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ARGHH, my computer died /rant

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Anonemous

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Sigh 🙁

Try to clean my computer yesterday and got it all nice tidy with cable ties.
Turn it on and it boots and leave to watch the new years ball drop on TV.
Come back and my computer doesn't display any output (hibernating).
Reboot and it won't post (no beep, no bios, nada but Green led lit on mobo).
Couple hours spent taking everything apart and it's still dead.

What a way to start the new year!

/rant off

Happty new year though!
 
Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
check your power supply switch (make sure it is on 120 not 240 or vice, versa)

reseat CPU, heatsink, etc
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check and check, 🙁 I don't want to mess with the heatsink but I'll give it the old college try. I just don't under stand it. After I put it back together it boots up and 30 minutes later it dies. 🙁
 
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Happy New Year

Shouldn't have messed with the magic dust.
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yes, next time I won't bother clearing out the blanket of dust which covered all the fans. 🙁
 
NEVER clean the layer of dust off the electronic components. You may clean it from metal and plastic portions, but it must remain in fans and on electronics. You may clean fans and heatsinks with your fingers - never use a vacuum or brush or anything like that. I don't know why. it makes no sense to me either. But that's the way it is.
 
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
NEVER clean the layer of dust off the electronic components. You may clean it from metal and plastic portions, but it must remain in fans and on electronics. You may clean fans and heatsinks with your fingers - never use a vacuum or brush or anything like that. I don't know why. it makes no sense to me either. But that's the way it is.
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never heard of that... but I do remember the phrase: "if it ain't broke don't fix it". I was just tidying up the cables now I might need to replace the mobo/cpu. 🙁
 
Originally posted by: Anonemous
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
NEVER clean the layer of dust off the electronic components. You may clean it from metal and plastic portions, but it must remain in fans and on electronics. You may clean fans and heatsinks with your fingers - never use a vacuum or brush or anything like that. I don't know why. it makes no sense to me either. But that's the way it is.
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never heard of that... but I do remember the phrase: "if it ain't broke don't fix it". I was just tidying up the cables now I might need to replace the mobo/cpu. 🙁
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If it ain't broke, gimme a minute. My machine was working perfectly but in the last week, I've replaced the HSF, moved a cooling fan around to test temps, O/Cd a 2800+ to 2158MHz, and even flashed my BIOS... through Windows... just cause I felt like it. I'm such a rebel. I guess I'll need longer than a minute...
 
Originally posted by: Anonemous
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
NEVER clean the layer of dust off the electronic components. You may clean it from metal and plastic portions, but it must remain in fans and on electronics. You may clean fans and heatsinks with your fingers - never use a vacuum or brush or anything like that. I don't know why. it makes no sense to me either. But that's the way it is.
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never heard of that... but I do remember the phrase: "if it ain't broke don't fix it". I was just tidying up the cables now I might need to replace the mobo/cpu. 🙁
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well im currently on a short vacation and i wanted to take my computer apart and clean everything out (which i haven't done throughly since i built it)

so i took out everything, even the mobo, and dust everything off. i see a big dust ball around the CPU socket area. so i put everything back together and hope i messed nothing up... i did hold the mofo by the heatsink and sprayed some of the compressed air liquid on some circuit boards...

well it booted up and worked, except i have to rub the sound card's connectors and it worked again

to my surprise, the temperatures stay generally the same, but THE COMPUTER IS NOW NOISIER!!!

one major major improvement i got was the computer doesn't restart anymore when i use BT *knocks on wood*. but yeah i know how it feels, i've violated the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" rule before...
 
My first impression is that your machine is overheating. Are you sure the CPU fan is spinning? ( You haven't revealed if you have a window...)
 
Originally posted by: djheater
My first impression is that your machine is overheating. Are you sure the CPU fan is spinning? ( You haven't revealed if you have a window...)
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cpu fan spinning using a thermal take smart fan II and I see it spinning albeit slowly (case side lid is off). I even replaced the fan with a spare smart fan.
 
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