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AMD FX-8150.

⟐ Commented July 04, 2021 at 20:14 MST

So, it starts out with my prebuilt dell computer that I got when Etherium had jacked up the prices to basically the maximum.

Here are the stock specs for it:

Ryzen 5 1400

8gb ram

RX570

450 watt cheap Chinese PSU

cheap Chinese mobo

I decided that I would do a major overhaul recently. This is what I got:

ASUS X570 pro4 mobo

Asus Tuf gaming RTX2060

Corsair CM650X PSU

16gb ram @3000mhz (G.Skill)

Upon getting the new parts, I gutted my old PC. I then realized that my mobo wouldn’t fit in the stupid dell proprietary case, so I decided to set it up on my desk with some foam underneath because I don’t have a test bench. I installed all of the new components and tried to boot it up.

I shorted the power pins, and the fans started spinning. The CPU and DRAM lights mounted to the mobo turned on, and after 5-10 seconds it shut off, restarted, and repeated. I reseated the cpu, applied more thermal compound. I'm not sure what exactly I did, but it eventually booted to windows

After 10-15 minutes of windows I got the Video_DXGKRNL_FATAL_ERROR blue screen. I rebooted and the same thing happened. After a while of this happening, I reinstalled my old graphics card and it didn't happen. I re downloaded and reinstalled the Nvidea drivers. I shut down, put in the RTX2060, booted up and everything was ok.

I decided to try and play Fallout: New Vegas. I had just downloaded it and have never played it before. I did the DirectX fix so that I could get in game, only to find that I was getting 5-10 fps. I restarted the game to no avail. I then looked in Task Manager, and I noticed that my GPU was not showing up in the performance tab. (yes, I did scroll all the way down).

I gathered that my drivers must have still been behaving oddly, so I looked up the issue that was making me crash before. On the web it said that a BIOS update might fix it. I decided to do that. I formatted a flash drive to FAT32, put the image file (blanking on the type), and did a flash update. All was successful, so I pressed enter to reboot. Then, the original problem of the computer turning on, and turning off 5-10 seconds later came back. I don’t know what to do at this point and I am frustrated beyond belief. I’m beginning to think that my mobo is a lemon or something because as far as I know that should not happen. I could use any advice I can get because I can’t think of anything else.

⟐ Answer accepted September 17, 2019 at 8:23 MST

I have an ROG Strix motherboard with RGB lighting, and I would like to swap the LED's under located in this screenshot with RGBW LED's if possible. If an RGBW diode will not work with the guts underneath - I would settle with swapping it for a different RGB diode that emits a cleaner white.

I guess I just have no idea where to start with the disassembly, the areas I need to access do not appear to be accessible (no screws).

Is this something I'll need to carefully detatch with a heatgun or am I missing something obvious? Picture is below.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/doQoy9pzpyfT6L...

Thanks.

⟐ Edited August 29, 2019 at 20:51 MST