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Endless loop of resetting

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My dad's computer won't turn on properly, just stuck on a loop of resetting where everything turns on for a few seconds, then powers off and repeat. I've tried replugging in all the cables yet nothing has worked yet.

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i7 3770k

GTX 780

16 gigs of ddr3 1600 ram from g.skill

Silent Pro M2 850w from CM

Hyper 212 evo

2 SSD's

 

No clue what is going on, or how to fix it.

pls send help

i7 3770 w/ stock cooler - 16 gigs of 1600 mhz ram - AMD Radeon 7770 from Asus - P8H77-M mobo - no name 400w psu - 3000 GB HDD - 128 GB Sandisk SSD all housed in a matte black/red H440

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No clue what is going on, or how to fix it.

pls send help

try reseating the cpu and redoing the thermal compound and try using a new keyboard

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try reseating the cpu and redoing the thermal compound and try using a new keyboard

reseated the cpu and nothing happened but i dont have any alchohol stuff on hand to redo the compound

i7 3770 w/ stock cooler - 16 gigs of 1600 mhz ram - AMD Radeon 7770 from Asus - P8H77-M mobo - no name 400w psu - 3000 GB HDD - 128 GB Sandisk SSD all housed in a matte black/red H440

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reseated the cpu and nothing happened but i dont have any alchohol stuff on hand to redo the compound

do you have spare thermal compound if so you can just use a microfber cloth and if you cant get it of you cna use  tiny i mean tiny amount of water to clean it with a microfiber cloth you have to be carful if the chip gets wet et it dry for a while and after your done try to dry everything odd

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do you have spare thermal compound if so you can just use a microfber cloth and if you cant get it of you cna use  tiny i mean tiny amount of water to clean it with a microfiber cloth you have to be carful if the chip gets wet et it dry for a while and after your done try to dry everything oddwil

will redoing the compound though even do anything? it turned on before and the temps were fine when i did check them, i think it has to do with something else

i7 3770 w/ stock cooler - 16 gigs of 1600 mhz ram - AMD Radeon 7770 from Asus - P8H77-M mobo - no name 400w psu - 3000 GB HDD - 128 GB Sandisk SSD all housed in a matte black/red H440

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will redoing the compound though even do anything? it turned on before and the temps were fine when i did check them, i think it has to do with something else

what could happen and happened to me was that the cpu wasnt getting cooled as the cooler was bad caused the exact same thing to happen to me as you

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what could happen and happened to me was that the cpu wasnt getting cooled as the cooler was bad caused the exact same thing to happen to me as you

i dont think i have a microfiber cloth either, any subsitute i could use inplace of it then?

i7 3770 w/ stock cooler - 16 gigs of 1600 mhz ram - AMD Radeon 7770 from Asus - P8H77-M mobo - no name 400w psu - 3000 GB HDD - 128 GB Sandisk SSD all housed in a matte black/red H440

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will redoing the compound though even do anything? it turned on before and the temps were fine when i did check them, i think it has to do with something else

I doubt that it's because of cpu overheating... (if you said there were no temp. problems...). It wouldn't switch of that quickly.

Did this start happening just like this from one day to another?

Can you get into the bios or does the pc restart already before that? (in this case its not a problem with the ssds/ windows)

I'd now try to isolate the problem. Take out the Graphics Card (pug your monitor into the onboard graphics port) and all except one ram module. If you can get into the bios than there'r a problem with either the other ram or the gpu.

If stripping the pc down to its bare minimum doesn't help I'd assume theres a problem with your PSU. You should try a different PSU (maybe a friend can lend you one) then...

 

Hope that helps :)

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I doubt that it's because of cpu overheating... (if you said there were no temp. problems...). It wouldn't switch of that quickly.

Did this start happening just like this from one day to another?

Can you get into the bios or does the pc restart already before that? (in this case its not a problem with the ssds/ windows)

I'd now try to isolate the problem. Take out the Graphics Card (pug your monitor into the onboard graphics port) and all except one ram module. If you can get into the bios than there'r a problem with either the other ram or the gpu.

If stripping the pc down to its bare minimum doesn't help I'd assume theres a problem with your PSU. You should try a different PSU (maybe a friend can lend you one) then...

 

Hope that helps :)

I'm sure it's not the gpu and ram, i tried reseating/taking them out, psu probably should be able to power this and if it was the psu it wouldnt turn on in the first place. ill just send it to the local computer store and see if they can do anything about it

i7 3770 w/ stock cooler - 16 gigs of 1600 mhz ram - AMD Radeon 7770 from Asus - P8H77-M mobo - no name 400w psu - 3000 GB HDD - 128 GB Sandisk SSD all housed in a matte black/red H440

thanks and have fun

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