Computer ran for a week and stopped

[darthparth]

I recently built a computer with an ABIT KT400 RAID MOBO and a AMD Athalon 2400+. It worked flawlessly for a week. Today i go to turn on the computer and when i press the power the light goes on for a second, the fans twitch and everything just stops. I dont think the PS is broken because there is still a light on the Motherboard. Any suggestions? Thank you

 

[Martin]

For safety precaution, check to make sure your CPU fan is plugged into header 'FAN1' and not 'FAN2', however, there's some other possible causes to this, as it could be a short on the motherboard (or another failing device), or the fact that the PSU is dead - try with another PSU and check the results.

 

[darthparth]

hmmm, i'm also wondering if it could be that the processor somehow became unseated as well. As for the PSU, i don't have a spare, but i can tell you that once i turn on the power and the fans jerk, the PSU fan isnt spinning

 

[Seloce]

doesn't mean much. if the mobo isn't initializing properly, the psu may not turn on completely. you're going to have to troubleshoot it a bit. I'd recommend getting Abit on the phone to see if they can talk you through some things.

 

[darthparth]

yea im not near my comp currently, but im assuming that the processor became unseated and the mobo isnt initializing completely to prevent damage to the processor

 

[darthparth]

I think i figured it out (still away from it). The heatisink, mobo fan, and psu fan are all starting and then stopping. Recently the gel i had on the heatsink didnt apply properly to my processor. i guess that the gel is making the processor shut down since at BIOS i had a temperature autoshutdown. Since the light on the mobo urns on when i turn the power (before i press the on button), i can rule out a short in the mobo i assume. I will try to reseat the processor with new gel and hopefully it will work . I wont be home for another 12 hrs......so how does my idea sound?

 

[darthparth]

I guess that may be the reason the PSU is automatically shutting down as well....

 

[darthparth]

mobo had a short in it... had to RMA

 

[darthparth]

Thanks for the help! I RMA'd got my money back and bought a cheaper motherboard with an nforce2 chip and many OC features works really well and it increased my 3dmark2001se score 1000 points lol

 

[darthparth]

I ordered from newegg.com they give their own warranty for 30 days before sending you over to the company. So I painlessly RMA'd with them and got a refund (their customer service is the greatest)