Whenever I connect 8 pin connector of psu to the cpu socket my motherboard runs for micro second then turned off. But if I remove 8 pin, all fans are working and I am getting yellow led as well. When i touch my processor without plugging 8 pin, I can feel its becoming a bit hot. So is it my motherboard faulty or processor?
TIA
Make sure you're not plugging in the 8-pin PCI-E power into the 8-pin EPS motherboard port. I've seen people destroying their motherboard and CPU that way.
Connecting it for a moment and trying to boot the system destroys it permanently in most cases.
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Sounds like there's a fault on the power rails, it could be a bad FET which is shorted to ground.
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