Friends PC won't turn on

Nick259 · Aug 16, 2012

Hey, my friend just text me in a panic saying that his PC has 'died'. He says the lights come on but the fans don't and nothing displays on screen. He also stated that his PC was very warm so naturally I have just assumed that it's overheating and should be fine in the morning. I'm going to see it tomorrow and if the problem is still persisting I will try resetting the CMOS, testing the individual sticks of ram and reseating all the components. Can anybody think of any others reasons that would happen?

His specs for reference:

q6600 @ 3.4ghz 1.4v (1.36 in windows) with freezer 7 pro cooler
MSI P35 Neo2-fr LGA775
6GB RAM (2x1gb + 2x2gb corsair xms2 800mhz)
500GB HDD and 128GB SSD
AMD 6850 1GB
Corsair GS 700W Power Supply

Frenzic · Aug 16, 2012

I had a rig do that once and it turned out to be the psu. It was weird coz the psu hadnt totaly failed, it was still pump[ing abit of power through too light up led's or spin some fans, Has he got aanother psu hangin around?

Frenzic · Aug 16, 2012

Oh and pc warm does he mean around the psu? fan may have failed in the psu?

Nick259 · Aug 16, 2012

He was very vague as he doesn't know much about pc's so I can't say for sure. Thanks for the suggestion though I will take along a spare power supply.

Frenzic · Aug 17, 2012

Yes that would be wise. Please report back what the problem was and if it was psu related or whatever as it is handy for others to know and im quite curious. Thanks

Nick259 · Aug 17, 2012

I should mention that the power supply is only 2 weeks old

eidairaman1 · Aug 17, 2012

Nick259 said:
I should mention that the power supply is only 2 weeks old

it dont matter defects are very possible

Frenzic · Aug 17, 2012

Ah rite well probably not the psu but i would still have a look. Do as you said in your op and reseat all components and maybe a good clean out of dust, that can cause all sorts of problems

Frenzic · Aug 17, 2012

eidairaman1 said:
it dont matter defects are very possible

Yes thats true.

Bo$$ · Aug 17, 2012

I had a strange issue with this board too, The PSU i used was slightly defective. Also bring a spare video card. be aware this board boots twice, all the 4 LEDS will go green second time it starts, if not all are green (eg: 2 red) then pull the manual and take a look at the error codes.

What kind of DVD drive are you using?? Try unpluging it, mine had an issue with one

TRWOV · Aug 17, 2012

Take a buzzer with you, just in case his mobo PC doesn't have one and you need to troubleshoot.

I would:
a. reseat everything (solves like 80% of the problems)
b. test without RAM (to check if the mobo gives the error beep codes)
c. reset CMOS and start with the bare minimum (CPU, 1 stick of RAM) then start to add device by device until you get to the culprit

Bo$$ said:
What kind of DVD drive are you using?? Try unpluging it, mine had an issue with one

yeah, that too, might be a DMI issue.

Widjaja · Aug 17, 2012

I'll be pointing to PSU or fried memory controller.
After that it would be RAM which may have been taken out by the fried memory controller/onboard chipset.

The 775skt CPUs themselves rock but the NB/SB cooling on the motherboards shat themselves over the years sadly.

Processor	Phenom II X4 B50 @ 3.4Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA MA790XT-UD4P
Cooling	Vendetta 2, several case fans
Memory	8GB Geil Ripjaws 1666Mhz
Video Card(s)	Powercolor 5850 1GB
Storage	1TB Samsung F1
Display(s)	LG 23" W2361V TFT Widescreen
Case	Antec 300
Audio Device(s)	X-Fi Xtreme Music
Power Supply	Antec HCG 750W
Software	Windows 7 Pro 64bit

Processor	Intel Core i7-4930K Ivy Bridge-E @ 4.5GHz (1.28 V)
Motherboard	ASUS Rampage IV Formula X79
Cooling	(CPU) CORSAIR Hydro H80i Liquid Cooling - (Case) 2x CORSAIR SP140 RGB PRO, 2x CORSAIR SP120 RGB PRO
Memory	16GB Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3-2400MHz (4x4) Quad Channel
Video Card(s)	MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming 11G @ 2GHz
Storage	OCZ Vertex450 256GB SSD (Boot) + Silicon Power 512GB SSD (Games) + 3 Mech's
Display(s)	BenQ XL2720T 1920x1080 120Hz
Case	CORSAIR Carbide 500R
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Power Supply	CORSAIR RM1000
Mouse	CORSAIR Harpoon RGB PRO
Keyboard	CORSAIR K55 RGB
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate (64-Bit)
Benchmark Scores	https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/34647008?

Processor	Intel Core i7-4930K Ivy Bridge-E @ 4.5GHz (1.28 V)
Motherboard	ASUS Rampage IV Formula X79
Cooling	(CPU) CORSAIR Hydro H80i Liquid Cooling - (Case) 2x CORSAIR SP140 RGB PRO, 2x CORSAIR SP120 RGB PRO
Memory	16GB Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3-2400MHz (4x4) Quad Channel
Video Card(s)	MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming 11G @ 2GHz
Storage	OCZ Vertex450 256GB SSD (Boot) + Silicon Power 512GB SSD (Games) + 3 Mech's
Display(s)	BenQ XL2720T 1920x1080 120Hz
Case	CORSAIR Carbide 500R
Audio Device(s)	CORSAIR Void PRO RGB USB + Pioneer HDJ-500-R
Power Supply	CORSAIR RM1000
Mouse	CORSAIR Harpoon RGB PRO
Keyboard	CORSAIR K55 RGB
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate (64-Bit)
Benchmark Scores	https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/34647008?

Processor	Phenom II X4 B50 @ 3.4Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA MA790XT-UD4P
Cooling	Vendetta 2, several case fans
Memory	8GB Geil Ripjaws 1666Mhz
Video Card(s)	Powercolor 5850 1GB
Storage	1TB Samsung F1
Display(s)	LG 23" W2361V TFT Widescreen
Case	Antec 300
Audio Device(s)	X-Fi Xtreme Music
Power Supply	Antec HCG 750W
Software	Windows 7 Pro 64bit

Processor	Intel Core i7-4930K Ivy Bridge-E @ 4.5GHz (1.28 V)
Motherboard	ASUS Rampage IV Formula X79
Cooling	(CPU) CORSAIR Hydro H80i Liquid Cooling - (Case) 2x CORSAIR SP140 RGB PRO, 2x CORSAIR SP120 RGB PRO
Memory	16GB Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3-2400MHz (4x4) Quad Channel
Video Card(s)	MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming 11G @ 2GHz
Storage	OCZ Vertex450 256GB SSD (Boot) + Silicon Power 512GB SSD (Games) + 3 Mech's
Display(s)	BenQ XL2720T 1920x1080 120Hz
Case	CORSAIR Carbide 500R
Audio Device(s)	CORSAIR Void PRO RGB USB + Pioneer HDJ-500-R
Power Supply	CORSAIR RM1000
Mouse	CORSAIR Harpoon RGB PRO
Keyboard	CORSAIR K55 RGB
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate (64-Bit)
Benchmark Scores	https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/34647008?

Friends PC won't turn on

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Bo$$

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TRWOV

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