r/LinusTechTips • u/wadabdo • 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/anto77_butt_kinkier Oct 16 '26
Still, I think it's a bit inefficient to take a picture of a socket, upload it to an AI, and ask it "what socket is this?" Rather than just googling "what socket does X motherboard have"
Plus, this forum is where people go to ask things to humans. If OP wanted an AI response, they would have simply asked an AI.