RiCkItY_ReD
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Hi all, I'd really appreciate any help you can offer with this because I'm stumped!
My computer is a fairly new build; all of the components are about 6 or 7 months old. I've never had any problems until now. About a month ago I turned on the computer and no signal was being sent to the monitor (light remained orange for 'standby' and obviously no image on screen). I thought it may be an issue with the monitor cable or the graphics card but then I noticed that the computer was not booting up in the background either (no beeps, no windows sounds, and the hard drive has a sort of repetitive whirring). After about 5 minutes of mindless attempts turning it on and off, pressing reset, turning the PSU on and off etc. it came on just as normal. The problem didn't occur again until 2 days ago. The same stubborn turning on and off would eventually get me on to my computer but the problem is occurring every time now that I try and boot up the computer.
I have checked all the cables inside the computer to make sure they are properly connected (this amounted to going through each cable in turn and firmly pressing it into its socket). I have taken out the graphics card and replaced it, plugging a different cable from the PSU into it. I have switched the RAM into the other 2 free slots. I have removed the BIOS battery for a minute and replaced it. The thing which has the most significant effect is unplugging the PSU power cord from the back and holding down the power button for a minute. I have heard that this is meant to purge any excess power from the system. This seemed to work the first time. However, now every time I do it, when I switch the computer on it powers up for about a second and then cuts out. What's really weird is that it then starts up again by itself but with the usual problem.
I'm worried that this is going to be a faulty PSU or motherboard, but I'm in denial because they are such new components and I can't afford to replace either of them or to take it to a computer shop.
Thanks for any help you can offer!
My computer is a fairly new build; all of the components are about 6 or 7 months old. I've never had any problems until now. About a month ago I turned on the computer and no signal was being sent to the monitor (light remained orange for 'standby' and obviously no image on screen). I thought it may be an issue with the monitor cable or the graphics card but then I noticed that the computer was not booting up in the background either (no beeps, no windows sounds, and the hard drive has a sort of repetitive whirring). After about 5 minutes of mindless attempts turning it on and off, pressing reset, turning the PSU on and off etc. it came on just as normal. The problem didn't occur again until 2 days ago. The same stubborn turning on and off would eventually get me on to my computer but the problem is occurring every time now that I try and boot up the computer.
I have checked all the cables inside the computer to make sure they are properly connected (this amounted to going through each cable in turn and firmly pressing it into its socket). I have taken out the graphics card and replaced it, plugging a different cable from the PSU into it. I have switched the RAM into the other 2 free slots. I have removed the BIOS battery for a minute and replaced it. The thing which has the most significant effect is unplugging the PSU power cord from the back and holding down the power button for a minute. I have heard that this is meant to purge any excess power from the system. This seemed to work the first time. However, now every time I do it, when I switch the computer on it powers up for about a second and then cuts out. What's really weird is that it then starts up again by itself but with the usual problem.
I'm worried that this is going to be a faulty PSU or motherboard, but I'm in denial because they are such new components and I can't afford to replace either of them or to take it to a computer shop.
Thanks for any help you can offer!