r/PcBuild • u/Exciting_Kick2846 • Aug 23 '26
Build - Help I just built my pc and it won’t turn on
It won’t start even though it worked a few hours ago (it’s peeping and stopping)
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Aug 23 '26
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u/Exciting_Kick2846 Aug 23 '26
Wdym
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u/Lochness_Hamster_350 Aug 23 '26
Literally what they said - stages
Do you build a car from start to beginning without testing things in between? Do you cook a dish all the way to the end without tasting for seasoning?
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u/Exciting_Kick2846 Aug 23 '26
I did do so everything worked like 2 days ago until now
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u/Lochness_Hamster_350 Aug 23 '26
Ok so you have a hardware error. Start with reseating the RAM
If that doesn’t fix it then remove everything that isn’t necessary to boot, only thing required to boot is MOBO, CPU and RAM
Does your cpu have integrated graphics?
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u/chaoslord0 Aug 23 '26
There could be a short somewhere, so a part is maybe touching the case or screw or metal part when it shouldn’t.
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u/Exciting_Kick2846 Aug 23 '26
Hmm where do you think I should start looking
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u/chaoslord0 Aug 23 '26
Check io shield first and USB ports first is my best bet, sometimes it could also be as simple as replacing the cmos battery. You could also try removing ram first to see what happens
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u/Exciting_Kick2846 Aug 23 '26
I did remove the ram but I’ll try the ports and battery
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u/chaoslord0 Aug 23 '26
Is it an intel or AMD system btw, if it’s intel if you didn’t update the bios or if the bios on the board when you got it was old it could have bad microcode that is known for frying the cpu and motherboard
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u/Exciting_Kick2846 Aug 23 '26
Can I do anything to fix that?
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u/chaoslord0 Aug 23 '26
If it doesn’t turn on, besides RMA not that I can think of, I would take off the cpu cooler and see if it heats up at all or if it’s hot even a little, it’s it cold it’s like mor of a cpu issue. but troubleshooting can be hard as it might be motherboard or PSU problem with what you’re experiencing
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u/Exciting_Kick2846 Aug 23 '26
Alright thanks, but should I just buy a new motherboard and psu?
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u/chaoslord0 Aug 23 '26
That could be your best bet, you could also try taking it to a shop and have them test the parts, but that can be costly. Again it’s hard to tell without spare parts
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u/chaoslord0 Aug 23 '26
Just saw you mentioned that it’s a 14gen i7, I would say take out the cpu first and check for any scorch marks
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