Hey all, this is my first post here, so forgive me if I do something wrong.
My rig:
Intel Core2 Duo E6700
GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB
4GB RAM
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 V1.3 R
PSU: OCZ OCZ700GXSSLI 700W
Age: 2.5 years
Last week, when I was simply listening to music, my PC suddenly shut off and restarted and the bios was all jumbled and there were red vertical lines showing up too. When it got to windows, it BSOD'd, and the message said something about display drivers before promptly restarting.
So I did a fresh install of windows and the computer worked ok...but after I left it on for a few hours, it shut off and restarted. After a few hours, I turned it on and I installed COD World at War and as soon as I would start a mission, it would cut out.
This all led me to believe that the source of my problems was my video card.
So a few days later I borrow my friend's 7800 and turn on the computer. It stays on for literally 2 seconds and before the bios can even load the power cuts out and it tries to turn on again. To make sure that this newly discovered problem wasn't related to my friend's card, I put my 8800 back in and the same problem persisted.
Sidenote: I tested my card in my friend's computer and he had the same vertical line issue in his bios. His 7800 worked fine, so for sure I know my video card is dead.
At this point, I thought that my PSU was the issue. So yesterday I went home and tried out an unopened Ultra brand PSU I bought a few years back. Plugged everything in correctly, and tried to power it on. Same problem: shutoff after literally 2 seconds.
So what can it be? I inspected the motherboard for bulging capacitors and it looks fine. I tested out each individual stick of RAM and that made no difference.
I read on some forums that it may be related to the CMOS battery...but that would require for the computer to post, but that doesn't even happen.
One thing I haven't really looked into is the CPU -- I've heard from some places that PC's will shut themselves off as a safety measure if the CPU fan isn't running. I've noticed that when my computer powers on, the CPU fan doesn't immediately turn on, but the instance the computer shuts off, the CPU fan does a slight "burst" where it begins spinning but stops. I'm not sure if this is any different from what it's supposed to do.
Another thing I have heard of that may cause this is a faulty power switch in the case. I'm not sure really how this works, so I haven't really looked into this either.
Thoughts?
My rig:
Intel Core2 Duo E6700
GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB
4GB RAM
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 V1.3 R
PSU: OCZ OCZ700GXSSLI 700W
Age: 2.5 years
Last week, when I was simply listening to music, my PC suddenly shut off and restarted and the bios was all jumbled and there were red vertical lines showing up too. When it got to windows, it BSOD'd, and the message said something about display drivers before promptly restarting.
So I did a fresh install of windows and the computer worked ok...but after I left it on for a few hours, it shut off and restarted. After a few hours, I turned it on and I installed COD World at War and as soon as I would start a mission, it would cut out.
This all led me to believe that the source of my problems was my video card.
So a few days later I borrow my friend's 7800 and turn on the computer. It stays on for literally 2 seconds and before the bios can even load the power cuts out and it tries to turn on again. To make sure that this newly discovered problem wasn't related to my friend's card, I put my 8800 back in and the same problem persisted.
Sidenote: I tested my card in my friend's computer and he had the same vertical line issue in his bios. His 7800 worked fine, so for sure I know my video card is dead.
At this point, I thought that my PSU was the issue. So yesterday I went home and tried out an unopened Ultra brand PSU I bought a few years back. Plugged everything in correctly, and tried to power it on. Same problem: shutoff after literally 2 seconds.
So what can it be? I inspected the motherboard for bulging capacitors and it looks fine. I tested out each individual stick of RAM and that made no difference.
I read on some forums that it may be related to the CMOS battery...but that would require for the computer to post, but that doesn't even happen.
One thing I haven't really looked into is the CPU -- I've heard from some places that PC's will shut themselves off as a safety measure if the CPU fan isn't running. I've noticed that when my computer powers on, the CPU fan doesn't immediately turn on, but the instance the computer shuts off, the CPU fan does a slight "burst" where it begins spinning but stops. I'm not sure if this is any different from what it's supposed to do.
Another thing I have heard of that may cause this is a faulty power switch in the case. I'm not sure really how this works, so I haven't really looked into this either.
Thoughts?