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Update - now tried an i5 3470s. Same issue. Any help would be most appreciated :'( sunk £100 into this so far

I can't boot into the BIOS, let alone reinstall Windows And this issue is occurring with both motherboards. The Z77 was taken from a working machine too.

Initial hardware - i5 2500K, Gigabyte Z68P-DS3, 2x4GB G Skill Ripjaw RAM @1600MHz 9-9-9-28, Zotac GTX 970 and Corsair AX760. I have struggled to find this issue anywhere online so here goes... In September I suffered a random shut down. My computer then didn't turn back on straight away. I had to unplug the PSU to discharge the computer before being able to turn it back on. Over time the problem worsened to the point where it needs to be unplugged from the wall for 24 hours before being able to turn back on. PSU - I previously upgraded my Corsair TX750 to the AX760 on my quest for silence. I have tried both power supplies and I still can't get the computer to turn on without discharging fully. These power supplies do work on other computers (the TX750 is now sold to a friend which is running perfectly in a Skylake build). Motherboard - As the problem became more serious, I scoured forums and thought the motherboard was at fault. I have cleared CMOS and removed the battery for 24 hours at a time, still the same issue. I have replaced the battery with a new Duracell one but issue still occurs. A good friend has now sold me an Ivybridge motherboard (Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H). He only upgraded to move to an M-ATX Ivybridge build. I have moved the 2500K into this motherboard, transferred the RAM and tried with and without the video card. The computer initially turned on but no picture with onboard graphics over DVI. With the video card the computer turned on and displayed the splash screen but never progressed further. After repeating this a few times, it now has the same unfortunate fate... No longer turns on. Motherboard power button is lit up but power button does nothing. Since the motherboard change, it has been set up on top of the motherboard box to prevent shorts inside the case. RAM - I have tried each stick of RAM in each DIMM slot on both motherboards. Same issue occurs. I have tried to diagnose each part above with and without the SATA drives plugged in (Three SSDs and two HDDs). This leads me to believe that it's actually the CPU which is dead and I am planning to get a used Ivybridge quad core tomorrow unless someone can convince me otherwise. The AX760 has always been powered through a UPS until recently with testing new hardware. Thanks in advance!

Cheers guys

So I have an Onkyo NR414 and when I use my headphones I set the receiver in what's known as "pure audio". I then turn up the volume as required. Quality already sounds pretty spot on for me but will I see any gains by using a dedicated DAC such as the Fiio e10K? Cheers in advance

Now that I have realised this, I would remove it if I knew how to. My bad

The disappearing message bug that occurs when switching from an Iphone to a different device has apparently been fixed with this web tool. The article states that, "all you need to do is enter the phone number you wish to uncouple from Apple's iMessage system. Apple will then send you a confirmation code over SMS — type it into the browser window and you'll be home free". Source: http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/9/7183507/apple-tool-deregister-imessage-phone-numbers-released

Thanks to Darrin Lynch for joining us today

Thanks to Darrin Lynch for joining us today