Recent content by alexjstevenson

I will do. Thank you very much for your help. You've saved me from making and expensive and time consuming mistake. It's much appreciated (",)

Thanks for your suggestion. I borrowed a PSU from an old computer and tested. Slightly different behaviour now. The PSU fan spins, and the light in the on/off button comes on, but the computer doesn't stay on. As soon and the on/off button is released it powers down again. Still no POST. I'm...

Hi, I’m having trouble with my PC. All of the fans that are powered from the motherboard seem to have stopped working. As a result, the computer won’t even POST. The problem started when a game crashed whilst loading. I had to do a hard reset but the computer wouldn’t restart afterwards. After...

Phew! All is OK. I tried it again this morning as you suggested and it started normally. Thank you very much. From now on I will never do anything without disconnecting the power first. I only did it because I was tired and impatient after putting everything else together. I'll see if it will...

Hi, I've just finished putting my 1st PC together and was feeling pretty pleased with myself when it all seemed to be working properly. I just had to put the covers back on and it was done. But, there are 3 fans in the case with molex plugs on them. When I connected them (directly to the PSU)...