Another day of testing and now it looks like the ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-A "GAMING" WIFI D4 motherboard is at fault. Luckily (hah!) the warranty has not yet expired on it, and the supplier is friendly a f. 2025, year starting with bad tech luck, hopefully will turn out much better.
#rogfail
#motherboard
#sheded
#badtechluck
#electrogirl

Tested new chip and...

Same fucking fail. Dammit. I was 90% sure it was the chip (as weird as it was). Now testing and retesting power supply and motherboard. My tech luck drought... continues.

#badtechluck
#electrogirl

Aaaaaaand my super duper workstation refuses to make POST. I mean, fr, whose blue genie balls did I tread on to get slapped with this bad a run of tech luck? Me rn:
#sickofthisshit
#whosegenieballsdiditreadon
#techwoes
#badtechluck