What to do with my knackered computer

Guest2

Guest2

Guest2

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It will no longer turn on. I have tested gpu, cpu, ram and power and there are no problems. I have stripped everything out. When the cpu is out, no fans turn on but power stays running to motherboard (and lights stay on) When the cpu is in, fans turn on but go into a reboot loop, turning on and off.

What i did notice is that one of the pins on the motherboard under where the cpu goes looks 'darker' No pins look bent, but one does look a bit strange


Spec -
Gigabyte p45 ds3p
4x1gb ocz
Q6600 & h50 cooling (not overclocked for over a year)
Evga 570
Corsair tx850
Crucial m4 128gb
3x1tb storage drives
Hazro 27" (dvi only one)
 
Sounds like a motherboard problem.

Try using half the RAM, and place them in different channels if need be. That seems a good fix sometimes.
 
Ill take it all out the case tonight and place on cardboard, then try and fire it up with bare minimum.

I'm almost sure its a broken pin on the motherboard, I think thats why it looks darker in the right light.
 
Guest2 said:
Tried that multiple times and tried removing battery, powering on, removing battery and power lead aswell

All bios settings are on defaults anyway apart from HD on AHCI for SSD
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When mine did this before it was a PSU failure, the 24 pin socket on my motherboard had actually turned black from where it had burnt out. Try it with a different PSU. Mine was only a cheap crappy one so it's unlikely that our cases are identical, but it's always worth a go.
 
BoonMonkey said:
When mine did this before it was a PSU failure, the 24 pin socket on my motherboard had actually turned black from where it had burnt out. Try it with a different PSU. Mine was only a cheap crappy one so it's unlikely that our cases are identical, but it's always worth a go.
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No burnt marks or anything on the motherboard i can see. Its strange, its like it shorts out but it does eventually turn on when left.

I can then benchmark the PSU at full load and it passes

Will try out the case on cardboard then with my housemates psu
 
CrixxzeH said:
Im sure you would be able to sell the system IMHO, maybe even change the cpu and keep it for family member?
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Think i should be able to, I reckon maybe around £500 (570 superclocked, Xonar essence and PSU are still worth quite a bit)

Will prob just get a laptop as i dont play games now anyway
 
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