Won't Boot Up

[jtkiller23]

I've had my desktop for about 2 years now and a few months ago its started giving me problems. After coming back from a 6 month trip I hook up my computer and we pick up where we left off. No problems. About a month later I wake up one morning goto start it and it powers on like normal so I thought. The led lights came on and all the fans were spinning but no display and the usual lights by the Ethernet port didn't come on. Thought it was strange turned it off did a few things came back turned it on and we were fine again. This has been going off and on for a few months now but recently its gotten worse. No matter how long I wait or what I've tried nothing is working. The computer comes on lights work and fans but that's it.

 

Trouble shooting methods I've tried: reset the cmos battery, bought new cmos battery, check all cables, unplugged all cables and resat them, took out the ram, reseated the ram, tried one ram at a time, bought a new psu (600 watts) old one was 400, unplugged all the extra peripherals, cleaned the case fans and other components I could, tried a new monitor, new hdmi cable, plugging a monitor directly into the motherboard, reseated the graphics card, updated the BIOS which seemed to have worked for a few weeks and tried to start the computer with just the core pieces (ram, cpu, psu) 

 

Now after doing all that nothing has changed but i started to get a blue screen every other week before it died. I cant find where i wrote the error it gave

 

Some of my system specs : windows 8 64bit, 2 sticks of 4gb  ram (8 total), a 600 watt psu from corsair, i5 cpu,, 1 cd drive, 1 hdd hard drive, asus motherboard

 

Thank you for reading if you need anymore specific information i would be happy to give it. I've also been reading and i think the motherboard might be shorted, but before i spend more money i would like to be sure.

[Compl3xity_]

It may be your HDD. I had the same problem with my net book. It had a damaged HDD from carelessness on my part. If it's not that, I have not a clue.

[ReadyToGame]

I think your issue lies with your HDD, maybe try getting a new one? That may be your best bet, and then try and recover the data from the old one by making it a secondary drive.

 

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[jtkiller23]

Thanks for the quick reply i will try and get a new HDD and post the results soon.

[jtkiller23]

I just tried out a new HDD and still didnt get a change. Anyone might know what could be the problem?

[DelusionalSyko]

You mentioned a BSoD error...I would REALLY like to know what that error message was.

 

Use this to get the code if you misplaced it http://www.resplendence.com/whocrashed

 

 

It honestly sounds like a power issue, but since you replaced the PSU I'm aiming towards a mobo issue...but I would like to see the BSoD message before I give a definite answer.

[dragoon20005]

I've had my desktop for about 3 years now and a few months ago its started giving me problems. After coming back from a 6 month trip I hook up my computer and we pick up where we left off. No problems. About a month later I wake up one morning goto start it and it powers on like normal so I thought. The led lights came on and all the fans were spinning but no display and the usual lights by the Ethernet port didn't come on. Thought it was strange turned it off did a few things came back turned it on and we were fine again. This has been going off and on for a few months now but recently its gotten worse. No matter how long I wait or what I've tried nothing is working. The computer comes on lights work and fans but that's it.

 

Trouble shooting methods I've tried: reset the cmos battery, bought new cmos battery, check all cables, unplugged all cables and resat them, took out the ram, reseated the ram, tried one ram at a time, bought a new psu (600 watts) old one was 400, unplugged all the extra peripherals, cleaned the case fans and other components I could, tried a new monitor, new hdmi cable, plugging a monitor directly into the motherboard, reseated the graphics card, updated the BIOS which seemed to have worked for a few weeks and tried to start the computer with just the core pieces (ram, cpu, psu) 

 

Now after doing all that nothing has changed but i started to get a blue screen every other week before it died. I cant find where i wrote the error it gave

 

Some of my system specs : windows 8 64bit, 2 sticks of 4gb  ram (8 total), a 600 watt psu from corsair, i5 cpu,, 1 cd drive, 1 hdd hard drive, asus motherboard

 

Thank you for reading if you need anymore specific information i would be happy to give it. I've also been reading and i think the motherboard might be shorted, but before i spend more money i would like to be sure.

 

 

You mentioned a BSoD error...I would REALLY like to know what that error message was.

 

Use this to get the code if you misplaced it http://www.resplendence.com/whocrashed

 

 

It honestly sounds like a power issue, but since you replaced the PSU I'm aiming towards a mobo issue...but I would like to see the BSoD message before I give a definite answer.

mobo if not RAM troubles

[jtkiller23]

i was able to find the last error it gave

 

You mentioned a BSoD error...I would REALLY like to know what that error message was.

 

Use this to get the code if you misplaced it http://www.resplendence.com/whocrashed

 

 

It honestly sounds like a power issue, but since you replaced the PSU I'm aiming towards a mobo issue...but I would like to see the BSoD message before I give a definite answer.

i was able to find the last error, it was whea_uncorrectable-error. Thats all came up on the blue screen. I'm taking the computer in this weekend to try out some new ram to see if thats the problem if not i guess the last result would be the mother board unless someone thinks otherwise?

[DelusionalSyko]

Is your PC stable enough to boot into windows? I would see if the Simple File Checker could find anything corrupted with windows...once you boot windows you can open a command prompt as admin (Right click it and select run as administrator) and type in: sfc /scannow and see if that finds anything...

 

I'd also run a memtest to make sure it IS actually your memory having the issue, we have to narrow it down and a memtest will narrow it down big time.

 

When was the last time you freshly reinstalled windows?

 

I'd also like to know the RAM's make and model and your motherboard's make and model whenever you have a chance.

[jtkiller23]

i can't boot the pc at all. Nothing on the display or anything but you can tell there is power. Fans are spinning even the Graphics card plugged into the motherboard fans are spinning. I havent reinstalled windows since I've had the computer and thats been about 2 years. I'm not able to do anything on the computer at this time.

The motherboard is ASrock b75m-dgs, ram is AMP DDR3 1333MHZ 8GB (2 OF 4GB).

 

 

I just unplugged the computer to try another outlet (thinking that maybe the outllet was the problem) and now it comes on for about 10 seconds then turns off and comes back on. It does this until i have to hold down the power button to turn it off

 

I was able to figure out the on and off problem. A stick of RAM was loose