Sketchy App Causes Crash. No POST. Board, CPU fried? Salvaging What's Left (1yr Later)

[PaulMeranda]

     Skeptically utilizing 3rd party app SpaceDesk to mirror PC screen to Android, my PC resolution was being repeatedly auto-changed while I walked around with my phone, and I'm concerned this extra processing may have overloaded my hardware. The tower powers on, but fails to present any sort of visual information after many frustrated attempts to restore any functionality, including multiple different monitors, cables, and display options via all motherboard & video-card outputs.

     In 2011, I gathered some hardware on Newegg, and, with some help from my old buddy Andy, I managed to build my first computer, which ran great until a PSU failure some ~5yrs later. Finally able to replace it a whole year afterward, I began encountering increasing system errors during various projects, and it felt like my processor never quite ran the same...

     Since I live with my parents way out in the forests of Northern California, when I'm not helping them with various daily chores, I spend most of my free time on custom media projects (sharing the majority with the subreddit community centered around CKY, a group of entertainers within skateboarding subculture, popularly knows as co-founders of MTV's Jackass in the early 2000s, as well as the popular alt-rock band of the same name). After my PC's sudden failure (during which time, I've literally utilized two cheap phones to their death), I (possibly subconsciously) started watching a lot of Linus & Co., and hearing about such an active forum, full of enthusiastic users potentially interested in situations like mine, has been quite encouraging. On the other hand, besides increased depression & anxiety resulting from my lack of fulfilling work, I'm honestly beginning to fear data corruption from my HDDs lack of use... Presumably, local professionals would simply come to the same conclusions I have/will here (with an extra $100 for diagnosis), so attempting to avoid that route, and recover my projects ASAP to minimize sector corruption, I'm humbly hoping someone here may take interest in this and help me get this system working again. While I'll do my best to respond to any comments ASAP, know that I deeply appreciate any time & knowledge that my friendly peers and their recommended associates can possibly provide.

 

2011 Build (PCPP Link in Profile)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3 GHz Quad-Core Processor
Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (v1.3) mATX Motherboard
G.Skill Ripjaws X Series DDR3-1600 8GB (2 × 4GB) Memory
EVGA GeForce GTX 560ti 2GB Video Card
[[ ]] 1TB 3.5" Internal HDD
Seagate Barracuda ST3400833AS 400GB 3.5" 7200RPM Int. HDD
Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer 
Microsoft Windows 7 Pro SP1 DE 64-bit OS
CM RS-600-PCAR-E3 600W PSU
Acer G246HLAbd 24.0" 1080p 60Hz Primary Monitor
Vizio VO32L FHDTV10A Secondary Monitor
CMStorm Enforcer PC Case

 

powered on to test motherboard+case connections (lights & fans), and to see if board speaker was now working (id suspected the + & - cords were mistakenly swapped during production). not before, after, nor at any point throughout multiple tests involving different RAM sticks in different ports, did this god-forsaken board speaker beep, and I see no area near CPU for an LED indicator.

[Ben17]

1 hour ago, PaulMeranda said:

     Skeptically utilizing 3rd party app SpaceDesk to mirror PC screen to Android

Did u try to get into windows safe mode?

https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/force-windows-to-boot-into-safe-mode-without-using-the-f8-key/

[PaulMeranda]

well, sadly, im NO POSTing now- i cant even get as far as the BIOS. but i appreciate your suggestion, friend

 

[EDIT: once id figured out how to quote a reply, i then couldnt figure out how to delete this post for me to replace it, so I'll just have to quote properly in the future.]

Edited December 2, 2019 by PaulMeranda
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