Lo lads,
Quick question, not sure which (or both) are causing this issue i've been having with my PC.
Been running my setup for well over a year with no problems, however last few weeks my PC sometimes does not boot up, with 3 red LED's lit up on the 4870. There are 4 LEDs, and, 1st is lit, 2nd is not, 3rd and 4th are lit.
Repeatedly switching off the PC (5 sec switch off) and powering it back on...after maybe anything between 3-10 power up's it will boot up normally and...be absolutely fine.
PSU is a generic 650w, 4870 512mb (asus), Asus Mobo (forget the exact model), Q6600 (testing it as standard ghz for now, can run at 3.2ghz), 6gb ram, 1 HD, 1 Blu-Ray player, one n/w card.
Any ideas, i'd wager its the graphics card, yet once it does power up it is fine, which maybe might indicate the PSU is on it's way out?
Last night I dissasembled and re-assembled everything, made sure everthing was seated properly in their respective slots, recoated both the CPU and Graphics card with thermal paste, all heatsinks are tightly set. Took a couple of tries until it booted up and ran fine for 3/4 hours...all power connectors are obviously connected up and checked.
Would appreciate any pointers as to what it could be....
Quick question, not sure which (or both) are causing this issue i've been having with my PC.
Been running my setup for well over a year with no problems, however last few weeks my PC sometimes does not boot up, with 3 red LED's lit up on the 4870. There are 4 LEDs, and, 1st is lit, 2nd is not, 3rd and 4th are lit.
Repeatedly switching off the PC (5 sec switch off) and powering it back on...after maybe anything between 3-10 power up's it will boot up normally and...be absolutely fine.
PSU is a generic 650w, 4870 512mb (asus), Asus Mobo (forget the exact model), Q6600 (testing it as standard ghz for now, can run at 3.2ghz), 6gb ram, 1 HD, 1 Blu-Ray player, one n/w card.
Any ideas, i'd wager its the graphics card, yet once it does power up it is fine, which maybe might indicate the PSU is on it's way out?
Last night I dissasembled and re-assembled everything, made sure everthing was seated properly in their respective slots, recoated both the CPU and Graphics card with thermal paste, all heatsinks are tightly set. Took a couple of tries until it booted up and ran fine for 3/4 hours...all power connectors are obviously connected up and checked.
Would appreciate any pointers as to what it could be....