redfish
Intelligent Metalhead
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Hey guys. Back again with yet another hardware issue. Here's what happened:
I just moved out of college for vacation and brought my rig with me. I set it up in my old desk at home and powered it on; the second monitor worked fine, but the primary monitor wasn't detecting a signal so I turned it off and checked the connection. Didn't see anything obviously wrong, although one of the nuts on the back of the GPU had fallen out so the DVI cable was only screwed in on one side. I unplugged it and turned the computer back on. It didn't.
I spammed the power button until I heard a click from somewhere inside the PC. There was obviously something wrong. I looked down to check for the green light on the mobo that indicated it was getting power; that little LED was on, so the motherboard was indeed getting power. I turned the PSU switch off and waited for the light to shut off, then I tried again. This time the lights and fans turned on for maybe half a second before shutting off again. I hit the power button again a few times and nothing happened.
This is more or less what happened every time I tried for some 5 or more tries. I'd unplug, wait for power to drain, plug back in, and hit the power button; lights and fans would flare up for less than a second then shut down again, and then nothing would happen when I tried hitting the power button again until after I had unplugged and let the caps drain again. Here's a list of things I've tried:
-Bypassing the surge protector and plugging straight into the wall
-Unplugging all peripherals, including monitors
-Holding power button down
-Holding power button down with PSU switched off, and then switching it on and releasing power button
-Unplugging one GPU
-Unplugging both GPUs
-Unplugging disk drive
-Unplugging CPU power
-Unplugging all case fans from motherboard
None of the above things caused any change. Here's a couple pieces of potentially relevant background information:
-This thing was driven in a car for a while. I just always get nervous with that thing in the back of a car. Wasn't a horribly bumpy ride, but it did involve a detour off of the main road.
-When I moved out, it was probably the first time I've actually turned it off in months. I've more or less left it running since I got to college.
I also have multiple motherboards, GPUs, CPUs, and RAM that may or may not be functioning tucked away in a closet somewhere if they are needed for troubleshooting.
My suspicion is that something's shorted somewhere. I hope not, because I feel like that would have already caused irreversible damage.
Can somebody provide any assistance? I've pumped a lot of money into this thing and now is really not the time for it to be down for a while... I would really appreciate it.
I just moved out of college for vacation and brought my rig with me. I set it up in my old desk at home and powered it on; the second monitor worked fine, but the primary monitor wasn't detecting a signal so I turned it off and checked the connection. Didn't see anything obviously wrong, although one of the nuts on the back of the GPU had fallen out so the DVI cable was only screwed in on one side. I unplugged it and turned the computer back on. It didn't.
I spammed the power button until I heard a click from somewhere inside the PC. There was obviously something wrong. I looked down to check for the green light on the mobo that indicated it was getting power; that little LED was on, so the motherboard was indeed getting power. I turned the PSU switch off and waited for the light to shut off, then I tried again. This time the lights and fans turned on for maybe half a second before shutting off again. I hit the power button again a few times and nothing happened.
This is more or less what happened every time I tried for some 5 or more tries. I'd unplug, wait for power to drain, plug back in, and hit the power button; lights and fans would flare up for less than a second then shut down again, and then nothing would happen when I tried hitting the power button again until after I had unplugged and let the caps drain again. Here's a list of things I've tried:
-Bypassing the surge protector and plugging straight into the wall
-Unplugging all peripherals, including monitors
-Holding power button down
-Holding power button down with PSU switched off, and then switching it on and releasing power button
-Unplugging one GPU
-Unplugging both GPUs
-Unplugging disk drive
-Unplugging CPU power
-Unplugging all case fans from motherboard
None of the above things caused any change. Here's a couple pieces of potentially relevant background information:
-This thing was driven in a car for a while. I just always get nervous with that thing in the back of a car. Wasn't a horribly bumpy ride, but it did involve a detour off of the main road.
-When I moved out, it was probably the first time I've actually turned it off in months. I've more or less left it running since I got to college.
I also have multiple motherboards, GPUs, CPUs, and RAM that may or may not be functioning tucked away in a closet somewhere if they are needed for troubleshooting.
My suspicion is that something's shorted somewhere. I hope not, because I feel like that would have already caused irreversible damage.
Can somebody provide any assistance? I've pumped a lot of money into this thing and now is really not the time for it to be down for a while... I would really appreciate it.