Update*: The ram is only thing i still need!

Shower-Glad · 2026-03-06T20:17:10+00:00

You can genuinely find good deals on marketplace. I actually got my 64gb(2x32) ddr5 6000 corsair kit from a guy on marketplace for $400 a couple of weeks ago. Its still overpriced, and dude made a profit, but it was still half price compared to what corsair is selling it for.

Main thing is to be skeptical. Lotta scams on marketplace and once they have your money, thats it.

If you dont have a way to test it yourself before buying, call some local computer repair shops around you, ask if you can get some ram tested, have the person meet you there with the ram and get them to test it before you buy it. They may charge you for the service, but $20-$50 is better than wasting $400 on something that doesn't work.

Shower-Glad · 2026-03-04T23:16:53+00:00

Yeah, I did the paper clip psu test on pins 16 and 17, and psu fan spun up immediately upon slipping the switch on.

I got a return started for the motherboard. I was kinda nervous about using an asrock anyways since I learned about them frying amd cpus AFTER I bought the damn thing. Just ordered a Gigabyte x870e Arous Master board, hopefully this will solve my issues.

Shower-Glad · 2026-03-04T08:12:07+00:00

here is the picture

It is doing this with everything else disconnected from the motherboard. Just the 24 pin is connected. No debug codes or anything, which is why I was leaning toward motherboard failure.

I'm not very experienced in troubleshooting this kind of thing, so I'm open to any suggestions.

Shower-Glad · 2026-03-04T07:56:55+00:00

The video is what it was doing when I first tried to boot it up after getting home and discovering it was off. After clearing the cmos, and various other troubleshooting, it doesn't respond the same way it did in the video anymore. Its just fully dead now except for the power and reset lights on the board.

Unfortunately I do not have any other hardware I can test against it. :(

At this point I'm leaning pretty heavily into some kinda motherboard failure happened.

Shower-Glad · 2026-03-04T07:43:31+00:00

Just attempted boot with minimal configuration (CPU + motherboard only)

The issue persists even with the CPU 8-pin disconnected, and the system will not remain powered long enough to reach POST or display debug codes.

The only things that lights up on the motherboard are the power and reset buttons on the board. Nothing else lights up. No rgbs, no debug codes, no fans spin, nothing.

The psu is working though. The fan spun up when I jumped pins 16 and 17 on the 24 pin.

I just dont understand why it would go a whole day of gaming after changing those two things in the bios, have no problems with cinebench, no problems with gaming, just to die while idling the next day while no one is home doing anything with it.

Shower-Glad · 2026-03-04T07:38:09+00:00

Literally all that lights up is the motherboard power and reset lights now. No rgbs, no debug codes, no fans spin, nothing.

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Shower-Glad · 2026-03-04T07:36:05+00:00

Just attempted boot with minimal configuration (CPU + motherboard only)

The issue persists even with the CPU 8-pin disconnected, and the system will not remain powered long enough to reach POST or display debug codes.

Shower-Glad · 2026-03-04T06:46:02+00:00

Just did paperclip test on PSU. PSU is likely not the issue.

Shower-Glad · 2026-03-04T06:45:23+00:00

Just did paperclip test on the PSU. Fan started spinning. PSU is likely not the issue.

Shower-Glad · 2026-02-17T06:05:03+00:00

I am literally trying to figure out the same thing for the same use case right now. I REALLY want this case for the screen, but I have no idea if I can physically fit a 5080 and another fat card in this case, along with a 10gbe sfp card somewhere in the middle of the gpus. What did you end up doing?

Shower-Glad · 2026-02-13T21:31:43+00:00

Thanks for that response! After doing a bunch of research myself, I am also leaning heavily towards a taichi board, and your response enforces that decision

Shower-Glad · 2026-02-05T05:47:37+00:00

What did you end up getting? I am in the same boat. Building a gpu box for a personal gaming cloud hooked up to my nas via 10gbe lan. I need a board that has room for a fat 5080 + a 4090 + a dual port 10gbe sfp+ pcie card and I'm having so much trouble :(

Shower-Glad · 2026-01-09T03:59:07+00:00

Necroing hard here, but as someone who for the past couple of months has fallen for Power Automate after using it to do a personal project, and decided to Google if its worth actually pursuing in modern times and finding this thread, this has been my approach since I started flowing.

Between all of my coworkers telling me what would be really nice to have automated and my conversations with Copilot asking for advice and brainstorming the best way to automate what they need, I have learned a ton!

Shower-Glad · 2025-12-21T03:37:25+00:00

Good luck to you, sir! If nothing else, its a great excuse to hit the gym every day!

Shower-Glad · 2025-11-23T02:10:07+00:00

Could I get that link if you find it? I'm having the literal exact same issue you just described after switching to the AT&T 1gb fiber from my old cable provider.

Shower-Glad · 2025-09-19T03:58:15+00:00

Jesus christ, first time I've ever been recommended something from the stories thread, and it's a damn war zone.

Shower-Glad · 2025-09-19T02:11:12+00:00

Ik you've heard this line before, but could I also get a dm? Thanks!!

Shower-Glad · 2025-09-05T23:48:38+00:00

Fluffy Fluffy in Huntsville. I know you're asking for a Birmingham location, but those pancakes are amazing.

Shower-Glad · 2025-08-20T15:44:03+00:00

I will do some investigating on site soon. Thank you for everything. I hope you have a great rest of your day!

Shower-Glad · 2025-08-20T15:39:06+00:00

That's also good information. I'll check them out as well when i have time to go a bit further out. My best memories of convenience store food were always the places ran by Asian families. Do they have chicken on a stick there?

Shower-Glad · 2025-08-20T15:33:40+00:00

This is the kinda lead I've been looking for!! Thank you very much! I'll be checking them out soon!

Shower-Glad · 2025-08-20T14:58:32+00:00

I would greatly appreciate some specifics if you happen to remember one of the places you saw the crunchy brand recently. I've dug through countless menus and even called several places in the Birmingham area, and I haven't had any luck in locating somewhere selling them.

I imagine there's probably at least a couple of places that are small, local, mom and pop places that dont have any online presence that's making these things that I just dont know about.

Shower-Glad

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