Sudden Death of Computer
Posted: May 9th, 2014, 6:16 pm
OK, a little dramatic of a title. But maybe not.
Computer is the desktop in my sig. Haven't done anything to it but use it since I built it 18 months ago, no hardware changes or anything.
A couple weeks ago my computer got stuck in a reboot loop (it would reboot when I hit "shut down"). So I flipped the switch on the PSU as it was about to do another reboot. It hasn't started up since (yes I turned the PSU back on). Push the case power button, nothing happens whatsoever. I shorted the pins on the mobo for the switch in case the switch died. Nope. Plugged in a different PSU, same result. Also tested the old PSU with the paper clip trick, works fine. There are no lights coming on on the mobo, no fans spin, etc.
So I sent in the mobo for RMA service, noticed today on the status: "No trouble found after tests with multiple configurations". I kinda doubt they tried that hard, since they recorded receiving it a mere 30 minutes before this entry, but idk, maybe it is actually fine and I wasted 2 weeks (plus another before I get it back) and $15 in shipping.
So, if the mobo is infact fine, I guess it is the CPU? I never overclocked it for the record, though I planned to at some point. I thought I had a board once (not this one) that would at least power up without a CPU, but I might be mis-remembering, or the newer boards can't do squat without one (seems plausible). Or Gigabyte lies, who knows. Their techs on the phone are idiots, which seems to be the norm for all companies these days...
Time to RMA the CPU? If it was an older system I'd just upgrade the CPU/mobo, but there is no reason to. The system has been awesome up until 2 weeks ago, plenty of power for my needs.
Computer is the desktop in my sig. Haven't done anything to it but use it since I built it 18 months ago, no hardware changes or anything.
A couple weeks ago my computer got stuck in a reboot loop (it would reboot when I hit "shut down"). So I flipped the switch on the PSU as it was about to do another reboot. It hasn't started up since (yes I turned the PSU back on). Push the case power button, nothing happens whatsoever. I shorted the pins on the mobo for the switch in case the switch died. Nope. Plugged in a different PSU, same result. Also tested the old PSU with the paper clip trick, works fine. There are no lights coming on on the mobo, no fans spin, etc.
So I sent in the mobo for RMA service, noticed today on the status: "No trouble found after tests with multiple configurations". I kinda doubt they tried that hard, since they recorded receiving it a mere 30 minutes before this entry, but idk, maybe it is actually fine and I wasted 2 weeks (plus another before I get it back) and $15 in shipping.
So, if the mobo is infact fine, I guess it is the CPU? I never overclocked it for the record, though I planned to at some point. I thought I had a board once (not this one) that would at least power up without a CPU, but I might be mis-remembering, or the newer boards can't do squat without one (seems plausible). Or Gigabyte lies, who knows. Their techs on the phone are idiots, which seems to be the norm for all companies these days...
Time to RMA the CPU? If it was an older system I'd just upgrade the CPU/mobo, but there is no reason to. The system has been awesome up until 2 weeks ago, plenty of power for my needs.