PC died need help!

[Seaneeng6]

Hey my friends pc i built died, im unsure of the problem, i turn it on i wait less than a second and it shuts down.

Any one know what the problem is, i suspect its the psu..

Thank You

[heineygoat]

Yeah sounds like the PSU. Or the computer may be trying to protect itself from a short or something. You could plug the 24 pin, CPU power and drive power from your PSU into his hardware without actually uninstalling it from your own case, just for the sake of testing.

[Dave :)]

Did it just suddenly power off? Was there are power surge at all? Try booting with only 1 stick of RAM and see if that helps at all. Also, remove the motherboard battery for 30 secs and put back in to clear the CMOS, then reboot.

[Seaneeng6]

Did it just suddenly power off? Was there are power surge at all? Try booting with only 1 stick of RAM and see if that helps at all. Also, remove the motherboard battery for 30 secs and put back in to clear the CMOS, then reboot.

Ok ill try that, thanks. and yes it did just suddenly turn of.

[Seaneeng6]

Yeah sounds like the PSU. Or the computer may be trying to protect itself from a short or something. You could plug the 24 pin, CPU power and drive power from your PSU into his hardware without actually uninstalling it from your own case, just for the sake of testing.

Yh i will just spoke to him over the phone. so ill take my spare psu and test it.

[MalenskiiPC]

It may be ram. Do you have mismatched ram? I once had some mismatched ram, and it would boot for like 4 seconds, then shut down.

[Dave :)]

Did it just suddenly power off? Was there are power surge at all? Try booting with only 1 stick of RAM and see if that helps at all. Also, remove the motherboard battery for 30 secs and put back in to clear the CMOS, then reboot.

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Alright. i just want to rule out everything before suggesting it's a hardware problem. What is the PSU and how long has he had it for?