Windows 10 Update Killed my Motherboard

[Alliebrian9084]

My old computer was doing an update to windows 10 1607, when I restarted it instead of restarting it shutdown. When I try to power it on nothing happens, the motherboard's LED's are on but pressing the start button both on the case or motherboard does nothing. I tired a different power supply with the same results. Also tired clearing CMOS, switching BIOS, uninstalling the RAM and Graphics card and then powering on still nothing. I do not believe this a coincidence that at the same time windows tries to update, this problems occurs. The system is plugged into a quality surge protector. Has anyone else experienced this issue? The motherboard is an ASUS Rampage II.

Appreciate any thoughts you may have,
Brian

 

[tinytomlogan]

It wouldnt have been the actual update - you may have just been unlucky it went then.

Best thing you can do is unplug the power cable for 30mins (no less) and see if it wasnt the PSU has been tripped.

 

[Alliebrian9084]

Thank you for replaying so fast! I will give that a try. Because the two events happened at the same time,, I have a hard time believing they are unrelated.

Also I have watched the channel for many years, thank you for all the great content!

 

[NeverBackDown]

It wouldn't brick your board. At most the HDD/SSD windows was on would happen from an update.

I'd try first turning on with only motherboard and CPU and one stick of RAM. nothing else attached. Make sure power is connected and try different PSUs. If nothing happens, if you have a spare board, try that and see what happens.

 

[RobM]

if you have an OS on USB you could try booting to that

 

[SuB]

sounds like it b0rked the boot disc to me.

 

[Alliebrian9084]

Thanks for the advice. Though process of elimination mostly likely the motherboard has died. Unfortunately I do not have another 1366 board to test with to confirm. Looks like a Ryzen build will be in my near future.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Do you have a spare Computer to see if at least the drive still works or the PSU?
Alsoake sure you only use the original PSU cables that come with the PSU when you buy it. I've had this happen a few times. After a while of us, it just fails to boot unless I change to an original Cable. Pretty stupid but it happened to me on two different occasions (both were Corsair PSUs). If you already are, makes sure every cable is actually working. If you have a bad SATA cable for example that's loose or dead, it'll prevent the whole system from booting because the PSU sees it as a failed start during its system check

 

[Alliebrian9084]

I tested the system with a completely separate PSU with the original cables. Did not make a difference. The problem is not with booting, it just won't turn on. Press the power button on either the case or mobo and nothing happens.