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Yesterday my main comp which has been working fine for the last 2 years died, and i am looking for advice as to why.
I was just on the computer when it died, there was no warning, the power just went off, and refused to come back on. I opened it up to take a look and every few seconds the fans would flicker for an instant and move about a centimeter and the fan lights would be on instantaneously.
It refused to turn back on.
I reseated all the components and checked that everything was plugged in properly, and tried again.
This time something went pop, and annoyingly i am not sure what.
Since then i have unplugged it and have not turned it back on, as i am wondering wht course of action to take. The poping noise was definately electrical in nature.
I believe this to be a PSU or a Motherboard issue, as i cant think of anything else that would cause this sort of power failure, but i am worried that the pop could have been a second problem, rather than an extension of whatever caused the original power problem.
Just wondered what you guys would recommend i do to get this fixed, and i would really appreciate any adice you have.
The rig has been working fine for the past 2 years and there was not any overheating that i could see, so i dont thnk that was the problem.
What should my next course of action be??
I was just on the computer when it died, there was no warning, the power just went off, and refused to come back on. I opened it up to take a look and every few seconds the fans would flicker for an instant and move about a centimeter and the fan lights would be on instantaneously.
It refused to turn back on.
I reseated all the components and checked that everything was plugged in properly, and tried again.
This time something went pop, and annoyingly i am not sure what.
Since then i have unplugged it and have not turned it back on, as i am wondering wht course of action to take. The poping noise was definately electrical in nature.
I believe this to be a PSU or a Motherboard issue, as i cant think of anything else that would cause this sort of power failure, but i am worried that the pop could have been a second problem, rather than an extension of whatever caused the original power problem.
Just wondered what you guys would recommend i do to get this fixed, and i would really appreciate any adice you have.
The rig has been working fine for the past 2 years and there was not any overheating that i could see, so i dont thnk that was the problem.
What should my next course of action be??
