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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

UltimateToastie · 21 Jul 2022 at 17:01

Journey said:
@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.

UK essex, i have a new PC on the way so i am not in a rush to fix it but i would like to get it fixed eventually, thanks for that

UltimateToastie · 21 Jul 2022 at 17:02

Love all you man for the info and help appreciate you all <3