Asrock Q270 Pro+ Not Booting

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   Hi, 

I recently purchases this board and for some reason the fans are not spinning. There is no sign of life other than that I know the motherboard is receiving power because some lights on my GPU light up notifying when 6+2 directly from the  PSU to the GPU are not connected.
The board is sold as a 1151 compatible board, but upon checking the compability list I saw that my I5-9400 is not in the list. Is it really not compatible with that CPU and is that a possible reason the cpu fans are not spinning?

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DBechai Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 23 Sep 2022 Status: Offline Points: 35	Post Options Post Reply Quote DBechai Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Asrock Q270 Pro+ Not Booting Posted: 23 Sep 2022 at 10:44pm
	Hi, I recently purchases this board and for some reason the fans are not spinning. There is no sign of life other than that I know the motherboard is receiving power because some lights on my GPU light up notifying when 6+2 directly from the PSU to the GPU are not connected. The board is sold as a 1151 compatible board, but upon checking the compability list I saw that my I5-9400 is not in the list. Is it really not compatible with that CPU and is that a possible reason the cpu fans are not spinning?

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Online Points: 25028	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 Sep 2022 at 12:43am
	Yes, the 9400 won't run on that board, same number of pins, different pinout. You will need a 6000 or 7000 series CPU.


DBechai Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 23 Sep 2022 Status: Offline Points: 35	Post Options Post Reply Quote DBechai Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 Sep 2022 at 1:50am
	Ok, so with that particular CPU type the cpu fan will not spin either right? Trying to figure out whether it is just the faulty CPU which I can replace or that the board itself has a problem. I got the -9400 in there now, I guess if I get a compatible CPU and put that in all should work (as in inserting the -9400 doesn't ruin the pins?).

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Online Points: 25028	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 Sep 2022 at 6:35am
	The 9400 is not compatible and has a different pinout so yes, it is most likely why the fans are not spinning up. You will need a 6000 or 7000 series CPU. While 8000 and 9000 series use the same physical socket they are not pin compatible.