I think my PC is short circuiting, but I'm unsure.

[Martian46]

Roughly six months ago now, I built my very first PC. So since I'm very new to the community I thought I'd run this by the forums before I start throwing money at a computer tech.

 

A little over a week ago I had woken up to a computer that would not start.

 

The first indication of it not starting was that the little power button light found on the motherboard was not lit like it usually would be even if the PC was turned off. So on that, my first line of defence was to google a solution based on what symptoms I was observing (which were only what I've just stated at that time).

 

I ended up coming across a few forums, the first stating that it could be a short circuit caused by cables not being plugged in properly. So after reading that I just about rebuilt my pc, ensuring that everything was sound even down to the CMOS battery. This resulted in my computer being able to turn on BUT my 2000+ joule surge protection power board would continuously trip every four to five minutes whilst the computer continues to run. It would function as per usual until a week later I yet again woke up to a computer that wouldn't start.

 

So on that note, I did another quick search on google for some answers and found someone saying that it could be the CMOS battery. So I removed the GPU so I could be able to take out the battery (all with the PC switched off of course). I then left it out of the motherboard for half an hour or so, then put it (along with the GPU) back in the motherboard. It managed to boot up again but was still tripping the power board. This was done mostly in efforts of trying to pinpoint a possible problem area which I'm making not of here.

 

So in summary, my problem is that I think my computer is tripping the power board and once a week or so my PC will refuse to turn on and I have to remove and re-insert the GPU and CMOS battery in order to get it to start again.

 

 

I'll be looking forward to any answers you guys may bring my way,

Thank You

 

 

Another thing to note; the two images below are things that have occasionally popped up when trying to log in.

 

My specs are as follows:

 

Case - Corsair 750D

Motherboard - X570 Aorus Master

GPU - Vision RTX 3070

PSU - Corsair HX1000

CPU - AMD Ryzen 9

CPU Cooler - Nzxt Kraken Z73

RAM - 4 x 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro

SSD - Samsung V-Nand SSD 860 EVO 1T

Fans - Lian Li Uni Fan SL120

 

 

 

[SavageNeo]

firstly try using diffeent cable and outlet. if that does not help, i would look at the psu. HX is high quality but this makes me think that something is wrong with it. i would also check that the motherboard is correctly placed on the standoffs, and that you used the right screws and that the motherbaord is not touching the case.