X370 Gaming K4 can't power up

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   Help! I'm having a bad problem with my PC, about 3.5 months after my purchase

Frequency of problem: intermittent (every other morning)

Details of problem
I turn off my PC every night before bed. However in the morning for the past 3 weeks... Motherboard LED is functional when PSU switch is on, but PC can't power on. No beeps. No Dr Debug. No fans. No HDD spin. May have to press power button several times any time between 1 to 10 minutes to get system to power on. On power on, time is lost (usually between 3 to 5 hours, both in windows and uefi/bios). No other problems.

Steps taken so far (ineffective, sadly)
1. Jumper reset CMOS and replaced CMOS battery
2. Rolled back to v3.00 of uefi
3. Reset bios settings

Hardware profile
(Should appear in signature)

Please let me know what other info I should provide!

Edited by edogawa - 03 Sep 2017 at 11:00am

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edogawa Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 03 Sep 2017 Location: Singapore Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote edogawa Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: X370 Gaming K4 can't power up Posted: 03 Sep 2017 at 10:57am
	Help! I'm having a bad problem with my PC, about 3.5 months after my purchase Frequency of problem: intermittent (every other morning) Details of problem I turn off my PC every night before bed. However in the morning for the past 3 weeks... Motherboard LED is functional when PSU switch is on, but PC can't power on. No beeps. No Dr Debug. No fans. No HDD spin. May have to press power button several times any time between 1 to 10 minutes to get system to power on. On power on, time is lost (usually between 3 to 5 hours, both in windows and uefi/bios). No other problems. Steps taken so far (ineffective, sadly) 1. Jumper reset CMOS and replaced CMOS battery 2. Rolled back to v3.00 of uefi 3. Reset bios settings Hardware profile (Should appear in signature) Please let me know what other info I should provide! Edited by edogawa - 03 Sep 2017 at 11:00am
	Asrock x370 gaming K4, AMD Ryzen 5 1600 + stock cooler, 2 x 8Gb Gskill ripjaw f4-2666c15d-16gvr, Radeon HD7790, FSP Aurum Gold 500W, Win 10 Home 64bit, v3.00bios

wardog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 15 Jul 2015 Status: Offline Points: 6447	Post Options Post Reply Quote wardog Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Sep 2017 at 11:29am
	You should beg or borrow a 550w or larger PSU to test with. The 400w FSP, while good, doesn't cover the requirements/needs of the 7790, which is 430w Min.. http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

edogawa Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 03 Sep 2017 Location: Singapore Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote edogawa Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Sep 2017 at 12:26pm
	Hi there, I took out my PSU and realised that it's a 500W model and not 400W as I had remembered. Updating signature. Should I still borrow a 550W psu? Another piece of semi-to-nonuseful information: Back before my pc upgrade (Ryzen + AM4 +ddr4), I had problems cold booting every few months of the year (but without the time loss), which were solved by reseating both RAM (which was DDR3) and GPU (which is still the HD7790). Didn't try that yet because it's new RAM and PC did start intermittently... Edited by edogawa - 03 Sep 2017 at 12:31pm
	Asrock x370 gaming K4, AMD Ryzen 5 1600 + stock cooler, 2 x 8Gb Gskill ripjaw f4-2666c15d-16gvr, Radeon HD7790, FSP Aurum Gold 500W, Win 10 Home 64bit, v3.00bios

parsec Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 04 May 2015 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 4996	Post Options Post Reply Quote parsec Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Sep 2017 at 6:37pm
	The loss of time normally means the board's battery is bad. Since you turn off the PSU, the battery is not being charged as much as it could be. Or it is related to your potential PSU problem. The batteries in PCs can last for many years, or fail quickly, just random. The battery is a CR2032. The need to reseat your memory and video card could be caused by a humid environment. Trying a different PSU is the first thing to do.