Help!

[jamesjohnson88]

Ok, last night my computer crashed while browsing the net, not even running at load or anything like that.... Now whenI power on there is nothing but a black screen. I can't even enter BIOS. The comp was only slightly overclocked (q6600 @ 2.5ghz, RAM 800 @ 833) and it was stable.

I have cleared the CMOS using the jumper on the mobo, but to no avail. Also checked both sticks of RAM, no problem there either.

It is a 680i mobo and the chipsets get quite hot, butI did have a HR-05 SLI on the NB/SB with good airflow.

Any ideas?

 

[Toxcity]

Grab a multimeter and test the powersupply.

 

[jamesjohnson88]

I don't have one. Can't see it being the PSU though. Its been through much more stress than browsing the net.

 

[Luigi]

What is the PSU?

 

[Uncle_Fluffy]

Electrics can go pop at any time, not just under stress.

When you try to power on, is it completely dead or do the fans and drives spin?

If there is power to these then it could be a dead mobo.

 

[jamesjohnson88]

Yeah, the computer fully powers on. Mobo lights up, GPU lights up, all fans, etc. etc.

 

[Uncle_Fluffy]

Do you have any spare components you can swap in, to see if you can identify the problem.

Also try the graphics card, if that is dead you would get these same symptoms (I know cos I killed one ).

When I've had this problem it took many hours of swappng bits to get to the culprit, but I'm in the fortunate position of having a couple of similar PCs. The last time is was the RAM (Corsair replaced it with no probs).

 

[jamesjohnson88]

Don't really have a spare anything, lol. I've contacted the XFX customer support to see what they think (though I hear they are

s). The GPU seems to be seated well enough.

One thing I have noticed though -

When the PC is turned on (in the state its in atm) after leaving it for an hour or so, I took the case side off and touched the heatsink fins and they were cold, whereas normally they'd be warm due to the CPU running 100% in the BIOS. When I was building the system I tested it without a GPU and heatsinks warmed up. So I think I can rule out the GPU. I'll be susprised if it isn't the mobo, hopefully its not the CPU.... :s

 

[Uncle_Fluffy]

Sound like a power issue then.

That narrows it down to CPU, Motherboard or PSU.

If you can't test this yourself, you'll need to find a man who can or someone on this forum who lives close.

 

[Luigi]

is the mobo deffinately raised.. thats a common mistake..

 

[jamesjohnson88]

is the mobo deffinately raised.. thats a common mistake..

Yup, the mobo is definitely raised.

 

[Hassan]

What I would do is open up all the components (Motherboard, Graphics Card, CPU etc) and then put back together. Could be that there is a loose connection.

Seeing that the thread is kinda old and you havn't replied back, I would guess that you have sorted out the problem.