pc problems

Buddy · 13 Jan 2010 at 20:01

Hi,

I bought a titan goliath about 3 months back. working completely fine. came back home today and now when turning it on its shuts down then back on then shuts down and continues todo this until I turn it off at the back.

help?

AMG · 13 Jan 2010 at 20:03

power button sticky?

Buddy · 13 Jan 2010 at 20:04

sticky? nope

AMG · 13 Jan 2010 at 20:06

or just like slight dodgy or something, best way to check is diconnect it, than use on board power button (on the mobo) if it has one ?

RJC · 13 Jan 2010 at 20:08

You might need to to do a cmos reset, was the system overclocked.

Buddy · 13 Jan 2010 at 20:09

i dont know if it has one; and don't i lose the warranty if i open it up?

Buddy · 13 Jan 2010 at 20:09

yeah it was

Maniacfest · 13 Jan 2010 at 20:11

What MB has it got? Opening the case and turning it on should not void the warranty, unless the T&C's said so.

RJC · 13 Jan 2010 at 20:12

Ok, might be better posting a note in the customer section below.

I think opening up the case to reset the CMOS should hopefully not make the warranty void.

This will reset the BIOS & loose the overclock.

AMG · 13 Jan 2010 at 20:13

personaly I would be tempted to ask OCuk themselfs of the problem, before touching it, I m not sure how flexable thier warrnties are

Buddy · 13 Jan 2010 at 20:14

its a gigabyte ga-ex58-ud3r intel x58 pci-express ddr3 MB, how does one do a cmos reset? it doesn't even show anything on the screen it shuts down before anything shows up.

RJC · 13 Jan 2010 at 20:23

There are 2 pins which need to be shorted on the board, or remove the cmos battery fot 10 mins (the cmos reset pins tend to be near the battery,the manual will show this)

Buddy · 13 Jan 2010 at 20:29

i appreciate your help. I dont have the anti-stat gloves etc and correct equipment todo this properly. tbh this seems above me. ill post on the customer services. might have to let the pros sort it out. i was hoping for a quick fix but this problem seems above that.

thanks everyone

Maniacfest · 13 Jan 2010 at 20:30

RJC said:
There are 2 pins which need to be shorted on the board, or remove the cmos battery fot 10 mins (the cmos reset pins tend to be near the battery,the manual will show this)

Make sure that it is not plugged in/turned on at the back switch if you need to short the pins as you could do some serious damage. Not sure about your board in particular but mine came with a cap that you put on two pins instead of shorting it with a screwdriver!

Buddy · 14 Jan 2010 at 18:23

removed the battery for 1 minute like the manual said. no change *sigh*