has my pc died on me?

UltimateToastie · 21 Jul 2022 at 11:51

was running some apex with a friend the other week when my pc just switched off initially thought the power in the house went but realised it was just my pc. Unplugged it all took it outside and dusted the inside wiped it down etc. when i went to test it i plugged the power cable in and switched it on and got a red light on the mother board i think (will double check) the pc doesn't turn on just a flashing red light when the power is on.

pc specs:

Cooler Master Hyper 212X CPU Cooler

Asus TUF Z270 Mark 2 Intel Z270 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

Kolink KL-600 600W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply

Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5 SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250BEU)

Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)

Intel Core i7-7700 3.6GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail

Corsair Carbide 270R Mid Tower Case - Black Window (CC-9011105-WW)

Asus GeForce GTX 1060 Dual OC 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

4TB HDD

Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30

The only changes from when i bought it was an additional ssd and the 4tb hdd swapped in for a 2tb that became faulty.

I was wondering if i should send the pc to get fixed as i am not the best when it comes to PC building etc.

Any help would be appreciated ty.

mickyflinn · 21 Jul 2022 at 12:00

Unfortunately you have a budget power supply it may not be that bit it's something that screams out.

Is the pc still under warranty ?

Minibiker · 21 Jul 2022 at 12:07

Like mickyflinn has stated, the PSU is on the budget side of things so could be the issue, When you say a red light on the motherboard, is it a Debug light?

UltimateToastie · 21 Jul 2022 at 12:10

mickyflinn said:
Unfortunately you have a budget power supply it may not be that bit it's something that screams out.

Is the pc still under warranty ?

no its been roughly 5 years

mickyflinn · 21 Jul 2022 at 12:18

UltimateToastie said:
no its been roughly 5 years

Can you give more detail about the flashing red light.

UltimateToastie · 21 Jul 2022 at 12:22

The red light is coming from the motherboard but im unable to see exactly where as the graphics card is sitting infront of it, as stated above when i plug in the power cable and switch on the power from the back it starts flashing quite slowly but consistently flashing and i cannot switch the pc on

UltimateToastie · 21 Jul 2022 at 12:25

Minibiker said:
Like mickyflinn has stated, the PSU is on the budget side of things so could be the issue, When you say a red light on the motherboard, is it a Debug light?

Okay, thanks for the heads up.

mickyflinn · 21 Jul 2022 at 12:50

UltimateToastie said:
Okay, thanks for the heads up.

In the top right hand corner of your motherboard there should be some led lights according to the manual. There should also be a mem ok button .

Diagnostic led lights take a look.

Haz123 · 21 Jul 2022 at 12:55

PSU or mobo are the most likely faulty components. The easiest way to test is to swap in a known working psu but I guess you do not have a spare to do that.

If the gpu is faulty you can remove it and plug the monitor into the mobo video output and see if you can boot with the integrated graphics. This is unlikey and the psu or mobo most likely at fault.

UltimateToastie · 21 Jul 2022 at 13:06

mickyflinn said:
In the top right hand corner of your motherboard there should be some led lights according to the manual. There should also be a mem ok button .

Diagnostic led lights take a look.

I see the men ok button the light i was on about is coming from bottom left after noticing the me ok button

Thekwango · 21 Jul 2022 at 13:12

do you have access to another psu, perhaps a friend or the like has a spare or would let you borrow theirs for an evening to test?

mickyflinn · 21 Jul 2022 at 13:19

UltimateToastie said:
I see the men ok button the light i was on about is coming from bottom left after noticing the me ok button

Blinking led near the bottom is stand by mode maybe the psu isn't powering enough but it's dificult to tell without swapping parts.

First guess is the psu.

UltimateToastie · 21 Jul 2022 at 13:20

Thekwango said:
do you have access to another psu, perhaps a friend or the like has a spare or would let you borrow theirs for an evening to test?

ill ask but probably not, most live to far

Mr Mcgoo · 21 Jul 2022 at 13:53

Afraid i can say the psu is the culprit. My friend went for this psu and 1.5 years later the pc started repeating your symptoms. After i told him his psu is the issue and was able to repeat the issue when ever he put the gpu under heavy load he finally got a new 650w, corsair rm650 and 2 years later is still running as it should

VortexA1 · 21 Jul 2022 at 14:04

Mr Mcgoo said:
Afraid i can say the psu is the culprit. My friend went for this psu and 1.5 years later the pc started repeating your symptoms. After i told him his psu is the issue and was able to repeat the issue when ever he put the gpu under heavy load he finally got a new 650w, corsair rm650 and 2 years later is still running as it should

Unless I'm reading the whole thread wrong the OP doesn't have the symptoms of when under heavy load ,it just doesn't boot up . It could be the PSU but then it could also be another component.

Journey · 21 Jul 2022 at 14:10

@UltimateToastie Not sure where you are at in the world, but happy to take a look at it for you if you want. Always have loads of spares on hand, be that PSU's CPU, motherboards and RAM etc.

Mr Mcgoo · 21 Jul 2022 at 14:25

VortexA1 said:
Unless I'm reading the whole thread wrong the OP doesn't have the symptoms of when under heavy load ,it just doesn't boot up . It could be the PSU but then it could also be another component.

Same issues, pc just turned off for no reason while gaming. Was unable to boot into windows with an amber led under ram. He was able to get it to boot into windows the following day. Leaving it over night fixed the issue to allow windows boot, but under heavy load the psu shut the pc down again and repeated this symptom. Thinking ram was the issue and turned out to be a psu over current protection.

JollyJamma · 21 Jul 2022 at 14:53

Unplug everything from the motherboard except the psu, RAM, CPU and try turning it on.

Try a different PSU too. Borrow one from a friends build.

Pretty sure it's the PSU but it could be anything.

Quartz · 21 Jul 2022 at 15:02

UltimateToastie said:
when my pc just switched off initially thought the power in the house went but realised it was just my pc.

Your CPU has an integrated GPU so strip the PC down to just CPU, motherboard, PSU and one stick of RAM and try powering it on.

UltimateToastie · 21 Jul 2022 at 17:00

Quartz said:
Your CPU has an integrated GPU so strip the PC down to just CPU, motherboard, PSU and one stick of RAM and try powering it on.

I have everything unplugged apart from the power cable for the psu and it doesn't boot.