2. Administrators Jabo Posted July 11, 2016 2. Administrators Share Posted July 11, 2016 Bugger. Powered the PC on tonight (I've been using it fine today) and...nothing. Lights come on but no POST or beeps then a few seconds later the power goes off and then switches back on - repeat until bored. Unplugged all the drives, took out the Gfx card and all but one stick of ram. Still the same. Reset the CMOS, still the same. Sooo, PSU, CPU or Motherboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted July 11, 2016 Author 2. Administrators Share Posted July 11, 2016 Update to above. The PC completes the POST every fourth restart, but the power goes off before you can do anything else. Any suggestions gratefully received. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted July 11, 2016 Author 2. Administrators Share Posted July 11, 2016 Further update to above. Rig is now completely dead, no lights, fans or anything happening now Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum B16Enk Posted July 12, 2016 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted July 12, 2016 Further update to above. Rig is now completely dead, no lights, fans or anything happening now Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Difficult one to call Nick, but it does sound like PSU to me. Short of being able to swap out and test though, this will be difficult to diagnose... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted July 12, 2016 Author 2. Administrators Share Posted July 12, 2016 Thanks Rog, yep, this has got me scratching my head too, but there are some additional issues which also point to the PSU such has hard drives refusing to spin up which did eventually after some unplugging and replugging - I think a new PSU is probably a good idea. I'll get one on order today. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted July 12, 2016 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted July 12, 2016 Reset Bios? All speeds clocked down to nice level? It does sound very fasmiliar though, someone recently had very similar issues, like boot only once every two attempts... or.. was that you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted July 12, 2016 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted July 12, 2016 Read here: A post by Friar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted July 12, 2016 Author 2. Administrators Share Posted July 12, 2016 Can't boot the thing to update the BIOS. It's not the PSU either. Bought a cheapo one this morning as a trial and it's giving me the same problem. I'm thinking that perhaps the mobo is the problem, but it's an LGA 1155 and you can't get them anymore. Anyone have a spare one they can offer a dog in distress? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Sorry to hear that Nick. I had that problem last year and had to buy a new CPU as well.Maybe take a chance on fleabay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD_Arthur Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Maybe take a chance on fleabay? This. http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Motherboards/1244/i.html?_dcat=1244&Socket%2520Type=LGA%25201155%252FSocket%2520H2&_trksid=p2045573.m1684 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted July 12, 2016 Author 2. Administrators Share Posted July 12, 2016 Thanks Arthur, good call. Will investigate. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted July 12, 2016 Author 2. Administrators Share Posted July 12, 2016 New board purchased, should be here by Monday Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_O_A_D Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 I got here too late. the PSU can be jumped with it unplugged from MOBO, jump the green and the black wire in the middle just left of the clip IIRC. Didn't you just go spend some quality time with the Dogz and real airplanes? I have afeel your computer Bitch got jealous. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted July 15, 2016 Author 2. Administrators Share Posted July 15, 2016 Thanks TOAD. I'm aware of the green/black trick to fool the PSU into starting up but beyond being able to measure the voltages on the pins (which I did) it didn't really tell me anything about the behaviour of the unit under load. Plus the PSU is the cheapest thing to replace so I felt it made sense to start there. Jealous? Probably. Lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted July 28, 2016 Author 2. Administrators Share Posted July 28, 2016 So turns out the mobo was the problem. Replaced with one purchased from fleabay (thx Crash & Arthur) and everything is good again. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD_Arthur Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 On Sunday night my pc decided it was dead as the proverbial and I decided it was the psu. Went into Maplins this morning and picked up a new one. Back at home, just before axing my way into the packaging I read this thread, pulled the graphics card out and all but one stick of memory and turned it on. Hmmm....fans come on, hd spins up and my Asus mobo gives me one long bleep and three short ones. Not the psu then. Put the graphics card back in and still one long bleep and three little 'uns. According to my big book of Asus bleep codes that means no VGA; as in graphics card gone west!! So; nice one Jabo Psu goes back to Maplins tomorrow and its off to ebay for a new graphics card. Can't really justify splashing out as I've bought myself a very big two-wheeled toy recently so I'm thinking of a hundred squid limit and - if I'm lucky - an Nvidia 780 or a 770 with 4 gigs of memory. Seems like plenty to choose from at the moment. Considered a 960 but it dosen't seem much of a step up from my now dead 6600ti. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted August 25, 2016 Author 2. Administrators Share Posted August 25, 2016 780 will do pretty much everything you need for a good while yet. I'd probably go for that over a 960 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Just one quick thought before you splash out Arthur, if your mobo has onboard graphics, does it work correctly with the graphics card removed? Could still be a mobo fault! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD_Arthur Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 No on board graphics to worry about so pretty convinced its the card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted August 25, 2016 Author 2. Administrators Share Posted August 25, 2016 Yep, sounds like it to me - got an old card you can put in there just to check? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD_Arthur Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Haven't got an old card to put in but put my card in one of my nephews pc tonight and....it's brown bread. It's three years and three months old which means warranty expired three months ago. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted August 26, 2016 Author 2. Administrators Share Posted August 26, 2016 Just so you know, ebuyer are offering PayPal credit deals at the moment... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD_Arthur Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Gotta' GTX770 from ebay. It's very exciting - it's got two fans! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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