- Jan 7, 2013
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So, my self-built PC recently decided to stop working, here's the story:
I was playing a game, and went to open up EVGA Precision X, which I use to control fan speeds on my GPU. When I did, the system shut down and restarted itself, after which there was no response from the monitor.
Normally, I'd have deduced a video driver failure, or a graphics card failure. But after switching the input cable from the card to the I/O panel, and even removing the graphics card altogether and pulling/replacing the CMOS battery, there's still no signal.
Some of the USB peripherals power on, my keyboard, headset, and mouse. My network adapter will not, which I have also tried removing as suspect to the problem, to no avail. All of these are plugged into the I/O panel. All of the fans run properly, and there's no indication of overheating (that is, the system stays powered on and does not seem to get progressively worse with each boot).
I'd imagine if it was a RAM, CPU, or HDD issue, there'd at least be a beep code from the motherboard or a POST failure, but there is none.
Prior to this, the PC functioned fine for months, and nothing in the configuration changed.
I'd like some input on whether there's more troubleshooting I can do or if there's anything that I'm missing that indicates this isn't a motherboard failure before I RMA it, as I've read that actual motherboard failures are very uncommon.
Although seemingly unrelated, when I first got this motherboard, it would not properly sleep or hibernate, requiring a force-restart when waking, or hanging indefinitely when ordering a Windows shutdown. I reset the CMOS, and that fixed that issue, but left me wondering if perhaps I got a bad board.
Build:
Motherboard: ASRock Z75 Pro3
CPU: Intel i5 3570K
RAM: 2x4GB Gskill Snipers 1866MHz
HDD: WD Blue 1TB Desktop
GPU: EVGA GTX 670
PSU: Corsair CX600
I don't run any overclocks or overvolts.
Thanks for your help in advance.
I was playing a game, and went to open up EVGA Precision X, which I use to control fan speeds on my GPU. When I did, the system shut down and restarted itself, after which there was no response from the monitor.
Normally, I'd have deduced a video driver failure, or a graphics card failure. But after switching the input cable from the card to the I/O panel, and even removing the graphics card altogether and pulling/replacing the CMOS battery, there's still no signal.
Some of the USB peripherals power on, my keyboard, headset, and mouse. My network adapter will not, which I have also tried removing as suspect to the problem, to no avail. All of these are plugged into the I/O panel. All of the fans run properly, and there's no indication of overheating (that is, the system stays powered on and does not seem to get progressively worse with each boot).
I'd imagine if it was a RAM, CPU, or HDD issue, there'd at least be a beep code from the motherboard or a POST failure, but there is none.
Prior to this, the PC functioned fine for months, and nothing in the configuration changed.
I'd like some input on whether there's more troubleshooting I can do or if there's anything that I'm missing that indicates this isn't a motherboard failure before I RMA it, as I've read that actual motherboard failures are very uncommon.
Although seemingly unrelated, when I first got this motherboard, it would not properly sleep or hibernate, requiring a force-restart when waking, or hanging indefinitely when ordering a Windows shutdown. I reset the CMOS, and that fixed that issue, but left me wondering if perhaps I got a bad board.
Build:
Motherboard: ASRock Z75 Pro3
CPU: Intel i5 3570K
RAM: 2x4GB Gskill Snipers 1866MHz
HDD: WD Blue 1TB Desktop
GPU: EVGA GTX 670
PSU: Corsair CX600
I don't run any overclocks or overvolts.
Thanks for your help in advance.
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