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Okay guys,
Having a bit of trouble with my rig. A couple of weeks ago I was just playing some games and then shut down my computer. In the morning I went to boot it and all I got was the CPU fan running and then turning off again. After a bit of fiddling I went online and ordered a new case and power supply. I suspected something was wrong with my old generic 400W PSU and had planned on upgrading eventually, just not by force. Anyway, my case and PSU (680W generic) arrived 2 days ago and I didn't hesitate to put all of my components in the new case. All was well - The system started and then I got a notification onscreen that the backup BIOS chip was recovering the main chip. Funny, I didn't try to flash my motherboard's BIOS before it failed. I had no problems. So not complaining, I let it all set up and within a few minutes I had my computer back.
After a few hours of gaming and web browsing, Windows closed all of my programs, flashed the 'Windows is shutting down' screen for half a second and shut off. In the space of about 3 seconds. Thinking that was strange, I turned my computer back on again and It all started up fine, until "Windows is Starting" where it just shut off again. I then started it again and ran the BIOS setup, where it reported that my CPU was reaching temps of 127degrees Celcius. I freaked out and shut everything off. I instantly opened everything back up after unplugging the power supply and waiting a few seconds. I removed the heatsink at touched the CPU, it certainly wasn't 127degrees. It was closer to 50, by my touch. So I then reattached my cooler (Intel stock) and started my computer.
I got back into Windows again and then it just shut off. After restarting, I was faced with another backup BIOS recovery screen. When my computer started again, I just turned it off and went to bed, sick and tired of it for the day.
The next day I was playing Call of Duty 4 (Which is quite stressful for my rig, but it handles it nicely) for 20 minutes or so and then paused it. I came back about 10 minutes later to find my computer off. When I press the power button, the computer started for a bit and then shut off before POSTing. It would then do it agin without any input, before stopping and sitting there, doing nothing. I then bread boarded the bitch and laid it all out, just the basic components (CPU, RAM, MoBo, Power supply) and everytime I fick the on switch on the power supply, the computer starts and shuts off before post twice, before not reponding to anything, requiring an unplug to start again.
I have tried both power supplies on the setup today, and got the same results. I have tested both power supplies by shorting the green pin to a black one. No problems with either of them. What is wrong? Any suggestions? What parts are to blame here?
My Rig:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @3Ghz (no overclock, bought a used part)
2GB single stick OCZ Gold Series DDR3 PC36400 (no overclock)
Gigabyte GA-G41MT-ES2L
Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD4350 (Overclocked)
Seagate 160GB IDE HDD (Used part, though working fine)
My power supplies:
400W Generic
680W Generic
Parts in warranty:
RAM, MoBo (maybe :S) and graphics card.
Help me people, please.
Having a bit of trouble with my rig. A couple of weeks ago I was just playing some games and then shut down my computer. In the morning I went to boot it and all I got was the CPU fan running and then turning off again. After a bit of fiddling I went online and ordered a new case and power supply. I suspected something was wrong with my old generic 400W PSU and had planned on upgrading eventually, just not by force. Anyway, my case and PSU (680W generic) arrived 2 days ago and I didn't hesitate to put all of my components in the new case. All was well - The system started and then I got a notification onscreen that the backup BIOS chip was recovering the main chip. Funny, I didn't try to flash my motherboard's BIOS before it failed. I had no problems. So not complaining, I let it all set up and within a few minutes I had my computer back.
After a few hours of gaming and web browsing, Windows closed all of my programs, flashed the 'Windows is shutting down' screen for half a second and shut off. In the space of about 3 seconds. Thinking that was strange, I turned my computer back on again and It all started up fine, until "Windows is Starting" where it just shut off again. I then started it again and ran the BIOS setup, where it reported that my CPU was reaching temps of 127degrees Celcius. I freaked out and shut everything off. I instantly opened everything back up after unplugging the power supply and waiting a few seconds. I removed the heatsink at touched the CPU, it certainly wasn't 127degrees. It was closer to 50, by my touch. So I then reattached my cooler (Intel stock) and started my computer.
I got back into Windows again and then it just shut off. After restarting, I was faced with another backup BIOS recovery screen. When my computer started again, I just turned it off and went to bed, sick and tired of it for the day.
The next day I was playing Call of Duty 4 (Which is quite stressful for my rig, but it handles it nicely) for 20 minutes or so and then paused it. I came back about 10 minutes later to find my computer off. When I press the power button, the computer started for a bit and then shut off before POSTing. It would then do it agin without any input, before stopping and sitting there, doing nothing. I then bread boarded the bitch and laid it all out, just the basic components (CPU, RAM, MoBo, Power supply) and everytime I fick the on switch on the power supply, the computer starts and shuts off before post twice, before not reponding to anything, requiring an unplug to start again.
I have tried both power supplies on the setup today, and got the same results. I have tested both power supplies by shorting the green pin to a black one. No problems with either of them. What is wrong? Any suggestions? What parts are to blame here?
My Rig:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @3Ghz (no overclock, bought a used part)
2GB single stick OCZ Gold Series DDR3 PC36400 (no overclock)
Gigabyte GA-G41MT-ES2L
Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD4350 (Overclocked)
Seagate 160GB IDE HDD (Used part, though working fine)
My power supplies:
400W Generic
680W Generic
Parts in warranty:
RAM, MoBo (maybe :S) and graphics card.
Help me people, please.