PC broke, desperate for help :'(

[mopman94]

Specs are in my SIG. Typing this on my phone so sorry for spelling errors.

I was playing BF4 earlier doing badly as always when my PC suddenly shutdown. I put it down to it overheating. It shutdown but the powerlight was flashing about 1 flash per second (a bit faster than normal sleep mode). I pressed it and nothing happened so thought it needed to cool and left it for an hour. Upon returning I pressed the power button but again there was nothing so I switched it off and in at the PSU and pressed the power again, but again, nothing.

My first thought is the PSU has fried so I tried another but there is no difference sonits not the PSU.

If I turn the PSU off and on then press the power it tries turning in for half a second (the lights flash) but then nothing and if i press the power again there is nothing at all unless I cycle the PSU again I get that half second flash.

I'm now stuck, slightly scared my CPU or mother board has fried I've unplugged all the power cables other than the main two into the motherboard and everything is the same so its deffo not the gpu, HDDs or anything.

Help plz :'(

[techguru]

Specs are in my SIG. Typing this on my phone so sorry for spelling errors.

I was playing BF5 earlier doing badly as always when my PC suddenly shutdown. I put it down to it overheating. It shutdown but the powerlight was flashing about 1 flash per second (a bit faster than normal sleep mode). I pressed it and nothing happened so thought it needed to cool and left it for an hour. Upon returning I pressed the power button but again there was nothing so I switched it off and in at the PSU and pressed the power again, but again, nothing.

My first thought is the PSU has fried so I tried another but there is no difference sonits not the PSU.

If I turn the PSU off and on then press the power it tries turning in for half a second (the lights flash) but then nothing and if i press the power again there is nothing at all unless I cycle the PSU again I get that half second flash.

I'm now stuck, slightly scared my CPU or mother board has fried I've unplugged all the power cables other than the main two into the motherboard and everything is the same so its deffo not the gpu, HDDs or anything.

Help plz :'(

you say you tried another psu

was that psu new?

[Textosterone]

Try a new PSU

[mopman94]

you say you tried another psu

was that psu new?

The PSU was out of another functioning PC and is identical to mine, I then tried my psu in that other PC and it was fine.

[rafazafar]

Specs are in my SIG. Typing this on my phone so sorry for spelling errors.

I was playing BF4 earlier doing badly as always when my PC suddenly shutdown. I put it down to it overheating. It shutdown but the powerlight was flashing about 1 flash per second (a bit faster than normal sleep mode). I pressed it and nothing happened so thought it needed to cool and left it for an hour. Upon returning I pressed the power button but again there was nothing so I switched it off and in at the PSU and pressed the power again, but again, nothing.

My first thought is the PSU has fried so I tried another but there is no difference sonits not the PSU.

If I turn the PSU off and on then press the power it tries turning in for half a second (the lights flash) but then nothing and if i press the power again there is nothing at all unless I cycle the PSU again I get that half second flash.

I'm now stuck, slightly scared my CPU or mother board has fried I've unplugged all the power cables other than the main two into the motherboard and everything is the same so its deffo not the gpu, HDDs or anything.

Help plz :'(

tried jumping the psu to see if it starts?

http://www.seasonic.ru/tech-support/jump-start/

*keep the pin inserted, it will turn off if you remove it.

does the mobo have a debugging led/buzzer/speaker?

cleared the bios?

[mopman94]

Try a new PSU

Have

[Marcus Kemp]

Look you need 274w for one hd 7870 under load so that right there will shut down your pc. So I suggest going with a 750w power supply.

[mopman94]

tried kumping the psu to see if it starts?

http://www.seasonic.ru/tech-support/jump-start/

PSU is fine tried it in another pc

[techguru]

are you actually doing 2x 7870?

[mopman94]

Look you need 274w for one hd 7870 under load so that right there will shut down your pc. So I suggest going with a 750w power supply.

It's been fine for over 2 years, that's not the problem

[flibberdipper]

your power supply is the problem, it doesn't give you enough amps to power those graphics cards.

The 7870 is a freaking power sipper for a PSU like that. Take your BS and leave.

 

OP, maybe try resetting the CMOS and see if that fixes shit.

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[mopman94]

Look you need 274w for one hd 7870 under load so that right there will shut down your pc. So I suggest going with a 750w power supply.

It's been fine for over 2 years, that's not the problem

[rafazafar]

It's been fine for over 2 years, that's not the problem

does the mobo have a debugging led/buzzer/speaker?

cleared the bios?

[mopman94]

does the mobo have a debugging led/buzzer/speaker?

cleared the bios?

The mobo makes no noise, never has. It's normal blue ligts come on for a split second (along with the fans and everything else) if it cycle the PSU then its dead like everything else.

[techguru]

It's been fine for over 2 years, that's not the problem

take everything out of the pc..and just do the basics

cpu

and ram

see if it starts

[mopman94]

take everything out of the pc..and just do the basics

cpu

and ram

see if it starts

 Done that, I get the same thing

[mopman94]

To reiterate, it is 100% NOT the PSU. I have tried an identical PSU from another PC and get the same thing and have tried my PSU in another computer of almost the same specs and it works fine.

[techguru]

 Done that, I get the same thing

then its the psu or motherboard

highly unlikely its the cpu

[mopman94]

then its the psu or motherboard

highly unlikely its the cpu

 

Its deffo not the PSU. Only problem now is I don't have another motherboard to test it :'(

[hoot.]

The 7870 is a freaking power sipper for a PSU like that. Take your BS and leave.

 

OP, maybe try resetting the CMOS and see if that fixes shit.

 

He only has a SINGLE card. And even THEN, two on a 600 watt PSU would be fine so long as it wasn't a POS.

 

You CAN'T be serious.

 

 

Retards. Retards everywhere.

Marcus told me a 212 evo is better than a Phanteks PH-TC14PE. So yes, your statement is true. ;P

[flibberdipper]

Marcus told me a 212 evo is better than a Phanteks PH-TC14PE. So yes, your statement is true. ;P

I'm sorry, what?

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[mopman94]

Can we make love not war and get back onto my problems plz

[techguru]

Can we make love not war and get back onto my problems plz

we already did

my first guess is the psu

but if you wanna try a new board....could be it I suppose

[Textosterone]

It could be the board.

[mopman94]

we already did

my first guess is the psu

but if you wanna try a new board....could be it I suppose

 

My problem here is if its the CPU or motherboard I may as well go all out and do an upgrade so I don't want to do that unless I am sure the problem is with one of those components, is there anyway to check the components on their own without having an extra mother board or an extra cpu?