What's Dead?

TripleT · 4 Nov 2020 at 19:57

Hi,

I was playing Warzone last night and my computer just completely died without warning as if someone had switched it off. I had headphones on so didn't hear anything.

It wouldn't boot again at all so I assumed that my PSU had died. I asked a friend to bring a spare in to work today for me to swap over tonight and when I got home the computer booted up on my original PSU fine however I'm getting the red LED light of doom indicating VGA.

I've got a Vega 64 reference, I tried switching the bios switch but still nothing. Is it safe to say my Vega is dead or could it still be my PSU you think? It's strange how it wouldn't boot last night at all.

Specs are:
3600x
Tomahawk Max
Vega 64 Reference
Corsair RM850i

Cheers

Benass · 4 Nov 2020 at 20:18

Sounds like g card.
Psu simply reacted to a current changes and shutdown pc to prevent major damage to whatever is shorting.

And why it wasn't turning on yesterday ?

When pc was warm there was a chance it was shorted, once cooled down the the short might changed to safe levels, so now pc does turn on but gpu is still dead.

If u have access to spare psu u can try spare gpu. I'm sure new gpu would post.

TripleT · 4 Nov 2020 at 20:19

Damn, makes sense.

I forgot to say, the Vega's fan spins with the Redeon leds on too. When it boots I see one of the power LEDs flick on momentarily then the motherboard VGA led comes on and then nothing else.

Need to try the spare PSU just in case.

Benass · 4 Nov 2020 at 20:22

There is another option.
Psu is partly dead and not supplying power to gpu.

Try alternative psu first. Bare bones system.
Like 1 ram mobo cpu and gpu. See if it posts.