You are assuming that I always tested with the CPU in the motherboard. There was one board where I first tested WITHOUT the CPU, GPU, RAM. It just had 8 pin and 24 pin power + CPU fan. In that configuration the fan should spin-up when power is applied and the power on pins are shorted.
I got it new from Newegg, not a third party seller. The article also describes that this is done by placing a cheap/old processor like a Celeron instead of the new Ryzen. The pins wouldn't match up if that was the case here. I don't think a counterfeit would go as far as to match the pins so the...
Ok, so I redid the test described above with motherboard #5 but with a new Corsair CX650M PSU that I just got today.
I tried it with two different graphics cards GTX 970 and Radeon HD6870.
Still the same result. I guess I must be the most unlucky person with these Ryzen motherboards. I will try...
I tested with and without the case, so with and without standoffs.
How does the amount of power provided affect whether the CPU fan can spin up with everything else disconnected?
I don't mind getting a third power supply to test with, but I'm not following why this would change anything.
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Shorting the pins is the same as pressing the Power On button. This does not cause power failure but instead is to check if there was perhaps a problem with the power button itself or the cable between the button and the pins. In any case I tried the button first on at least 2 of the boards :-)...
I was using the GTX 970 only with the 635W PSU. I have other lower powered cards to use with the 400W PSU.
Correct me if I am wrong, but the CPU fan should spin up and LEDs should light up even with the GPU disconnected. AFAIK the CPU fan should spin up with everything disconnected but the power...
I've been building my own desktops since my youth and for the first time ever I was amazed by the difficulty of getting a new build to work. It all started a month ago when I purchased the Gigabyte AB350 Gaming motherboard, Ryzen 1600X, Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 16GB RAM and a Corsair H60...
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