- May 17, 2013
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So last night, I was about to plug my phone into my PC to charge it overnight (PC is off, but USB is still powered), but I was noticing it wasn't plugging in. I turned on my flashlight really quickly, and noticed I was plugging in the MicroUSB port instead of the regular USB end. So I quickly turned it around and plugged it in properly. Then I noticed that it wasn't charging at all. Being really late and having to get up early, I didn't think anything of it, I just plugged it into a regular wall charger. (Normally I would do this, but the outlet is quite far from my bed, so I prefer to use my desktop's UBS ports). Now this morning I try to turn on my PC, and nothing happens.
I pulled out the power cord and flipped the PSU's switch, and held the power button. Plugged it in, flipped switch, nothing. I unplugged the USB headers (didn't think it'd fix it, but worth a try) in case I damaged a port and it was shorting or something. I removed the battery and put it in again, and nothing. Tried one stick of RAM at a time, and still nothing. I'm not sure what else I can do to try fix it.
Specs:
FX8350 @4GHz stock
Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3
8GB Kingston 1600MHz RAM (2x4GB)
XFX R9 280
EVGA 850W G2 80+ gold (overkill, I know)
CM Hyper 212 EVO
Phanteks Enthoo Pro
120GB Kingston V300 boot drive (~3 years old)
240GB Mushkin Chronos (~3 years old)
750GB Crucial MX300 (~2 months old)
3TB Seagate (~2 yrs old)
2x 500GB Seagate (~2 yrs old)
I have been having similar issues lately with my PC, where it would take a while to start, but usually just holding the power button for a few seconds would usually start it. I have had some issues with this mobo in the past (read about those here and here) but I managed to solve them. Very recently I had this issue, but I was able to fix the slow games aspect of it by moving files around and trimming, but I do notice sometimes that Windows is sluggish on startup.
So I'm wondering what's going on / broken inside my PC. My best guess is the motherboard, and given the other issues I've had with it, I wouldn't be too surprised. I was thinking of upgrading to a 6600k, but I got into a small car accident recently so I'd prefer to not have to spend anything (or as little as possible) on this. Or would that really just be my best option?
Any help with this would be extremely appreciated!
Thanks,
Michael
I pulled out the power cord and flipped the PSU's switch, and held the power button. Plugged it in, flipped switch, nothing. I unplugged the USB headers (didn't think it'd fix it, but worth a try) in case I damaged a port and it was shorting or something. I removed the battery and put it in again, and nothing. Tried one stick of RAM at a time, and still nothing. I'm not sure what else I can do to try fix it.
Specs:
FX8350 @4GHz stock
Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3
8GB Kingston 1600MHz RAM (2x4GB)
XFX R9 280
EVGA 850W G2 80+ gold (overkill, I know)
CM Hyper 212 EVO
Phanteks Enthoo Pro
120GB Kingston V300 boot drive (~3 years old)
240GB Mushkin Chronos (~3 years old)
750GB Crucial MX300 (~2 months old)
3TB Seagate (~2 yrs old)
2x 500GB Seagate (~2 yrs old)
I have been having similar issues lately with my PC, where it would take a while to start, but usually just holding the power button for a few seconds would usually start it. I have had some issues with this mobo in the past (read about those here and here) but I managed to solve them. Very recently I had this issue, but I was able to fix the slow games aspect of it by moving files around and trimming, but I do notice sometimes that Windows is sluggish on startup.
So I'm wondering what's going on / broken inside my PC. My best guess is the motherboard, and given the other issues I've had with it, I wouldn't be too surprised. I was thinking of upgrading to a 6600k, but I got into a small car accident recently so I'd prefer to not have to spend anything (or as little as possible) on this. Or would that really just be my best option?
Any help with this would be extremely appreciated!
Thanks,
Michael
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