Hello everyone,
I recently built a new computer and got it set up and working. I hadn't used it for a few days because I had yet to install a wireless card in it. I got my wireless card today and installed it, and then I booted up my computer and everything was fine. After about 5 minutes of usage, though, my computer just shut off.
Now when I try to turn my computer back on the following happens: all fans turn on EXCEPT my CPU fan. I get no POST noises. After a second or two my CPU fan will sort of "twitch" but it doesn't actually start spinning. It just moves a bit. Then, a second or two later my computer shuts off again.
After this process, pushing the power button will not turn on my computer until I wait another 3-5 minutes or so. Then, it will turn on again and the process repeats.
The problem shouldn't have to do with the new wireless card, because a) it was working at first, and b) I've taken the card out and tried to boot my computer up and the same problem still happens.
Unfortunately I didn't have my case open so I wasn't able to see what happened when it shut off. I'm wondering if it's possible that there's something wrong with my CPU fan, and the computer shut down due to overheating initially, and now it won't boot up because the BIOS detects that the heatsink fan isn't working?
Googling suggested that it might be a short, but I can't imagine that that's the case because I haven't changed anything around and it was working fine before for an extended period of time.
If it matters, I've been careful and using a wrist strap and such.
The only other odd thing was that after I installed the wireless card my computer made a strange noise when booting up instead of the normal post noise. It was sort of a weird "scratchy" electronic noise. Despite that, it booted up normally. When I restarted the computer once, it made the regular POST noise, and then I restarted a second time a few minutes later and it made the weird scratchy noise again. Then, after that time the computer died.
I went through the cycle of turning it on and observing it a couple more times, but I'm sort of afraid to try again because if it's an overheating problem I don't want to damage the CPU/mobo.
Any help greatly appreciated!
I recently built a new computer and got it set up and working. I hadn't used it for a few days because I had yet to install a wireless card in it. I got my wireless card today and installed it, and then I booted up my computer and everything was fine. After about 5 minutes of usage, though, my computer just shut off.
Now when I try to turn my computer back on the following happens: all fans turn on EXCEPT my CPU fan. I get no POST noises. After a second or two my CPU fan will sort of "twitch" but it doesn't actually start spinning. It just moves a bit. Then, a second or two later my computer shuts off again.
After this process, pushing the power button will not turn on my computer until I wait another 3-5 minutes or so. Then, it will turn on again and the process repeats.
The problem shouldn't have to do with the new wireless card, because a) it was working at first, and b) I've taken the card out and tried to boot my computer up and the same problem still happens.
Unfortunately I didn't have my case open so I wasn't able to see what happened when it shut off. I'm wondering if it's possible that there's something wrong with my CPU fan, and the computer shut down due to overheating initially, and now it won't boot up because the BIOS detects that the heatsink fan isn't working?
Googling suggested that it might be a short, but I can't imagine that that's the case because I haven't changed anything around and it was working fine before for an extended period of time.
If it matters, I've been careful and using a wrist strap and such.
The only other odd thing was that after I installed the wireless card my computer made a strange noise when booting up instead of the normal post noise. It was sort of a weird "scratchy" electronic noise. Despite that, it booted up normally. When I restarted the computer once, it made the regular POST noise, and then I restarted a second time a few minutes later and it made the weird scratchy noise again. Then, after that time the computer died.
I went through the cycle of turning it on and observing it a couple more times, but I'm sort of afraid to try again because if it's an overheating problem I don't want to damage the CPU/mobo.
Any help greatly appreciated!