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wonglicious

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So, i built a computer a while back a year ago and ever since it completly broke down i havent been using it.

The specs are: Intel 2 duo 2.4, Gigabyte MOBO, crosair 500w 2gram, nvidia8800

Now, the problems stemmed all the way back when i first got it. Within the first 72hr run time of the computer, it would sometimes not always randomly restart for no reason. Keep in mind that the restarts would occur over 7months till the final break down. Problems would occur maybe once or week or twice a week after what i would call a "break in process" but occur more frequently near the end.

That was one symptom that never went away, but after the final stages where my computer wouldn't even post anymore, i thought it was the motherboard. I sent it into RMA but it still failed to post and turn on when i pressed the powerbutton after like 10times, i thought it was the psu but i used a old 400w psu it worked for a day then the psu failed and one of the fans on it broke after plugging it into my computer setup(Something shorted my old psu maybe) ,,, however, that psu still works on the comp i got it from. In addition After a little testing, i figured my old 500w shorted beacuse i tried it on an old comp and it gave no juice...

So right now i dont know what the issue is. I have bought a new 550w crosair and the computer still wont work. Also amaybe once in a blue moon after no turning it on for like 1-2months and pressing the powerbutton a few times the lights would twirl but then fail(cant even get it to post)

I dont know if it's the processor or mobo or what or gfx! suggestions ? tHX
 
Any beep codes if you have the internal speaker connected? Could be faulty memory. What type and has this been tested (ie memtest)?

Try the motherboard outside the case if you duplicated the issue after rma to make sure you don't have short from the mobo to the case. To do this just place the motherboard on a non-conductive surface, ie card board box works.
 
No beeps it dosent even start up after i press the power button

i did the carboard box and it still dosent work, im confused about 2 things, why was the comp randomly restarting and why did my old psu short
 
It sounds like you have a short in the case. However, you said you tried the barebone bench test on the cardboard box and still get the same result?

Do you have a case speaker installed?
Did the system beep without a vidcard?
Did the system beep without RAM?
Did you re-seat the CPU?
Please list model numbers for ALL your parts, HSF, RAM, etc.
 
Do you have a case speaker installed? Yes
in response to all the beep q's, the computer dosent do anything since no lights or anything happens after i try pressing the power button
Did you re-seat the CPU? yea i even applied new themeral paste

Please list model numbers for ALL your parts, HSF, RAM, etc.

MOBO: Gigabyte GA-p3
Intel 2.66 4mb cache size
VGA - geforce 8800gt EVGA 512p
Crosair 520w
Ram is Gskill 240pin

would you think its shorting? i didint take the whole mobo out just put a carboard underneath and made sure nothing was touching. Im also sure the psu was shorted and the 400w i used as a sub almost shorted is that possible?
 
Anything is possible. It sounds like a short, so pull it completely out of the case and make sure nothing conductive is grounding anything out.
 
havent tried pulling everything out but i want to add that i have a p182 case if anyone has similar problems with this case
 
I had a similar problem with a computer I built for a friend. It turned out to be the MB. Even though you RMA'd the board you might have gotten a faulty one in return, that is what happened to me too. It wasn't until the 3rd board that it was working correctly.
 
well it looks like everything works it's just that the back soldering or whatever it is is shot and shorting out the board. I dont know what to do but for now i just put electrical tape to stop the short.

To digress, i F-ed up and bought a VX550 a while back thinking it was the psu, the 550 dosent have a 4pin 12v atx for my mobo and it WONT POST!! any ideas? is there a converter out there can i do anything? anyone wanna buy it? lol i never used it before
 
wonglicious said:
well it looks like everything works it's just that the back soldering or whatever it is is shot and shorting out the board. I dont know what to do but for now i just put electrical tape to stop the short.

To digress, i F-ed up and bought a VX550 a while back thinking it was the psu, the 550 dosent have a 4pin 12v atx for my mobo and it WONT POST!! any ideas? is there a converter out there can i do anything? anyone wanna buy it? lol i never used it before
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um, the VX550 definitely has a 4pin atx plug. It might be a 4+4 (which comes connected) in which case you can pull them apart.
 
kencheetoo, i dont see it, the vx comes with everything attached. and the images of the cables online for the VX550 posted for the psu dosent show a ATx_12v plug (the 4ping 12v plug for the motherboard)
 
ehh, the only plug i see like that is the pci-e one. is that the right plug? by split u mean i can insert part of it in and it wont mess up the board? sorry for the lame response but there wasnt a manual that came w/ the psu
 
wonglicious said:
ehh, the only plug i see like that is the pci-e one. is that the right plug? by split u mean i can insert part of it in and it wont mess up the board? sorry for the lame response but there wasnt a manual that came w/ the psu
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No, that isn't the right plug. There are two 8 Pin connectors that comes with the Corsair 550VX. One of them is the PCI-E which looks like this:
http://corsair.com/_images/products/pci-e_6_2-pin.jpg

And the other is the 8 or 4+4 Pin ATX/EPS12V CPu connector that you need:
http://corsair.com/_images/products/eps-atx12v_8-4_pin.jpg

By split I mean you can actually phyiscally split the 8 or 4+4 Pin CPU connector in half so that you'll get a 4Pin 12V ATX plug. If you can't split it, you can still plug in in the 8Pin 12V CPU connector into the mobo as long as it fits into the 4Pin 12V ATX plug.

Keep looking through the PSU.

Hit up this link: http://corsair.com/products/vx/default.aspx

Click on the resources tab. You'll see ALL of the available connectors for the Corsair 550VX.
 
ok i understand and i have split the 8pin... now another problem has occurred. EVERYTHING IS pluged in. AND Nothing is showing up on the screen and after the fans twil for about a good 5-10seconds it shuts off and repeats the same process. The psu is new so it's not that the computer isnt shorting now since i have electircal tape on the stands so what could it be?
 
wonglicious said:
ok i understand and i have split the 8pin... now another problem has occurred. EVERYTHING IS pluged in. AND Nothing is showing up on the screen and after the fans twil for about a good 5-10seconds it shuts off and repeats the same process. The psu is new so it's not that the computer isnt shorting now since i have electircal tape on the stands so what could it be?
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Try actually reassembling the case outside of the case as described in the basic troubleshooting guide.
 
The troubleshooting guide is stickied. -_-

Danny Bui said:
Try actually reassembling the case outside of the case as described in the basic troubleshooting guide.
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Danny meant "parts" instead of that first instance of "case."
 
Why are the yellow slots the "wrong" slots? :confused: Mine are in my yellow slots, lol. Whats the model # for your RAM kit? If the RAM doesn't work in the yellow slots, you may need to RMA the board.
 
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