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Upgrade PC for Video Editing

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    #32
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users Posts: 18,706 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    brianblaze wrote: »
    Threadripper was a joke. Got a ryzen 7 3.6ghx. No cooler in the box. I have the old stock cooler from my Intel a6300.... would that do okay as a temporary fix?

    No, the Intel cooler has different mounting points.

    You'd best bite the bullet and get something cheap.


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    #33
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    brianblaze wrote: »
    Threadripper was a joke. Got a ryzen 7 3.6ghx. No cooler in the box. I have the old stock cooler from my Intel a6300.... would that do okay as a temporary fix?

    Nope, totally different type of cooler (unless you got really inventive with cable ties but realistically....no). Just call into Maplin and they'd have a suitable AM4 compatiable cooler most likely.


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    #34
    brianblaze
    Registered Users Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭brianblaze


    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    Nope, totally different type of cooler (unless you got really inventive with cable ties but realistically....no). Just call into Maplin and they'd have a suitable AM4 compatiable cooler most likely.

    Yeah ended up going for a new one. Probably for the best anyway! Keep me from melting my house. Ha


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    #35
    brianblaze
    Registered Users Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭brianblaze


    Disaster. Forgot I had ddr3 RAM. so went to CEX to get DDR4, so built it up and....nothing.

    Won't boot into bios or any display at all really. I assume it's the RAM? Everything powers up and a few whirrs but no beep.

    DDR4 PC19200 2400MHZ 288Pin RAM is what I have... is that the culprit?


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    #36
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    brianblaze wrote: »
    Disaster. Forgot I had ddr3 RAM. so went to CEX to get DDR4, so built it up and....nothing.

    Won't boot into bios or any display at all really. I assume it's the RAM? Everything powers up and a few whirrs but no beep.

    DDR4 PC19200 2400MHZ 288Pin RAM is what I have... is that the culprit?

    I'm confused have you got a Threadripper CPU or a Ryzen 7?


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    #37
    brianblaze
    Registered Users Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭brianblaze


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    I'm confused have you got a Threadripper CPU or a Ryzen 7?

    Ryzen 7.... the threaripper was supposed to be a joke


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    #38
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    brianblaze wrote: »
    Disaster. Forgot I had ddr3 RAM. so went to CEX to get DDR4, so built it up and....nothing.

    Won't boot into bios or any display at all really. I assume it's the RAM? Everything powers up and a few whirrs but no beep.

    DDR4 PC19200 2400MHZ 288Pin RAM is what I have... is that the culprit?

    CEX don't test ram, they just take it in. It's a lucky dip. So it's pretty likely the ram just plain doesn't work.

    Can't believe that's a business model in an international company. They don't test CPU's or hard drives either, just take in and re-sell.

    The only component they test is GPUs....but even then they're a joke. I had a guy tell me one day they couldn't accept my trade it as it over heated.

    That's strange I said, I've had it two years and until I brought it in today it was fine...did it actually turn off?

    No, the guy explained, but it went over 70c which is overheating. I tried to explain to him that most cards go up to 100c safely and 70c is a totally normal temperature for about 70% of cards - I even pointed out they had a reference R9 290 in the store, which reaches 95c by default.

    Got nowhere, he was adamant that 70c was overheating and handed me back the card with a receipt with a huge "FAIL" written across it.


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    #39
    brianblaze
    Registered Users Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭brianblaze


    So, no Boot, no Bios, No beeps....

    Pulled GPU and RAM, no Boot, no bios, no beeps...

    Am I cursed, and it's the new Mobo? ( Asus - PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard) Any way to test?


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    #40
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    The best thing to do is assemble it outside the case on a cardboard box - just board, cpu, power supply, ram. See what happens.

    Do you've a speaker attached to it to hear beeps? Without ram/ram error it should still beep...or does the board have LED codes?


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    #41
    brianblaze
    Registered Users Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭brianblaze


    MoBo lights up (which I didn't know it did, so that was interesting!) and I installed the speaker but no Beep at all an any start up, which is why I'm starting to suspect the new MoBo is the problem. Might need to go to a technician as I need this sorted ASAP and I will end up throwing it off a roof if I don't get it sorted soon!


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    #42
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    The other thing is to make sure the CPU is 100% installed correctly/not damaged - AM4 CPU's are easy to damage compared to Intel CPUs as they have a pin design.

    Also ensure all power cables are connected correctly, also even as simple as your power button being wired correctly from the case (you can just use a screwdriver to connect the pins and start the PC up either without button)


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    #43
    brianblaze
    Registered Users Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭brianblaze


    It all powers etc, just no end result. Checked the cpu there and it looks fine. I think I got a faulty mobo maybe


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    #44
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users Posts: 18,706 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    Did you remember to plug the monitor into the GPU instead of the mobo?


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    #45
    brianblaze
    Registered Users Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭brianblaze


    K.O.Kiki wrote: »
    Did you remember to plug the monitor into the GPU instead of the mobo?

    Tried both. Left it in to right click for a checkup


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