I was just sitting at my computer browsing the internet, deciding what game to play. All of a sudden it just completely shut off. I unplugged the system, waited a minute and then plugged it back in and hit the power button. It turned on for a second, the CD spun up along with both drives, and then shut off about 4 seconds later. It keeps doing this.
It may had been my PSU, but now I'm thinking it wasn't (or maybe it took the mainboard with it). I got a new PSU (an ultra X3 600watt) and plugged it in, and the same thing happened. So then I did the whole system testing works. I took out two sticks of ram, leaving two. I took out my 8800GTX, and put my 7600gs back in. I took ALL the ram out. I disconnected all drives and extra cards. I took out EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE POWER LEADS (I mean, everything, no CPU, no RAM, no video, no sound, no drive SATA connections, etcetera). All these different configurations led to the same symptom. Power on for a couple seconds, then power off. The lights on the mainboard indicate all power is connected and working.
Do you guys think my mainboard died? I've been using it for about a year now, with my 4200+ x2. Only mild overclocking with the appropriate voltage bump. 2.2ghz to 2.42ghz with voltage from 1.35v to 1.41v.
I was just about to put in my new Tuniq Tower 120, too.
Cliffs:
- Computer shut down, wont start back up
- switched out PSUs, same thing
- Disconnected everything but the 24pin and 4pin power cables, same thing
- Motherboard probably died...? :brokenheart:
Edit: You know, I forgot to mention a small detail... About 1-2 weeks before this system failure, I had noticed that the HDD indicator/led on my case inverted. What I mean is it stayed on during no activity and "blinked off" when it was seeking. This further leads me to believe that a capacitor or something small was wearing out. What do you think?
It may had been my PSU, but now I'm thinking it wasn't (or maybe it took the mainboard with it). I got a new PSU (an ultra X3 600watt) and plugged it in, and the same thing happened. So then I did the whole system testing works. I took out two sticks of ram, leaving two. I took out my 8800GTX, and put my 7600gs back in. I took ALL the ram out. I disconnected all drives and extra cards. I took out EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE POWER LEADS (I mean, everything, no CPU, no RAM, no video, no sound, no drive SATA connections, etcetera). All these different configurations led to the same symptom. Power on for a couple seconds, then power off. The lights on the mainboard indicate all power is connected and working.
Do you guys think my mainboard died? I've been using it for about a year now, with my 4200+ x2. Only mild overclocking with the appropriate voltage bump. 2.2ghz to 2.42ghz with voltage from 1.35v to 1.41v.
I was just about to put in my new Tuniq Tower 120, too.
Cliffs:
- Computer shut down, wont start back up
- switched out PSUs, same thing
- Disconnected everything but the 24pin and 4pin power cables, same thing
- Motherboard probably died...? :brokenheart:
Edit: You know, I forgot to mention a small detail... About 1-2 weeks before this system failure, I had noticed that the HDD indicator/led on my case inverted. What I mean is it stayed on during no activity and "blinked off" when it was seeking. This further leads me to believe that a capacitor or something small was wearing out. What do you think?
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