I got home last night and my PC wouldn't power on. Up until that point I had been using it fine with no problems and the night before, I was using it and powered it down normally. When I pressed the power switch on the case I heard a brief whirling of the fans and then it seemed to shut down.
At this point I took the side off the case to see if I could see any damage to anything. There was nothing obvious that I could see. This didn't happen as a result of something going wrong or me changing something. Everything was fine as far as I know and then all of a sudden it won't power on.
So I tried pressing the power button several times. A couple of times it would get to the POST screen but there was a message saying that it was running in fail safe mode and that the uGuru utility (it's an abit motherboard) should be checked in the set up. Before I had time to do this it would cut out. I did manage to get into the bios once before it cutting out but I don't know what I was looking for really or if there was anything wrong with that. I don't know if the message about the fail safe mode is an indication of the problem or a result of it not powering on correctly.
Other times when I pressed the power button the lights on the motherboard would come on and the fans would start to spin momentarily and then it would shut down.
The motherboard has a small LED counter thing on the bottom right and another red LED light near the ATX Power socket. Now when the power supply is on (as in the switch on the back is set to on but the computer not on) these are lit and stay lit. When I try to turn the computer on the other lights come on before it shuts down.
There is also, what I can only describe as a fast clicking noise prior to it cutting out. If it cuts out after just pressing the power button then it just tends to make one or two, like the noise you get from a static shock, then goes. If it makes it to the POST screen you can tell when its going to go because it makes about half a doesn't clicking noises then goes.
Do you think this is an issue with my PSU or one of my other components? I'm really struggling to know what the problem is. Unfortunately I don't have any spare components that I could use to do tests and I don't know anyone that might have any either. So any information/advice from here would be really useful.
Here is my spec:
Antec P182
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4ghz) Socket 775 FSB1066 4MB
Abit AW9D-MAX Intel 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2
Corsair 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2
MSI 7900GTO 512MB DDR3 DVI TVO SLI ready PCI-E
2x 1TB HDD
1x 500GB HDD
1 Optical Drive
And either a Hiper 530W Black Type-R Modular PSU or Hiper 580W Type-R Modular PSU, not sure which one I put in this case
Any help would be gratefully received. Thanks in advance.
At this point I took the side off the case to see if I could see any damage to anything. There was nothing obvious that I could see. This didn't happen as a result of something going wrong or me changing something. Everything was fine as far as I know and then all of a sudden it won't power on.
So I tried pressing the power button several times. A couple of times it would get to the POST screen but there was a message saying that it was running in fail safe mode and that the uGuru utility (it's an abit motherboard) should be checked in the set up. Before I had time to do this it would cut out. I did manage to get into the bios once before it cutting out but I don't know what I was looking for really or if there was anything wrong with that. I don't know if the message about the fail safe mode is an indication of the problem or a result of it not powering on correctly.
Other times when I pressed the power button the lights on the motherboard would come on and the fans would start to spin momentarily and then it would shut down.
The motherboard has a small LED counter thing on the bottom right and another red LED light near the ATX Power socket. Now when the power supply is on (as in the switch on the back is set to on but the computer not on) these are lit and stay lit. When I try to turn the computer on the other lights come on before it shuts down.
There is also, what I can only describe as a fast clicking noise prior to it cutting out. If it cuts out after just pressing the power button then it just tends to make one or two, like the noise you get from a static shock, then goes. If it makes it to the POST screen you can tell when its going to go because it makes about half a doesn't clicking noises then goes.
Do you think this is an issue with my PSU or one of my other components? I'm really struggling to know what the problem is. Unfortunately I don't have any spare components that I could use to do tests and I don't know anyone that might have any either. So any information/advice from here would be really useful.
Here is my spec:
Antec P182
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4ghz) Socket 775 FSB1066 4MB
Abit AW9D-MAX Intel 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2
Corsair 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2
MSI 7900GTO 512MB DDR3 DVI TVO SLI ready PCI-E
2x 1TB HDD
1x 500GB HDD
1 Optical Drive
And either a Hiper 530W Black Type-R Modular PSU or Hiper 580W Type-R Modular PSU, not sure which one I put in this case
Any help would be gratefully received. Thanks in advance.
