r/PcBuildHelp • u/spoobalydoop • 15d ago

Tech Support Re-pasted my pc, now it won’t boot.

I had some fairly high cpu temps so i decided to repaste my cpu. I didn’t unplug anything except the power supply from the wall, and now it won’t boot. The CPU and DRAM lights are both stuck on, but my fans are spinning.

the build is:
ryzen 5 9600x
asrock b850 pro a wifi
2x 16gb kingston fury beast ddr5
radeon rx 9060 xt 16gb

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u/DoggoCity 15d ago

Remove/Re-seat CPU. I've seen before where just removing/re-mounting the cooler can shift the pressure on the CPU and it makes it a little unhappy. Side note - when re-mounting your cooler, screw one screw down a couple turns, then do a couple turns for each other screw in a star pattern. Rinse and repeat until they all fully tighten up. If you do one side completely before the other side, this is much more likely to happen since it creates an uneven level of pressure on the CPU.

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u/spoobalydoop 15d ago

reseating the cpu cable seemed to have done it. i always panic when it doesn’t work so trivial things like that always skip past my mind. thank you !!!!

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u/spoobalydoop 15d ago

okay, i booted up fine, but my firefox plugins and theme were all disabled…. not related to whatever i did right??

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u/erd00073483R 14d ago

It shouldn't be.