Recently my computer has been shutting down recently, and I don't know the cause, however I can explain some basic symptoms hoping someone has had similar ones.
Basically, it will shut down when CPU is pretty much idle. It has never shut down in stressful situations which is when you'd guess it would.
When it shuts down, and I try to turn it on. The power LED will continually light up and then the glow will slowly go away, then light up again, this repeats, as if it's constantly powering up and down.
If I look closer, none of the fans are actually spinning, and I think I can hear a repeating power up/power down noise from the PSU.
I have an Asus Rampage III Extreme and if I look at the lights that show the progress of the boot, it doesn't get beyond CPU. These lights are there to show you where the boot is having a problem (DRAM, CPU, GPU).
This leads me to think, it's either the CPU, PSU or Mobo. If it's the motherboard, those lights showing me what's failing the boot could be faulty and unreliable.
Usually I will have to wait about 10-40 minutes to power it on again and it's getting worse, if it continues this way I might not be able to turn it on again. ):
Anyone know what problem I could be having?
Basically, it will shut down when CPU is pretty much idle. It has never shut down in stressful situations which is when you'd guess it would.
When it shuts down, and I try to turn it on. The power LED will continually light up and then the glow will slowly go away, then light up again, this repeats, as if it's constantly powering up and down.
If I look closer, none of the fans are actually spinning, and I think I can hear a repeating power up/power down noise from the PSU.
I have an Asus Rampage III Extreme and if I look at the lights that show the progress of the boot, it doesn't get beyond CPU. These lights are there to show you where the boot is having a problem (DRAM, CPU, GPU).
This leads me to think, it's either the CPU, PSU or Mobo. If it's the motherboard, those lights showing me what's failing the boot could be faulty and unreliable.
Usually I will have to wait about 10-40 minutes to power it on again and it's getting worse, if it continues this way I might not be able to turn it on again. ):
Anyone know what problem I could be having?
