I attempted to transfer all of the parts in a dell xps 8910 into a cooler master silencio 352 so that I could fit my msi gtx 1060 graphics card. Btw this is whats in the pre built xps
Motherboard dell ipskl-vm
Cpu core i5 6400
2 4gb ram cards
1tb hard drive
Ev3a supernova 750 g3/stock power supply at 350w
Some graphics crapy graphics card that came with the pre built computer.
So I changed out the psu to a ev3a supernova 750 g3 a couple of weeks back with no problems coming from it, I also tested the old gpu on the build. When I removed all the components I realised that the standoffs weren't tightened extremely well and two/three of them out of the case when I unscrewed the screws. But I don't think that that was the problem because it still continues to repeatedly restart when bred boarded with the cpu/cooler/motherboard/one stick of ram and only the 24 pin and cpu power pluged in. I tried my best to trouble shoot but this motherboard doesn't seem to have the pins for my post speakers.
I guess my question is, did I murder my motherboard?
Update- im using my old power supply and I was able to get things going like normal by repeatedly turning on and off the power suplly, everything is turning on like normal except that the screen wont turn on still (I still don't have pins for motherboard speaker so this is the best that I can do to test it, its still bread boarded while I do this. I tried pulling out and placing back the cpu and noticed that dell put ALOT of thermal paste on it. Also after forcing the computer on I am now able to short the power pins and turn it "off" but after a while it starts to repeatedly restart. Before I couldn't even short the pins to power it on or off.
Update
I found out that the tower comes with led blinking patterns to tell of problems within the computer rather than post pins, so I threw it in the case and "forced" it sorta on then turned it off. The power led started blinking twice before pausing and according to the manuel that means that it cannot find the ram. But the only ddr4 ram that I currently have are the two sticks that came with the computer. So I switched out each single ram stick in every slot and tried to boot but with no luck. I'm guessing that I have either somehow messed up both sticks of ram transferring it from one case to another or that the motherboard got destroyed and cannot recognise that there are ram cards inserted at all...or that the cpu is broken...somehow :/
This is the makeshift test bench that I maid to try and test my woes.
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Can anyone please help? I was working with a friend on upgrading my computer and as we finished and attempted to boot it, it would not boot but rather start and hum a bit, then shut down and restart. We have tried talking to others but many of them do not understand what the cause may be. I believe we may have damaged the mother board.
More information about my computer is here if anyone can help: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/769448-my-new-build-powers-on-and-off-every-5-seconds/?_fromLogin=1#replyForm


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