Help please :(

chuck990 · 7 Jun 2010 at 17:10

Right, halfway through a programme on iplayer when all of a sudden my pc turns off. Try the power button to turn it back on, nothing. Remove the power wait for the board to run outta juice (LED off) then turn power back on and try the on button, all the fans start and lights on but only for half a second then back to stage one..... what do i doooo :'(

(same pc as in sig)

Kalearne · 7 Jun 2010 at 17:14

disconnect all cables, pull the side off and check all the connections.. check the CPU heat sink and fan setup, sounds very much like when my gf's heat sink became unclipped.

chuck990 · 7 Jun 2010 at 17:19

ill check for heating problems

wilko49 · 7 Jun 2010 at 17:26

could also be PSU dying. what are you using?

chuck990 · 7 Jun 2010 at 17:26

holy crap, this is not good, i found the problem. the switch for my cathodes was shorting on the case of the hard drive :s just hope this hasnt caused and damage

Marine-RX179 · 7 Jun 2010 at 17:28

chuck990 said:
Remove the power wait for the board to run outta juice (LED off) then turn power back on and try the on button, all the fans start and lights on but only for half a second then back to stage one..... what do i doooo :'(

Sounds to me your PSU has died on you

You got any spare PSU to test your system?

chuck990 · 7 Jun 2010 at 17:31

system back up and running fine with switch for cathode moved WAY away from anything else cheers for quick responses tho guys!