CMOS battery is on my MSI z77a-g45 to attempt to clear CMOS.
tl;dr: 1) What PC builder sites are good? (Reliability/Performance/Price?)
2) I believe everything else is ok: RAM, GPU, HDD,SSD. If I buy a new MOBO and CPU, how does that installation process go? Easy? Just a new OS? No?
Because steadily to the point of not even once in 30 shots has my desktop even hit POST or given me a beep. I've gotten it to work once a day but I've gone through 30-50 attempts in that last 12 hours. It's gotten to the point where I am now on <4 hours of sleep where it still hasn't POST... But I haven't had any BSODs.. no crashes. Nothing. Just POST issues. No beep codes.
It's not simply a display issue as even my K70 corsair's LEDs don't light up... no beep. I've checked the connections and also removed all RAM, not one beep code.
So I believe my CPU and/or MOBO may be borked and I'm possibly worried about "having" to troubleshoot it. I don't know of any computer repair places so at this point I'm thinking of just building another PC but I don't have the willpower to do it myself.
On the other hand, would it be simple to just replace the mobo with a new one and a new CPU? I believe everything else is fine but I'm also frustrated enough with the troubleshooting process that I'm not 100% -sure- that they are (SSD, HDD, GPU, PSU, RAM).
I'm also a blind Kage and I don't have a jumper nor do I know where the CMOS battery is on my MSI z77a-g45 to attempt to clear CMOS.
tl;dr: 1) What PC builder sites are good? (Reliability/Performance/Price?)
2) I believe everything else is ok: RAM, GPU, HDD,SSD. If I buy a new MOBO and CPU, how does that installation process go? Easy? Just a new OS? No?
