- Oct 5, 2014
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Got a weird issue at the moment and I suspect it's the PSU but since I'm on a budget and can't afford any mistakes, so I thought I'd ask you good people.
So last night the screen on my computer went blank, since I'd turned the settings up on a game I figured the GPU had overheated, so I turned the power off at the wall and went to bed.
After waking up this morning and turning the power I got nothing, but the led on the keyboard would flash faintly every 5 seconds. So I just left it, had a shower and some breakfast which took about an hour. I returned the PC but this time the lights on the keyboard (and mouse) were on, I tried to boot and it did actually boot into windows - for about 2 minutes then shut down.
Since then whenever I try to turn the computer on, I hear the fans click in, DVD light comes on then everything resets (like pushing the physical reset button), this continues on a loop until I disconnect the power from the PSU.
Prior to all this over the last week I've noticed that the system slows right down when the HDD is busy doing intensive stuff - like installing, or copying large files.
My gut says PSU, but I'm worried it could be the MOBO.
W8
8G Ram
1TB HD
core i5 2500k
560ti
PSU StealthXStream MK2 700w
Any help is very much appreciated!
So last night the screen on my computer went blank, since I'd turned the settings up on a game I figured the GPU had overheated, so I turned the power off at the wall and went to bed.
After waking up this morning and turning the power I got nothing, but the led on the keyboard would flash faintly every 5 seconds. So I just left it, had a shower and some breakfast which took about an hour. I returned the PC but this time the lights on the keyboard (and mouse) were on, I tried to boot and it did actually boot into windows - for about 2 minutes then shut down.
Since then whenever I try to turn the computer on, I hear the fans click in, DVD light comes on then everything resets (like pushing the physical reset button), this continues on a loop until I disconnect the power from the PSU.
Prior to all this over the last week I've noticed that the system slows right down when the HDD is busy doing intensive stuff - like installing, or copying large files.
My gut says PSU, but I'm worried it could be the MOBO.
W8
8G Ram
1TB HD
core i5 2500k
560ti
PSU StealthXStream MK2 700w
Any help is very much appreciated!
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