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Recently built a computer and when I tried to boot it for the first time.. nothing. The motherboard lights up and there is an orange light in the bottom right but besides that nothing from the cooling system or the GPU. I pulled it out of the case and tested it with new RAM, no SSD, and no GPU. Same thing. I took it down to barebones including making sure there was no bent pins on the CPU. One thing I noted was that the only was I could turn the PC off when it was in the case was shutting down the power supply, the button would turn it on but not off. It’s my first build so I’m hoping/assuming it was just a stupid mistake I made. Here’s the specs. Let me know if any additional information is needed!

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Motherboard: ROG STRIX X470-f GPU: AMD Radeon 5700 XT Liquid Cooler: Kraken X52 SSD: V-NAND 970 SSD 970 EVO RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 2x8GB Power Supply: Corsair CX650W [with power on]

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    When I had this exact problem turned out the motherboard was definitely defective
    – Ramhound
    Commented Mar 30, 2020 at 22:02
  • Your photo shows that the external power plug to GPU is not plugged in.
    – patkim
    Commented Mar 30, 2020 at 22:25
  • Sorry you’re right but I had the GPU plugged in several times and still nothing.
    – RGH
    Commented Mar 30, 2020 at 22:38
  • When it's out of the case, how do you turn it on?
    – patkim
    Commented Mar 30, 2020 at 22:47
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    ATX PSU when switched on from its ON button enters a StandBy mode where it powers the board with 5V standby power. When you press the Front Panel ON switch the PowerON pins on the board get momentarily shorted that releases the PSU from Standby state to full power state and PC starts.
    – patkim
    Commented Mar 30, 2020 at 23:08

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Things that it could be also include:

  1. That MB might need a BIOS update out of the box. Here is an example of that issue Another example
  2. double check that the RAM is compatible
  3. Check that your power supply is provided the spec'd power
  4. one person reported that a bad fan was the problem. I'm not sure if that affects you with water cooling

Nice looking setup BTW

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