Unexpected shut down - now there's no life...

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leesmi

Member
G'day fellow PCS users,

Just playing a game of AvP on my 2 month old machine, when all of a sudden, computer just dies (as if turned off at the wall) and now wont start up again. There is power going to the PC,the MoBo is lit up as it normally does, just seems to be something stopping the boot process.

I don't think its overheated, the fans were not working particularly hard prior to this.

specs below:

COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-960 (3.20GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache

Motherboard ASUS® RAMPAGE III EXTREME: 3-Way SLI & CrossFireX, SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0

Memory (RAM) 12GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (6 x 2GB KIT)

Graphics Card 1536MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX580 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DX 11 (PRE-ORDER)

2nd Graphics Card 1536MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX580 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DX 11 (PRE-ORDER)

3rd Graphics Card NONE

Memory - 1st Hard Disk 160GB Intel® X25-M 2.5" SSD (34nm / upto 250MB/sR | 100MB/sW)***SPECIAL***

2nd Hard Disk 640GB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD6400AARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
RAID NONE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 10x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£49)
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader NONE

Power Supply CORSAIR 1200W PRO SERIES GOLD (AX1200) 80+ MODULAR PSU (£206)

Processor Cooling COOLIT ECO C240 A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£102)

Change to: COOLIT FREEZONE ELITE CPU SUB AMBIENT COOLING UNIT(£230)


any help/ideas would be gratefully appreciated!

thanks

Lee
 
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IrishTech

Bronze Level Poster
sounds like something like mine playing DA PC to shut down and won't turn on for an hour like it was over heating.
 
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leesmi

Member
Update:

Hopefully as I research, someone might notice symptoms.

1. The Mobo will only let me try booting once, it seems to be the PSU saying no If I want to try again I need to disconnect the power.

2. I have checked all connections/components, all seem to be intact IMO.

3. There is a buzzing noise coming from the PSU, but it doesn't seem to be severe and might only be noticeable because the case is open...
 
Gorman

Gorman

Author Level
Either the PSU has blown or you have a serious overheat issue, after several hours of down time does it get any further into boot?

Either way i would contact the call centre on 0844 499 4000
 
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leesmi

Member
Update. I pressed the BIOS switch button to switch BIOS. the power goes on, fans spin, power to GPU/Cooling/Mobo/optical drives. Cant' tell if the HDD are working, although cant feel any vibration in the secondary. however still no POST beep, no display nothing. system does this is both BIOS 1 and 2 modes.

Is this making any sense to anyone?
 
Meds

Meds

Moderator
Moderator
I'm afraid the best thing to do now would be to contact Tech Support via email or telephone. If you call them, then try to be next to your PC as they will ask you to try a couple of things to see if they can get it working whilst it's still with you.
 
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