Pretty miserable about this right now, but not getting stressed about it

[weyland yutani]

You have had this problem unresolved for over a month now then?! I'd be stressed too. It sounds like a fubar mobo to me, which leaves me a tad nervous lol

 

[J-FRO]

Will try taking gfx card out a bit later tonight and cleaning and putting it back in again. If that doesn't work, it's RMA time this weekend. Will push the upgrade thing as well if I can. Spent about £70 trying to isolate this and it has taken about a month - not helped by starting a new job etc

Cheers guys, as ever all thoughts and opinions much appreciated.

 

[J-FRO]

Some good news!

Msi sent me a Z68-GD65 replacement for my P67A!

Now some bad news.

Apparently my mobo wasn't the cause of the problem which now means it can only be either my processor or psu.

I think i've ruled the psu out because with my new board i took the graphics card out and connected my monitor to the mobo and unhooked all fans etc and still the exact same problem.

And if it is the CPU it could partly explain why it wont just get past that one loading point and boot up. So is it my CPU? What do you guys think?

 

[olivier renault]

if that's the only thing left, it could well be. Check for damage although unlikely it will show up. Does it post into bios? Did you overclock and did you keep it sensible?

 

[mmj_uk]

Sounds like your CPU might have died/degraded, have you tried underclocking memory etc?

 

[BAMBI]

I dont understand why you have discounted the PSU? My money is on the PSU, CPU problems are rare, PSUs die all the time.

It seems to me that the point of failure is at an increased power draw point hence PSU?

 

[J-FRO]

if that's the only thing left, it could well be. Check for damage although unlikely it will show up. Does it post into bios? Did you overclock and did you keep it sensible?

Yup posts into bios alright.

Sounds like your CPU might have died/degraded, have you tried underclocking memory etc?

Not tried underclocking it no, never even considered that. Would seem strange to clock it down from 3.3 to say 3Ghz, I should try though.

I dont understand why you have discounted the PSU? My money is on the PSU, CPU problems are rare, PSUs die all the time.

It seems to me that the point of failure is at an increased power draw point hence PSU?

I discounted PSU because I figured by minimising the amount of power draw on it by taking graphics card out etc it should leave more than enough power to boot up. But what you're saying does sound quite logical as it is indeed a point of increased power draw.

 

[Hagar]

One of the decent things a certain four letter supplier did for me was when buying a PSU, they sent me a free gift of a PSU tester. It has only been used once but proved its value immensely.

In the bios is there a health screen showing voltages?

 

[olivier renault]

I discounted PSU because I figured by minimising the amount of power draw on it by taking graphics card out etc it should leave more than enough power to boot up. But what you're saying does sound quite logical as it is indeed a point of increased power draw.

It doesn't matter if the power draw is minimal, if the PSU is broken in some way, it could just not be able to supply enough power for boot.

 

[DoubleCheese]

I'd take everything out of the case and just "build" the barebones PC on an insulating mat. Borrow a friends PSU to test on your board.
You could Download and burn an Ubuntu ISO so you can run an OS off CD/DVD.
Just connect PSU, CPU, DVD ROM and monitor to board and use 1 stick of memory at a time and try to get it to boot into Ubuntu. Gradually eliminate defective parts.

Good luck!

 

[J-FRO]

Was about to send my CPU of tomorrow, but was browsing the forums on my phone yesterday and came across an idea.

"what about trying to plug my PC into a different socket?!"

I had my plug socket set up like this:

double socket --> 1 x three way adapter + 1 x two socket extension lead.

1 x two socket extension lead for TV and PS3

1 x three way adapter for PC, Logitech 5.1 and 24" monitor.

Unplugged speakers, plugged monitor directly into the socket and connected PC to socket on other side of the room.

Boots up absolutely fine. Was a power issue after all! I feel like such a twit but in the same breath so relieved!

 

[JTrickle]

You can sort of see why places want you to test kit out with other parts/machines before they will agree to give out RMA numbers.

 

[J-FRO]

Agreed, but I guess I done more than just test stuff. I spent probably about £100 trying to sort it out!

 

[FishPolice]

Fantastic news!

What a relief for you mate

 

[Lemin]

I was just about to say that fix !

(gets coat)