- Jun 11, 2014
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So about 6 months ago I tried to power on my PC, the fans started going, then it turned off after a few seconds. Tried to troubleshoot then but didn't have the money for another PSU, so I left it. Didn't use the PC since then and decided to give it another go today, and it worked absolutely fine, and I had it on for about 10 hours until it turned off and I was in the same situation as before.
Here are the steps I've taken:
1. Disconnected the PSU and used a paperclip to connect the green and a black connector, the PSU turned on fine.
2. Connected just the 24-pin connector to the motherboard. As soon as I turn the switch on the PSU the computer tries to power on and fails.
3. Disconnected the power switch pins. Same problem, as soon as I turn on the PSU switch the computer tries to turn on and fails.
I'm stumped at the moment, at first I thought it was the PSU but it seems that is working okay. Maybe a short circuit somewhere? I just hope it is not the motherboard that is broken. The computer is about three and a half years old and I've never overclocked it.
Thanks in advance!
EDIT: AMD Athlon 3.80GHz, ASUS motherboard (sorry, not sure which one), 8GB DDR3 RAM, 2x1TB hard drives, GTX 460 1GB graphics card, Corsair CX600 power supply.
Here are the steps I've taken:
1. Disconnected the PSU and used a paperclip to connect the green and a black connector, the PSU turned on fine.
2. Connected just the 24-pin connector to the motherboard. As soon as I turn the switch on the PSU the computer tries to power on and fails.
3. Disconnected the power switch pins. Same problem, as soon as I turn on the PSU switch the computer tries to turn on and fails.
I'm stumped at the moment, at first I thought it was the PSU but it seems that is working okay. Maybe a short circuit somewhere? I just hope it is not the motherboard that is broken. The computer is about three and a half years old and I've never overclocked it.
Thanks in advance!
EDIT: AMD Athlon 3.80GHz, ASUS motherboard (sorry, not sure which one), 8GB DDR3 RAM, 2x1TB hard drives, GTX 460 1GB graphics card, Corsair CX600 power supply.
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