So about a month ago I built a gaming pc and it was working fine. I brought the desktop over to a buddys house and took the side panel off to show him a couple things on building his new computer. I unplugged a few things in mine but I made sure they were all plugged back in. Now, when I hit the power button, the fans go and everything lights up for about .5 of a second then it shuts down.. All my components worked fine 2 days ago.
PC shuts down within half second of me hitting the power button
- Thread starter Tim0625
- Start date
maxwellmelon
Splendid
- Oct 2, 2013
- 2,511
- 0
- 24,010
signs that there is something loose somewhere. check EVERYTHING even that the graphics card is down in the slot all the way. very likely something came loose.
Um.... were you grounded when you pulled things out for show and tell? (Don't be offended, we've all done the 'show and tell' thing)
Sounds like something got zapped by static electricity.
My suggestion is that you pull everything but the absolute necessities. (on board graphics, 1 hard drive, 1 memory stick, keyboard and mouse). If you still have the problem, replace the memory stick with another one. If the problem persists, then it's either the mobo or the PSU.
And make sure you're 100% grounded to your computer chassis all the time, every time you perform computer surgery.
I had a buddy of mine pull out my Cyrix mathco chip in my 386 machine, many moons ago. He had never seen one before and was curious. Unfortunately, he wasn't grounded and I was left with a dead chip.
Sounds like something got zapped by static electricity.
My suggestion is that you pull everything but the absolute necessities. (on board graphics, 1 hard drive, 1 memory stick, keyboard and mouse). If you still have the problem, replace the memory stick with another one. If the problem persists, then it's either the mobo or the PSU.
And make sure you're 100% grounded to your computer chassis all the time, every time you perform computer surgery.
I had a buddy of mine pull out my Cyrix mathco chip in my 386 machine, many moons ago. He had never seen one before and was curious. Unfortunately, he wasn't grounded and I was left with a dead chip.
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram