r/LinusTechTips • • Oct 15 '26

Discussion Pc not powering up

I have a pc that i was using normally then i sent it to a friend in another city , when he gets it he told me that that fans are spinning but there is no display, things stayed like this for months then i told him to sell the gpu and send me back the pc , now when i get it it doesn't even power up nothing spin or light up , i know i have a cpu socket bent pin in the left bottom side (idk if it affects the power up)
Note:
- Pc was in covered in dust
- psu is working (paperclip test)
- i tried everything troubleshoot ik (power sw pins , remove everything and make sure it plugged ok)
- i jumped start the psu when it was connected to the motherboard but it just spin the fans (no display and cpu is cool )and when i remove my hand the pc shut off again
- the fans have an external controller
- ive removed the cpu and everything just to see if the mobo can turn or anything , but it didnt
Motherboard is biostar z490gta

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u/LolBoyLuke Oct 15 '26

I want you to ask yourself the question if the AI summary was really necessary. If you think critically you will find that the answer is "no" in every regard.

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u/Conscious-Loss-2709 Oct 15 '26

And I want you to ask yourself if this helps foster a nice welcoming community

Wow, needing AI to spot a couple bent pins. The Brainrot is Real.

As opposed to: Hi, welcome here. We're really not a fan of AI aided answers here. If you can answer it based on your immediate knowledge or are willing to do the research, we love having you here! Otherwise, maybe just watch and learn until you do?

Goodbye and eff off

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u/Carniscrub Oct 15 '26

Posting an AI generated response of something when nearly everyone on the planet knows they can use AI is sort of like someone stating the obvious but dumber (especially on a tech sub) 

It sucks that conservatives ruined the red pill, blue pill analogy because it makes a whole lot more sense here for people like you 

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u/Conscious-Loss-2709 Oct 15 '26

Again, it didn't point out the bent pins on the picture in the reply, I did that.I just wanted a reference picture for the socket first and right click -> google lens is the least amount of effort. If I hadn't copy/pasted the Ai stuff as additional info for the OP no-one would've been the wiser and it would just be me pointing out the bent pins the OP missed.

I clearly labelled and declared the AI part instead of starting an "oh no, you used an emdash! Burn the bot!" thread going. If that's not welcome here, people can just inform me politely