Before I begin, I would like to admit that I am relatively inexperienced working inside computers and I apologize for my lack of terminology and computers in general. I hope you can still understand my issue and potentially help me out with my issue. About 2 months ago, I shocked my computer on boot (ESD?). Knowing something was wrong since it did not boot (or even POST), I tried to reset the CMOS and my problem was fixed. Or so I thought.
The first few days after the CMOS reset, my PC worked fine no problems, but then one day it wouldn't boot again. I had not performed any work inside of my computer after the CMOS reset. I restarted my computer and it booted fine. The next 2 weeks the problem persisted, each day having to reboot it more and more for it two work until finally about 3 days ago, it wouldn't boot. Before I go any further, my computer is a Dell Inspirion 660s, specs posted at end of thread. Yes it is prebuilt and yes it is a super slim computer, so the PSU is shaped really weird (more on this later)
I opened up my computer to see what was wrong and after reading through some forums on this website, I came to the conclusion that my RAM was causing the issue. I drove up to the store and bought some RAM, drove home, opened up my computer and tried the RAM out and I discovered that wasn't the problem and now I have 8 GBs of new RAM that has no use. The only thing left to blame was my power supply since I had done nothing to it and the problem was getting worse and worse over time. My question to you is am I correct to blame my PSU or is there something else that is wrong. My plan is to buy a new case, PSU, maybe a motherboard and move all the parts that still work into the new case.
Specs:
Motherboard: DIB75R/PInevalley Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core i3-3240
RAM: (old RAM)SKhynix 1x4 GB DDR3 (new RAM, I only installed 1 stick)PNY XR8 2x4 GB DDR3 Kit
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM
Thank you for reading this thread and if you have any questions, please feel free to ask as I can provide much more details or clarify some of the things I mentioned. Writing every single detail would bore you to death and make this thread longer than it already is which is why there aren't as many details. Once again, I hope you can help me out and thank you for taking your precious time to read my thread and potentially solve my issue. Thanks and have a great day!
The first few days after the CMOS reset, my PC worked fine no problems, but then one day it wouldn't boot again. I had not performed any work inside of my computer after the CMOS reset. I restarted my computer and it booted fine. The next 2 weeks the problem persisted, each day having to reboot it more and more for it two work until finally about 3 days ago, it wouldn't boot. Before I go any further, my computer is a Dell Inspirion 660s, specs posted at end of thread. Yes it is prebuilt and yes it is a super slim computer, so the PSU is shaped really weird (more on this later)
I opened up my computer to see what was wrong and after reading through some forums on this website, I came to the conclusion that my RAM was causing the issue. I drove up to the store and bought some RAM, drove home, opened up my computer and tried the RAM out and I discovered that wasn't the problem and now I have 8 GBs of new RAM that has no use. The only thing left to blame was my power supply since I had done nothing to it and the problem was getting worse and worse over time. My question to you is am I correct to blame my PSU or is there something else that is wrong. My plan is to buy a new case, PSU, maybe a motherboard and move all the parts that still work into the new case.
Specs:
Motherboard: DIB75R/PInevalley Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core i3-3240
RAM: (old RAM)SKhynix 1x4 GB DDR3 (new RAM, I only installed 1 stick)PNY XR8 2x4 GB DDR3 Kit
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM
Thank you for reading this thread and if you have any questions, please feel free to ask as I can provide much more details or clarify some of the things I mentioned. Writing every single detail would bore you to death and make this thread longer than it already is which is why there aren't as many details. Once again, I hope you can help me out and thank you for taking your precious time to read my thread and potentially solve my issue. Thanks and have a great day!