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Computer not starting

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When trying to start my computer, the fans spin up followed by it powering down and starting the process over. No post screen, no bios, nothing on the screen.

So far tried swapping where it plugged in at(tried different surge protector), checked cables, and swapped a different video card. I plan to swap PSU soon, hope that's the problem.



Anybody experience something like this before?
 
So I think my motherboard or cpu died as they are the only items I didn't switch.

So got my new stuff picked out, and should have it in a few days.
 
Did you reset the bios with the jumper and battery pull for ~10 minutes?
 
Did you try swapping out the PSU? Try a different psu cable? A couple of times, I've even found the case power button to be broken.
 
Did try bios reset and a different PSU. Think the issue was building up because in the last few months I would get random crashes and it just finally reached the point of no return.
 
When I get my new system built I was planning to put in my drive that had windows 10 installed. What will I see happen? Will I need to reinstall? Or will it work but ask for a product key because it is new motherboard.

I did buy a copy of Windows 10 pro because I wasn't sure what will happen.
 
I had the same issue on an old 780i motherboard. It was the board.
 
If you bought Win 10 Retail you won't have any problems, other than probably calling MS. If you did the free upgrade, or bought OEM, you're probably screwed.
 
It was the free upgrade.

I did buy a copy just in case I needed it. Could I just enter the product key and continue using my existing installation?
 
I'm not going to guarantee that this will work for you, but it did for me when I received a different MB after an RMA. The potential difference in my case being that the boards were identical aside from Serial #.

When Windows prompts you for a valid key, enter in your old key from the OS you used for the free upgrade. Mine was an OEM Win 7 key, worked just fine.
 
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