Recent content by tfoss1983

Update: So, after sleeping on it, I made the connection that hanging on the boot screen is also what the PC does when I have certain external hard drives plugged into it. While I'd tried booting up with everything internal disconnected, and while I've had those externals disconnected for this...

Here's the imgur gallery with relevant pictures: View: https://imgur.com/a/ukjQRl5 The cover is just a clear plastic ruler I usually have taped over the case's power button. It's not attached now (literally just use some Scotch tape to make a little hinge) because of how I jockeyed the case...

My PC was working fine all day, and then my cat jumped on the tower and hit the power button (usually it's covered because she does this frequently, but somehow the cover got flipped up). I boot it back up and get a Windows 10 troubleshooting page, asking if I want to go into safe mode...

Solved it! Something was wrong with my old Power Supply. Replaced it with a new (quieter, higher wattage) one, and it's working perfectly.

All the fans work fine when the computer is running, and at the very least the two case fans and the fan in the power supply turn on for that brief moment when it's trying to start (I can't remember if the CPU fan turns on then too, but it runs when the computer is running). Right now the CPU...

So, I've got a new problem that doesn't seem to be related to any hardware changes, since it cropped up in the last couple of months and I haven't changed anything about my system in awhile. I built this PC about six years ago, but a few parts are a little older and a few parts are a little...