HELP!! Pc restarts constantly..

[Mouse-Potato]

Hi guys,

 

So my dads internet browsing/youtube PC is acting up and I can't pin point it, maybe some of you know the symptoms better than I do.

 

When I turn on the pc it just restarts constantly and won't even boot into bios at all. I tried taking out the GPU and using onboard graphics, I reset the ram and even tried unplugging the boot drive to see if it would boot into BIOS.

Is this it? Is this the end of the motherboard? Or something else?? PSU?

 

 

Specs are:

GA87N-WIfi

G3258 (fairly new, about 1 year old)

GSKILL aegis ram 8gb (fairly new, About 1 year old)

240 GB Sandisk Plus SSD

The case is a Hadron Air with a integrated PSU.

 

Any help would be awesome!

[VolkA]

5 minutes ago, Mouse-Potato said:

Hi guys,

 

So my dads internet browsing/youtube PC is acting up and I can't pin point it, maybe some of you know the symptoms better than I do.

 

When I turn on the pc it just restarts constantly and won't even boot into bios at all. I tried taking out the GPU and using onboard graphics, I reset the ram and even tried unplugging the boot drive to see if it would boot into BIOS.

Is this it? Is this the end of the motherboard? Or something else?? PSU?

 

 

Specs are:

GA87N-WIfi

G3258 (fairly new, about 1 year old)

GSKILL aegis ram 8gb (fairly new, About 1 year old)

240 GB Sandisk Plus SSD

The case is a Hadron Air with a integrated PSU.

 

Any help would be awesome!

You mean it goes into a restart cycle? Like non stop restart kind of thing? If yes, my friend had this issue and it was the PSU. Try changing the PSU.

 

PS. Provided you have restarted CMOS and the issue is still there.

[MrDrWho13]

Reset CMOS and change CMOS battery. If that doesn't work, it's most likely the PSU since it happened so suddenly. If switching the PSU doesn't solve it, it's probably the motherboard. (at which point it's probably worth replacing the whole PC)

[Mouse-Potato]

9 minutes ago, VolkA said:

You mean it goes into a restart cycle? Like non stop restart kind of thing? If yes, my friend had this issue and it was the PSU. Try changing the PSU.

 

PS. Provided you have restarted CMOS and the issue is still there.

Yes! It goes into a constant restart cycle, it just cycles through restart with a oud clicking noise. I took out the CMOS battery and going to try that.

[Mouse-Potato]

5 minutes ago, MrDrWho13 said:

Reset CMOS and change CMOS battery. If that doesn't work, it's most likely the PSU since it happened so suddenly. If switching the PSU doesn't solve it, it's probably the motherboard. (at which point it's probably worth replacing the whole PC)

I'm resetting CMOS atm but I was thinking about trying to wire a new PSU to the mobo and try to start it that way, is that a bad idea?

[MrDrWho13]

1 minute ago, Mouse-Potato said:

I'm resetting CMOS atm but I was thinking about trying to wire a new PSU to the mobo and try to start it that way, is that a bad idea?

If you disconnect the current one from everything and then connect the new one then it should be fine.

[Mouse-Potato]

It was the mobo, the 12v rail is probably fried..