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Wont boot, help!!

mark2410

mark2410

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so comp wont boot. mobo indicates the cpu asthe little cpu light stays on and it wont post.

however it was doing this the other day and after a few retries it would boot up, then run fine all day. so is the cpu dead, is the mobo dead, is it the psu? i dont have any spare things to test oneby one. and im running out of ideas, please any help would be apprecieated
 
Tried resetting the BIOS? (if you can get to it)

Or take the cmos battery out to reset it.
 
Try removing memory sticks, then try with just one. I know when my pc wouldn't boot, I figured it was the mobo, so replaced it and all good.

Good luck
 
wiggy said:
Try removing memory sticks, then try with just one. I know when my pc wouldn't boot, I figured it was the mobo, so replaced it and all good.

Good luck
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tried. tried removeing all then one stick at a time, different sticks, different slots. swapped gpu over too. none worked.
 
I don't think it's the psu then as it's not that old. Do you get any post beeps? If not, I still think it's the board.

Cmon guys anyone else want to add anything to help.
 
nope, no beep.

its getting stuck on the cpu test part of the post.

though whats odd is when did the other day would eventually post then run all day long, no issues at all.
 
mark2410 said:
nope, no beep.

its getting stuck on the cpu test part of the post.

though whats odd is when did the other day would eventually post then run all day long, no issues at all.
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Ah I think your right, cpu very suspect it this case. Try getting a dirt cheap one to test if you can.
 
wiggy said:
Ah I think your right, cpu very suspect it this case. Try getting a dirt cheap one to test if you can.
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thats what im thinking, though i dont get why when the other day when it wouldnt post, then when it eventually did it ran all day, absolutly fine if it was dying.

so am reluctant to buy anything just to see if the mobo is not dead. i hate computers soemtimes.
 
I know your pain, when mine went I just went with my gut and got lucky with the diagnosis. Though I did have a spare psu at the time! Turned out to be the board.

You could try reseating the cpu?
 
wiggy said:
I know your pain, when mine went I just went with my gut and got lucky with the diagnosis. Though I did have a spare psu at the time! Turned out to be the board.

You could try reseating the cpu?
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well i could but is that really possible to be the issue? just the cooler is one of the corsair watercooling things so its not a 2 second thing to pop off though if you think its possible ill do it
 
They are a pain as I have one too. I doubt it'll fix it but if it was me, I'd try everything first before shelling out.
 
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