I have been putting together my own computers for years; I've built at least 10 and never had this happen. One of my spare machines did not have a Windows 11 compatible mobo, so I purchase a replacement with TPM (Asus Prime B360M-A) so I could use it to test Windows 11. It was not new (half priced), but I understood it to be new, just an item with damaged packaging. Yesterday, I removed the cpu, cooler, ram, and nvme drive and put them on the new board. It started ok, but I had no video, so today I returned it. Then I decided to reassemble the old components to make sure everything was still working. Now I have no video from it. I have checked the monitor power and replaced the video cable (using D-sub). I also tried the HDMI out on a working monitor, but nothing. I have ordered a replacement mobo (same model) and also a replacement cpu (intel i5 6600). My guess is the cpu was damaged installing it and running it on the new board.
Any other thoughts on this? Am I overlooking something obvious?
Any other thoughts on this? Am I overlooking something obvious?