Hey everyone,
I built my computer 4 years ago and it has worked like a charm for the entire duration.
Intel Core i7 920 CPU
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4 Intel X58 ATX Motherboard
G.Skill F3-10666CL9T-6GBNQ 3 x 2GB DDR3 1333 RAM
GeForce GTX 295 Video
Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Corsair 1000HX Modular PSU
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme 1366 RT
Recently I noticed whenever I would restart the PC, the first time I turned it back on nothing would load, but the power would keep running. When I would press the power button to shut it down manually, it would turn off immediately instead of the usual 5 second wait. Then I would turn it back on again and it always loaded normally on the second try.
Now it has happened again and finally it is not loading properly at all. At first it was the same routine as described above, power stayed on with no picture and had to do instant manual shutdown. I opened up the machine and noticed the mobo lights would stay on for about 15 seconds than turn off. I hit the reset bios button and nothing changed. Then I tried swapping out the RAM sticks and using only 1 or 2 at a time, now no matter what combination of them I use the lights on the mobo turn on and stay on as if it were booting normally, but I still see no picture. Now I have to hold down the power button for the usual 5 seconds to turn the machine off. The light on my video card is green while the PC is on which makes me think it's working.
I'm not sure where to go from here or what else to try. I would just buy another motherboard if I were sure that's the problem, but for all I know it could be something else. Thanks for any help you can offer!
I built my computer 4 years ago and it has worked like a charm for the entire duration.
Intel Core i7 920 CPU
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4 Intel X58 ATX Motherboard
G.Skill F3-10666CL9T-6GBNQ 3 x 2GB DDR3 1333 RAM
GeForce GTX 295 Video
Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Corsair 1000HX Modular PSU
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme 1366 RT
Recently I noticed whenever I would restart the PC, the first time I turned it back on nothing would load, but the power would keep running. When I would press the power button to shut it down manually, it would turn off immediately instead of the usual 5 second wait. Then I would turn it back on again and it always loaded normally on the second try.
Now it has happened again and finally it is not loading properly at all. At first it was the same routine as described above, power stayed on with no picture and had to do instant manual shutdown. I opened up the machine and noticed the mobo lights would stay on for about 15 seconds than turn off. I hit the reset bios button and nothing changed. Then I tried swapping out the RAM sticks and using only 1 or 2 at a time, now no matter what combination of them I use the lights on the mobo turn on and stay on as if it were booting normally, but I still see no picture. Now I have to hold down the power button for the usual 5 seconds to turn the machine off. The light on my video card is green while the PC is on which makes me think it's working.
I'm not sure where to go from here or what else to try. I would just buy another motherboard if I were sure that's the problem, but for all I know it could be something else. Thanks for any help you can offer!
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