I have a problem with my pc which started yesterday, i had shut the pc down and just as it was near closing down i remembered the way you do i had something else to do on it. So i pressed the space key to boot up again and nothing happened, i dont think it had got all the way through the shutdown procedure and i am wondering would that cause the proplem. I tried turning the psu off via its switch and letting the power discharge then turning back on again and pressing the power button on the pc, the fans would start for a few seconds then stop, i tried this a few times but got the same result. I then took the side and the front of the pc case off convinced it was the power switch at fault, i cut the two wires going to the switch and stripped some insulation from the ends so i could touch them together to see if bypassing the switch would get it to boot. But no it just wouldnt start. After repeatedly trying this i got it to boot but the monitor just had a black screen. After more of the same messing about power supply on off touching the wires together i once again got it to boot and i entered the bios to see if anything had been altered there but it was ok.
I then exited bios and to add insult to injury i was then presented with the black windows didnt shut down properly screen i thought i would take the option to go into safe mode as this sometimes cures things. I then restarted the pc and on it came i tried shutting down a few times the starting up and all was ok. But on trying to boot this morning i got exactly the same problem no boot.
The pc has a Hiper power supply in it dated 2001 with a 450w output this supply came with a power supply tester which i connected up to the supply and the 3v led was flashing rapidly as was the 5v one, does this indicate a problem. I have managed to get the pc booted and i am just going to leave it in standby in the hopes it starts from that state without all the hassel.
I really need to get this sorted quickly as i use the pc a lot so can anyone point me in the direction of what the fault might be.
Some info on the pc
I built it last year it has a Asus P8Z77-V mobo and a Intel Core i5 3570 3.40GHz processor.
I then exited bios and to add insult to injury i was then presented with the black windows didnt shut down properly screen i thought i would take the option to go into safe mode as this sometimes cures things. I then restarted the pc and on it came i tried shutting down a few times the starting up and all was ok. But on trying to boot this morning i got exactly the same problem no boot.
The pc has a Hiper power supply in it dated 2001 with a 450w output this supply came with a power supply tester which i connected up to the supply and the 3v led was flashing rapidly as was the 5v one, does this indicate a problem. I have managed to get the pc booted and i am just going to leave it in standby in the hopes it starts from that state without all the hassel.
I really need to get this sorted quickly as i use the pc a lot so can anyone point me in the direction of what the fault might be.
Some info on the pc
I built it last year it has a Asus P8Z77-V mobo and a Intel Core i5 3570 3.40GHz processor.