Hi tom's hardware community.
I have a fairly oldish build which stopped functioning like it should.
When powered on, all fans start spinning buy the monitor acts like the computer is still turned off. I get no post, no sounds, no windows loading etc... just black forever.
The build is
Mobo: Asus P6x580E (LGA1366 socket)
CPU: I forgot, some intel quad core (i think)
GPU: MSI nvidia 460? i think
RAM: 3 x 2GB Gskill DDR3
PSU: 500W Zalman
HD: 1TB --> Win7 installed, no extra partitions
Now i initially though "Ah, graphics card died" but i noticed that the lights on my mouse and keyboard weren't turning on. I confirmed power was running through USB ports by connecting my USB to Phone connector and my phone started charging off it.
I just need some confirmation as to what component is the culprit. I'm 90% sure the graphics card is dead, 8% something went wrong with motherboard (because of no lights on peripherals), 2% cosmic alpha particles struck my computer and everything died simultaneously...
Unfortunately i don't have another platform to test components individually, so my only option is buy a replacement component and hope i chose correctly. I have confirmed that all peripherals work as i plugged them into my laptop.
Thanks.
I have a fairly oldish build which stopped functioning like it should.
When powered on, all fans start spinning buy the monitor acts like the computer is still turned off. I get no post, no sounds, no windows loading etc... just black forever.
The build is
Mobo: Asus P6x580E (LGA1366 socket)
CPU: I forgot, some intel quad core (i think)
GPU: MSI nvidia 460? i think
RAM: 3 x 2GB Gskill DDR3
PSU: 500W Zalman
HD: 1TB --> Win7 installed, no extra partitions
Now i initially though "Ah, graphics card died" but i noticed that the lights on my mouse and keyboard weren't turning on. I confirmed power was running through USB ports by connecting my USB to Phone connector and my phone started charging off it.
I just need some confirmation as to what component is the culprit. I'm 90% sure the graphics card is dead, 8% something went wrong with motherboard (because of no lights on peripherals), 2% cosmic alpha particles struck my computer and everything died simultaneously...
Unfortunately i don't have another platform to test components individually, so my only option is buy a replacement component and hope i chose correctly. I have confirmed that all peripherals work as i plugged them into my laptop.
Thanks.