Help! PC won't boot :(

CyberEgg

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Recently, I have been experiencing this issue of random restarts and now it doesn't boot. LED fans, CPU fan, Mobo green light working.

Specs:
AMD FX 6300
AMD POWERCOLOR HD 7770 2GB GHZ EDITION
ASUS M5A97 R 2.0
Corsair Vengeance 4GB DDR3
Seagate 2TB HDD
Corsair VS 550

First off, my PC used to randomly restart mostly after 2 hours of playing games, later on it started rebooting randomly (within 15m). Now, it does not boot, I can't access the BIOS menu as well. I contacted a repair shop and they told me to replace the GPU. I was not in a hurry to buy, so I left the computer untouched for about 10 days. Yesterday, it somehow started. It was active for about 6 hours and then had one reboot. Now, it did boot once, but I got a light blue-greyish screen. To evade it, I rebooted manually and the system couldn't reboot

As far as temps go, CPU was around 45°C and GPU between 40°C to 65°C
I also feel the mobo heatsinks get heated in very short amount of time.

I'm happy to provide any more info if required
 
Solution
You just answered your own question :)

If it is possible.. go borrow a good powersupply which you know works... and then test it again...
If it works.. you know what to do... buy a new PSU...

Greetz Memphisto

CyberEgg

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Hi, thanks for replying.
I forgot to mention the mechanic had already 'serviced' my PC by reseating and reconnecting cables, clean heatsink, reapplying thermal paste, clean windows install, etc.
He had a spare GT 210 and used it on my system. The system ran normally on that GPU but I'm not sure if it's the GPU or the PSU that's lacking to deliver and power on a more power hungry HD 7770?
Some other stuff I forgot to mention:
Due to so many trial and error, I noticed when the system boots successfully, CPU fan and other fans(excluding chassis fans) work a bit loud till the windows logo shows up. When it doesn't boot/post/start, the notice levels of the system are on the lower side, although they still work.
 

Memphisto

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You just answered your own question :)

If it is possible.. go borrow a good powersupply which you know works... and then test it again...
If it works.. you know what to do... buy a new PSU...

Greetz Memphisto
 
Solution

CyberEgg

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Update: the 'rest' method worked again..for sometime.
I unplugged the PC from power and had it inactive for 16 hrs~ and then it somehow started. I was able to access startup repair but as soon as I would choose to boot windows normally, it would restart at 'Windows loading' screen. Then after some time, it sent back to no display