AAAARGH! PC problems

Blunt · March 08, 2011, 02:42:13 PM

I've just sat down at my PC and tapped space to wake it up and nothing happened:sad:
The monitor light was on standby amber and the PC panel light was on.
after a few seconds the PC shut down.
I press the power button to re-start and the lights come on, the fans start up, but it shuts itself off after 10 seconds or so.
There's no beeps, the monitor light stays amber.
Any ideas?

Tutonic · March 08, 2011, 02:59:19 PM

It's far too early for a LAN-disaster, can you come back in about 3 weeks?

Sounds like a potential power-supply problem. Have you got a spare you can swap in to test?

Blunt · March 08, 2011, 03:02:30 PM

I was thinking PSU meself, just been up in the loft digging out my old one.

I did a great job with the cable management, it's gonna hurt undoing it all:(

Tutonic · March 08, 2011, 03:09:23 PM

Quote from: Blunt;321142I did a great job with the cable management, it's gonna hurt undoing it all:(

Precisely why I keep mine so messy

Gorion · March 08, 2011, 04:27:54 PM

It's probably the psu.

The other culprit for auto shutdowns is over heating, but unless you have some serious overclocking - it should last longer than 10 seconds (unless your bios settings have been modified).

GhostMjr · March 08, 2011, 04:57:15 PM

Is this after the new ram blunt that you were talking about?

Blunt · March 08, 2011, 08:03:00 PM

Quote from: Gorion;321147It's probably the psu.

The other culprit for auto shutdowns is over heating, but unless you have some serious overclocking - it should last longer than 10 seconds (unless your bios settings have been modified).

It was the PSU.
I swapped an old one back in and it worked after a bit of messing with restore.

Quote from: GhostMjr;321149Is this after the new ram blunt that you were talking about?

No m8, that hasn't arrived yet.

Tutonic · March 08, 2011, 10:01:41 PM

Grab yourself a Corsair PSU mate, they're the business.

Blunt · March 08, 2011, 11:42:32 PM

Quote from: Tutonic;321188Grab yourself a Corsair PSU mate, they're the business.

That's what failed m8
"Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant"
1 year old

kregoron · March 09, 2011, 07:44:25 AM

Quote from: Blunt;321196That's what failed m8
"Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant"
1 year old

Eventho its made by Seasonic (awsome manufacturer), all manufactures can make a bad bunch, sadly you got one of the bad

the TX650 is a good PSU and ALMOst never dies, isnt it still within warranty?

Snokio · March 09, 2011, 08:09:45 AM

Yeah, what he said!! Corsair have long warranties (5-7 years IIRC), think you can check online?

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Tutonic · March 09, 2011, 08:15:27 AM

Quote from: Blunt;321196That's what failed m8
"Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant"
1 year old

Bummer, you should at least be able to get it replaced under warranty.

You can submit an RMA request to them here.

Blunt · March 09, 2011, 10:25:25 AM

I RMA'd it last night.
I'm pretty sure it's a lifetime warranty, but even if it's not, I'm sure I will be covered at 13 months.
Thanks for all your advice chaps:)

Blunt · March 09, 2011, 08:59:01 PM

Still having problems, I'm wondering if it's the Motherboard.

it's a Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 microATX

It's still crashing whilst doing various tasks...starting up BO or BC2 and it just switches off...I managed to play a bit of HL earlier though.
Running windows memory test crashes it too.

I have noticed that the 4 memory lights do not stay on after it's booted up, when I switch on the 4 light come on, 2 red & 2 green, but they go out after a few seconds. should they be on or off?
I'm sure they used to stay on all the time:blink:
I've also heard a feint click during boot...sort of like an electrical spark type noise, can't locate the source though.
Any thoughts?

DrunkenZombiee · March 09, 2011, 09:27:36 PM

You mentioned your cable management earlier....

Are you running cables between the MOBO and your case? I had a friend once who managed to melt some wires by threading them between the MOBO and backing plate of the case somehow. Caused all sorts of issues and was hard to Diagnose as it was shorting out tracks on the back of the MOBO so loads of weird stuff was happening.

Also, might be worth checking all power connections on the MOBO and your GFX card to make sure they all are in really firmly. Even fan headers and re-re-seating the CPU. May be worth giving the GFX card a one over too as your having problems with high end games. You got any mates that can test your GFX card for you? If you have a spare fast PCI-e might be worth swapping it over to see if it makes a difference.

Once you have given it a good service and are sure just RMA it. Need to rule out other causes first though.

Hope this helps.

DZ.