Before I rip my pc to bits and spend money I'd rather not! I thought I would check here to see if anyone has experienced this problem.
Over the past fortnight my pc has been increasingly hard to start.
On power up the fans and drive spin up but the cpu is'nt. No boot screen, no bios and the monitor is'nt coming on line.
To start with I just did a reset. I then had to flick the mains off and on again.
I suspected a flat cmos battery so resorted to removing it etc etc.
The constants being I always need to reset the mains pwr switch and spring is coming so it's getting warmer.
I have always managed to start the rig though even if it takes a few goes.
Today was different. No start no matter what I did. So I waited from a warm afternoon until this evening and as the temps have dropped the rig started.....!
So ideally I'd like any help to determine the cause.
I suspect the PSU. As seen from the specs below its an Enermax Infiniti 720w. When you shut down the pc it detects temps and keeps the fans blowing for up to 2min whilst the rest of the pc has shut down. It uses a temp sensor in it's case for this. Failed start ups are just like the cooling shut down mode. Ie the cpu/mobo are powered down but the fans/drives are still powered.
I find it hard to believe though that the shudown cooling function is active during boot up.
The other suspect is of course the mobo itself.
if it's warm it's simply not starting up the pc.
Once booted up there are no issues. my overclocks work and are stable and games etc are fine. It's just starting.
Has anyone had these issues?
I've had a search here and revealed nothing.
Thanks.
Over the past fortnight my pc has been increasingly hard to start.
On power up the fans and drive spin up but the cpu is'nt. No boot screen, no bios and the monitor is'nt coming on line.
To start with I just did a reset. I then had to flick the mains off and on again.
I suspected a flat cmos battery so resorted to removing it etc etc.
The constants being I always need to reset the mains pwr switch and spring is coming so it's getting warmer.
I have always managed to start the rig though even if it takes a few goes.
Today was different. No start no matter what I did. So I waited from a warm afternoon until this evening and as the temps have dropped the rig started.....!
So ideally I'd like any help to determine the cause.
I suspect the PSU. As seen from the specs below its an Enermax Infiniti 720w. When you shut down the pc it detects temps and keeps the fans blowing for up to 2min whilst the rest of the pc has shut down. It uses a temp sensor in it's case for this. Failed start ups are just like the cooling shut down mode. Ie the cpu/mobo are powered down but the fans/drives are still powered.
I find it hard to believe though that the shudown cooling function is active during boot up.
The other suspect is of course the mobo itself.
if it's warm it's simply not starting up the pc.
Once booted up there are no issues. my overclocks work and are stable and games etc are fine. It's just starting.
Has anyone had these issues?
I've had a search here and revealed nothing.
Thanks.
