Last year I built my first PC and for ten months it has worked flawlessly. One week ago the PC wouldn't fully start - fans and lights would turn on, but nothing else. Copious research suggested this was the power supply (at the time a Corsair CX600M) so I ordered a PSU tester to confirm, which it did. Based on numerous reviews and articles I then ordered an XFX Pro650w, installed it... and now nothing at all. If I press the power switch the fans twitch and nothing else. I've tested this power supply as well to make sure I wasn't sold a dud, it passes with flying colours. I've confirmed every connection, checked that everything that is supposed to be in is and is seated properly.
I've tried removing all peripherals and cards, no activity, tried rebooting with just one stick of RAM, swapping that stick, still no activity.
I fully admit I'm no expert (like I said this is my first system build) so glaring errors are not out of the picture. That said, this system worked perfectly for the better part of a year without a hint of trouble.
I'm now thinking its the motherboard, but it has also been suggested that its the CPU (though it was also suggested by other sources that this is unlikely).
My system at the moment:
ASUS M5A99X Evo R2.0 motherboard
AMD FX-8350 processor w/ stock cooler
16Gb 1600MHz RAM (2x8Gb DIMMs)
128Gb SanDisk SSD
MSI NVidia GT 630 (this is being upgraded to an ASUS GTX 750Ti the moment the system's operational)
TP-Link wireless card
2Tb Seagate Barracuda HDD
Samsung optical drive
Sharkoon T9 case
Hope you can help, I'm currently using a 5 yr old ultra-budget laptop that's only slightly better than a paperweight.
I've tried removing all peripherals and cards, no activity, tried rebooting with just one stick of RAM, swapping that stick, still no activity.
I fully admit I'm no expert (like I said this is my first system build) so glaring errors are not out of the picture. That said, this system worked perfectly for the better part of a year without a hint of trouble.
I'm now thinking its the motherboard, but it has also been suggested that its the CPU (though it was also suggested by other sources that this is unlikely).
My system at the moment:
ASUS M5A99X Evo R2.0 motherboard
AMD FX-8350 processor w/ stock cooler
16Gb 1600MHz RAM (2x8Gb DIMMs)
128Gb SanDisk SSD
MSI NVidia GT 630 (this is being upgraded to an ASUS GTX 750Ti the moment the system's operational)
TP-Link wireless card
2Tb Seagate Barracuda HDD
Samsung optical drive
Sharkoon T9 case
Hope you can help, I'm currently using a 5 yr old ultra-budget laptop that's only slightly better than a paperweight.
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