- Jun 27, 2010
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Hi guys,
Been having an ongoing issue that I'm not really sure how to fix. My computer recently (and a few months prior) had an issue where when I turned on the computer, the computer fans go on, looks like everything is running, but nothing shows up on the screen, no lights on keyboard or mouse, no beeps. On occasion, when this happened, it would turn on for a few seconds, shut down by itself, then reboot, only to lead to the same un-usable, black screen state. Only one thing allowed me to get the computer back to normal, resetting the CMOS by taking out and reseating the CMOS battery on the mobo.
As for testing, I don't have any spare parts, outside of a keyboard, but I have tried a few other things to test the computer. I used a micrometer to test all the wires from my PSU, and as far as I could tell, it was testing normal. I checked all cards to make sure they were seated properly, inspected everything to look for busted capacitors or anything that looked broken (none). I unplugged any unessential hardware and had tried turning on the comp that way, but that hadn't helped. The only thing that worked, as I mentioned, was resetting the CMOS.
Now, I'd like some advice on what to do next. As of now, the computer is working. However, just yesterday, after I had reset the CMOS and turned it back on to try and play a game, the computer shut down after a few minutes and when I tried to turn it back on, same problem. I reset the CMOS battery again, and kept it running for a few hours now to try and charge it. So far I've been ok for about 6 hours. I'd rather not gamble on whether or not this is going to stay this way, so I'd like advice on how to go about checking my computer for other problems. I'd like to replace any suspicious hardware before anything catastrophic may happen.
Thanks for any advice.
Hardware: (mostly from 2008)
Mobo: ASUS P5Q SE PLUS
Proc: Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 Wolfdale Dual-Core 2.66GHz
Ram: OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
PSU: CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE
Video: ASUS EAH6770/DI/1GD5 Radeon HD 6770 1GB 128-Bit GDDR5 (From 2011)
Been having an ongoing issue that I'm not really sure how to fix. My computer recently (and a few months prior) had an issue where when I turned on the computer, the computer fans go on, looks like everything is running, but nothing shows up on the screen, no lights on keyboard or mouse, no beeps. On occasion, when this happened, it would turn on for a few seconds, shut down by itself, then reboot, only to lead to the same un-usable, black screen state. Only one thing allowed me to get the computer back to normal, resetting the CMOS by taking out and reseating the CMOS battery on the mobo.
As for testing, I don't have any spare parts, outside of a keyboard, but I have tried a few other things to test the computer. I used a micrometer to test all the wires from my PSU, and as far as I could tell, it was testing normal. I checked all cards to make sure they were seated properly, inspected everything to look for busted capacitors or anything that looked broken (none). I unplugged any unessential hardware and had tried turning on the comp that way, but that hadn't helped. The only thing that worked, as I mentioned, was resetting the CMOS.
Now, I'd like some advice on what to do next. As of now, the computer is working. However, just yesterday, after I had reset the CMOS and turned it back on to try and play a game, the computer shut down after a few minutes and when I tried to turn it back on, same problem. I reset the CMOS battery again, and kept it running for a few hours now to try and charge it. So far I've been ok for about 6 hours. I'd rather not gamble on whether or not this is going to stay this way, so I'd like advice on how to go about checking my computer for other problems. I'd like to replace any suspicious hardware before anything catastrophic may happen.
Thanks for any advice.
Hardware: (mostly from 2008)
Mobo: ASUS P5Q SE PLUS
Proc: Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 Wolfdale Dual-Core 2.66GHz
Ram: OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
PSU: CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE
Video: ASUS EAH6770/DI/1GD5 Radeon HD 6770 1GB 128-Bit GDDR5 (From 2011)
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