I recently built a budget gaming rig that has these components:
I press the power button and it turns on just long enough for the fans to light up and spin around once (like half a second) and then shuts down. If I try that again it doesn't do anything until I unplug plug it back in and hit the power button again. After a while of unplugging and plugging in the PSU cable, the computer booted and it worked just fine. Then, when we moved the computer back to my house and tried to turn it on, the same thing happened. Every time I try to start it up, it just shuts down. I have always been able to get it started however, until I received an XFX Radeon HD 6870 1 Gb. When I shut the computer down and tried to install the card into the motherboard and tried to start it back up, it did the same. But this time, I can't get it to start at all. I've tried uninstalling the card and starting it back up, but again with no success. I've been at it for multiple hours but still nothing is working.
If at all possible, I would like to find the source of this problem and to fix it. Any help is greatly appreciated. As this computer isn't only a computer to game on, it's also a computer to help to work, so speed is also greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
AMD A10 6800k
EVGA 750W Modular Gold Plus Certified PSU
Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H Motherboard (bought open-box on Newegg)
8 Gb G-SKILL Sniper 2133 Mhz. RAM
Apevia X Dreamer 4
I press the power button and it turns on just long enough for the fans to light up and spin around once (like half a second) and then shuts down. If I try that again it doesn't do anything until I unplug plug it back in and hit the power button again. After a while of unplugging and plugging in the PSU cable, the computer booted and it worked just fine. Then, when we moved the computer back to my house and tried to turn it on, the same thing happened. Every time I try to start it up, it just shuts down. I have always been able to get it started however, until I received an XFX Radeon HD 6870 1 Gb. When I shut the computer down and tried to install the card into the motherboard and tried to start it back up, it did the same. But this time, I can't get it to start at all. I've tried uninstalling the card and starting it back up, but again with no success. I've been at it for multiple hours but still nothing is working.
If at all possible, I would like to find the source of this problem and to fix it. Any help is greatly appreciated. As this computer isn't only a computer to game on, it's also a computer to help to work, so speed is also greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
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