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Me too

Further testing will commence tonight

Welcome aboard Kozmo - I've sent you a PM with the Teamspeak server info.

Well, after a week of reporting nothing but bad news, there may now be grounds for cautious optimism. The new board is currently set up on the bench with the CPU, memory, boot M.2 and GPU (my original 980) installed and I have POST!!! Nothing else attempted yet, but this is an improvement

New board has arrived this morning - hopefully this will resolve the problems

OK, new board on order - was not my first choice, but decided to go for a brand new board with a proper returns procedure.

I’ve messaged the seller, let’s see what he comes back with

Yeah, it’s on eBay so covered by their money back guarantee. It’s the correct chipset and socket for my CPU. Might try and knock the price down a bit though

Z370 is for the 8th gen chips, mine is a 9th gen so needs a Z390 chipset

Found this… https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gigabyte-Z390-AORUS-ELITE-Intel-9th-Gen-ATX-Gaming-Motherboard-Socket-1151-/144152788606?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 Thoughts? RRP is £191

Well that pretty much rules out the PSU. Anyone got an intel 9th gen mobo they don’t want?

CMOS battery is out of the computer (has been since last night) so I’ll replace it and try again with the new PSU tonight

No blame attached to you Mick in any case. It could be as simple as the card being not completely installed in the slot causing a short across two connectors. Unfortunately there’s no way I can work out where the problem lies on the board and no way I have to fix it even if I could find the fault. I have a new PSU arriving today and if that doesn’t correct the problem then I’m looking at a replacement mobo.

Yep, done that too

Very possible right now that the 970 has blown up my mobo. Having plugged the minimum hardware back in, even jumpering the power switch leads doesn’t switch the thing on

Well, this sucks. Looks like it’s not the PSU. Managed to work out which wires to short and managed to turn the PSU on. When checking the voltages again, the 12v is there

No idea I’m afraid Mick, I think I have a dead PSU though. I’ve got the PSU on my bench at the moment and there appears to be no 12v rail as I can find the 3.3v and 5v outputs but neither of the 12v outputs (there should be one at +12 and another at -12. There’s no additional power switch other than the one on the back. What do you chaps think?

I’ve swapped out the power cable with a known good one, swapped to a known good power outlet and unplugged/replugged the mobo connector

Sooo, this probably isn’t so good. I received my spare GPU back from Painless this morning and thought I’d check it before putting it away again. Took out the 980, plugged the 970 in, reconnected the cables and…nothing. No lights, no fans, no POST - nothing. Unplugged the 970 and put the 980 back in…still nothing. Commencing diagnostics I swapped out the power cord - nothing. Unplugged everything that was unnecessary. Still nothing. Sooo what’s next? PSU? Board? CPU? Thoughts?

Interesting idea Col, I agree that a separate thread would be in order. Either option is fine by me Tom, would Col's idea above give you (and Pat) some extra breathing space to try and sort out the problems? We did have an issue with an overlength pilot name before - could this be something similar?

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Wow...cool - love to see that in formation with the Storch

You'll probably find that they can't source the 3080ti reliably at the moment but a 3070 will have good residuals if you can get a 3080 further down the line. My only concern would be that H60 Hydro, given that it only has a single 120mm rad, I'm not sure how it will handle an 11900K especially if you plan to overclock it. Be careful, the 2018 version they are speccing here has been replaced in the last couple of years by an uprated h60 with a different rad design and better thermal characteristics It would likely be OK, but if the budget allows I'd probably be considering the H80i or H100i instead. Personally I don't like PCS, I've found their customer service to be extremely poor in the past and the parts they use for warranty repairs substandard. I know some of the guys here have used them and like them but I would steer well clear. You pays your money and you takes your choice I guess.

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