Right, so... some sort of issue with my PC. :(

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Sacre

Discussion Starter · Mar 10, 2009

First off, disabled my OC about a week ago because I wasn't using the PC much and it was on 24/7, so I'd rather not leave it the OC running for no reason.

Came home this morning from work and checked a few things, PC was working just fine.

Went to sleep, got up, and noticed a slight whining sound every time I tried to load something, seemed to be coming from the HD. Then the entire PC started to slow horrendously - it got slower and slower, until I would get a blue screen on reboots.

So, of course, I got my Ultimate Boot CD out, expecting a hard disk issue. Started my system up, popped the drive in, and went into the BIOS to set my DVD to first boot device.

All went well, saved BIOS settings. PC hard reset itself, and then there was no video displayed and no post code.

Cleared the CMOS (jumper setting) on the board and booted it up again, same thing. Disconnected everything except video card/cpu/RAM, still no video/post code.

My initial thoughts were the hard drive, obviously, as I've heard that sound from failing HDs before. Now my thought is that yes it's the HD, but that could have been caused by maybe the mobo going bad, or a faulty PSU? No post code does concern me though.

Sooo... any idea what this could be? I will start troubleshooting on Thursday when my work week ends, but being gone for ~15 hours a day doesn't leave much time for troubleshooting at home and anxious to get started.

Thanks guys.

Oh, all system specs are in my sig.

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spartacus

· #2 · Mar 10, 2009

Could the GPU be dead?
You should test that in another rig if possible.

I don't think if the PSU went bad you wouldn't be able to start the machine.

Also, you could try reseating 1 stick of RAM.

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NAM_killer

· #3 · Mar 10, 2009

those symptoms with the specs of your pc have psu written all over it, if you can, get a higher wattage psu or try it with no OC, no gpu, 1 stick of ram, no sound card, no HDD's and nothing else that might be plugged in apart from your cpu and one stick of ram, then work your way up plugging one thing in at a time if it works and completes its POST. its long but in the long run you will find out whats wrong with your pc

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Sacre

Discussion Starter · #4 · Mar 10, 2009

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Originally Posted by spartacus

Could the GPU be dead?
You should test that in another rig if possible.

I don't think if the PSU went bad you wouldn't be able to start the machine.

Also, you could try reseating 1 stick of RAM.

Well, I've heard of PSUs giving fluctuations that could damage parts of the system. I hope it didn't kill anything in the system. I'll be able to test the GPU soon, I have four other computers in the house (9600GSO/8800GT/8800GTX/4830) that I can check that out in.

Yeah, I'll give the RAM a shot, but usually RAM issues give a post code - at least every time in my experience.

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Originally Posted by NAM_killer

Been running this PSU on the same specs for 1.5 years, only change is about a month ago I changed from an E6750 to an E8400 and from 2GB 800MHz to 8GB 800MHz. (New sticks, not mixing and matching RAM)

Haven't had it OC'd for over a week.

Will try the 1 stick of RAM deal...

Thanks guys.

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