Hello All!
So I've been having a pretty serious issue with my PC and although I have an idea of the culprit in all this, I'm not really sure on how to proceed and maybe there are things I never thought about so that's why I decided to come and ask this benevolent community for help.
So here's what happens:
I turn on the PC. It boots. Then it turns off and after a second it turns back on. And this cycle keeps repeating itself if I leave it alone.
Now here's some interesting things to note: When I turn off and on the PSU and then boot the PC the booting process will last for around 30 seconds. Then when it turns itself off and back on again the boot process is shorter at around 15-20 seconds and if I leave it be the process shortens to around 11-12 seconds.
I am unable to stay into the BIOS menu (it turns off and on again as I said) and naturally I cannot boot into safe mode either (it doesn't leave me enough time). Also on the first boot I am able to log into windows since the boot is long enough but then it shuts down again. At first I simply thought that my PC needed some cleaning (although it had been only about 2-3 weeks since the last clean) so I completely disassembled it (minus MB, CPU and CPU fan) and cleaned it furthermore.
Then after I reassembled the whole thing I decided to test it before closing back the case (meaning that the cables were not sitting tightly inside) and it seemed alright. I was able to boot fully into windows and it stayed for around 4-5 minutes when i decided to turn if off and call it a day.
Naturally the problem re-occurred as soon as I closed the case and turn it back on.
Now the culprits here would usually be either the PSU or MB. It has nothing to do with either of my hard drives because I disconnected them now and the problem has not gone away. But what I feel is that the problem may also be between the PSU and MB (the cables or their connection). Testing whether my PSU is faulty or not is kinda hard since it has this thing where the fan isn't going to spin unless it is under heavy load.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, sorry for the long post I just wanted to include as much info as I can.
Here are the full specs:
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770
GPU: Nvidia GTX 670
MB: MSI H97 Gaming 3
PSU: Corsair RM 550 80+ Gold
OS: Windows 10 Pro
So I've been having a pretty serious issue with my PC and although I have an idea of the culprit in all this, I'm not really sure on how to proceed and maybe there are things I never thought about so that's why I decided to come and ask this benevolent community for help.
So here's what happens:
I turn on the PC. It boots. Then it turns off and after a second it turns back on. And this cycle keeps repeating itself if I leave it alone.
Now here's some interesting things to note: When I turn off and on the PSU and then boot the PC the booting process will last for around 30 seconds. Then when it turns itself off and back on again the boot process is shorter at around 15-20 seconds and if I leave it be the process shortens to around 11-12 seconds.
I am unable to stay into the BIOS menu (it turns off and on again as I said) and naturally I cannot boot into safe mode either (it doesn't leave me enough time). Also on the first boot I am able to log into windows since the boot is long enough but then it shuts down again. At first I simply thought that my PC needed some cleaning (although it had been only about 2-3 weeks since the last clean) so I completely disassembled it (minus MB, CPU and CPU fan) and cleaned it furthermore.
Then after I reassembled the whole thing I decided to test it before closing back the case (meaning that the cables were not sitting tightly inside) and it seemed alright. I was able to boot fully into windows and it stayed for around 4-5 minutes when i decided to turn if off and call it a day.
Naturally the problem re-occurred as soon as I closed the case and turn it back on.
Now the culprits here would usually be either the PSU or MB. It has nothing to do with either of my hard drives because I disconnected them now and the problem has not gone away. But what I feel is that the problem may also be between the PSU and MB (the cables or their connection). Testing whether my PSU is faulty or not is kinda hard since it has this thing where the fan isn't going to spin unless it is under heavy load.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, sorry for the long post I just wanted to include as much info as I can.
Here are the full specs:
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770
GPU: Nvidia GTX 670
MB: MSI H97 Gaming 3
PSU: Corsair RM 550 80+ Gold
OS: Windows 10 Pro
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