Hi,
I built my first (and only) comp approx. 5 years ago - and for five years all has been great. Today, though, no so much. In moving my office around a bit, the comp was moved around the room a few times. Upon putting everything back together, the comp would not start. It would turn on (all fans) for about 10 seconds, then power off. (After being off for 3-5 seconds it would turn on by itself for 1, off for 5, on for 10... repeat the whole thing).
I opened the case to find the CPU / heatsink fan not firmly connected (not sure how it came loose...). I suppose trying to load with the issue could have fried it, but I'm praying not.
I reseated the CPU/heatsink - cleaned both with alcohol, reapplied thermal paste, reconnected. Same problem.
After searching this forum and many others I saw some people discuss issues with the power button on some cases. I opened the front of the case and peaked around, saw no issues.[strike] But now, after reconnecting the front of the case, I don't get any boot at all. When I push the power button, I get a flash of power and a spin of all fans, and then instantaneously off.[/strike] [UPDATE - this problem has disappeared. Back to the original brief surges of power - 5-10 seconds - and then dying.]
I'm no pro on any of this - in fact, it was a minor miracle I put the thing together right 5 years ago and have never had an issue til now!
It sounds to me like a PSU issue - but I can't figure out what would have killed the PSU in the 30 minutes it was disconnected. Unfortunately, I don't have the money to buy both a new PSU/CPU/computer in general.
Any diagnosis thoughts?
Processor - Pentium E6300 (dual core 2.8ghz)
Power Supply - Rosewill RP550 - 550w
Motherboard - ASRock P45XE 775
RAM - GSKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB)
HD - Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
Case - COOLER MASTER Elite 330 RC-330-KKN1-GP
I built my first (and only) comp approx. 5 years ago - and for five years all has been great. Today, though, no so much. In moving my office around a bit, the comp was moved around the room a few times. Upon putting everything back together, the comp would not start. It would turn on (all fans) for about 10 seconds, then power off. (After being off for 3-5 seconds it would turn on by itself for 1, off for 5, on for 10... repeat the whole thing).
I opened the case to find the CPU / heatsink fan not firmly connected (not sure how it came loose...). I suppose trying to load with the issue could have fried it, but I'm praying not.
I reseated the CPU/heatsink - cleaned both with alcohol, reapplied thermal paste, reconnected. Same problem.
After searching this forum and many others I saw some people discuss issues with the power button on some cases. I opened the front of the case and peaked around, saw no issues.[strike] But now, after reconnecting the front of the case, I don't get any boot at all. When I push the power button, I get a flash of power and a spin of all fans, and then instantaneously off.[/strike] [UPDATE - this problem has disappeared. Back to the original brief surges of power - 5-10 seconds - and then dying.]
I'm no pro on any of this - in fact, it was a minor miracle I put the thing together right 5 years ago and have never had an issue til now!
It sounds to me like a PSU issue - but I can't figure out what would have killed the PSU in the 30 minutes it was disconnected. Unfortunately, I don't have the money to buy both a new PSU/CPU/computer in general.
Any diagnosis thoughts?
Processor - Pentium E6300 (dual core 2.8ghz)
Power Supply - Rosewill RP550 - 550w
Motherboard - ASRock P45XE 775
RAM - GSKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB)
HD - Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
Case - COOLER MASTER Elite 330 RC-330-KKN1-GP