Hi! Thank you for entering, I could really use a hand or an opinion with this. The other day I turned off my PC, as any other day, and it wouldn't turn back on. This was after a Windows update (windows 10), but I thought nothing of it. The problem came up after I turned it off from the lock screen, after that It wouldn't turn back on, and it wouldn't even show the BIOS or anything. I tried rebooting several times, but nothing changed. My neighbour lend me a hand, we tried connecting his video card into my computer, and everything started up fine. We then switched to my video card again, and everything worked fine. I went on to turn it off again, and afterwards it wouldn't turn on again.
We took out my video card, tested it on his computer, and it wouldn't display anything (his SO started fine). Afterwards, we cleaned it thoroughly and put it back on mine, and it started fine. I didn't turn it off for about 2 weeks, cause I needed it for both work and leisure. I left for the weekend, turned it off, and thought i'd give it a try today when I came back. It started fine, so that's good! But I don't know when it will fail again, and I really can't go on with that uncertainty.
The symptoms were as follows:
- No BIOS screen or anything
- No display
- No keyboard lights (which could probably mean no OS start, since the lights always turn on a few seconds after I turn on the computer)
Specs are as follows:
*Motherboard: Gigabyte p67a-UD4-B3
*Processor: Intel Core i7-2600k CPU @ 3.4GHz
*Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX660 Ti
*8gb RAM DDR3
Also, I'm using 2 WD Black disks, but they too have a few years on use.
I should say, I previously had an AMD card, by mid-2019, which broke completely. One day it just died. I don't remember the model, but it was released a year earlier than the one I have now.
Also, I read the MB manual, and the troubleshooting section suggests that the video card is the problem. But, since this would be the second video card to start failing in less than a year, could it be any other component? I don't want to replace the video card to later find out that the problem persists and then be obliged to replace another part, 'cause I'm really tight on a budget here. How can I know which components I should replace first?
We took out my video card, tested it on his computer, and it wouldn't display anything (his SO started fine). Afterwards, we cleaned it thoroughly and put it back on mine, and it started fine. I didn't turn it off for about 2 weeks, cause I needed it for both work and leisure. I left for the weekend, turned it off, and thought i'd give it a try today when I came back. It started fine, so that's good! But I don't know when it will fail again, and I really can't go on with that uncertainty.
The symptoms were as follows:
- No BIOS screen or anything
- No display
- No keyboard lights (which could probably mean no OS start, since the lights always turn on a few seconds after I turn on the computer)
Specs are as follows:
*Motherboard: Gigabyte p67a-UD4-B3
*Processor: Intel Core i7-2600k CPU @ 3.4GHz
*Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX660 Ti
*8gb RAM DDR3
Also, I'm using 2 WD Black disks, but they too have a few years on use.
I should say, I previously had an AMD card, by mid-2019, which broke completely. One day it just died. I don't remember the model, but it was released a year earlier than the one I have now.
Also, I read the MB manual, and the troubleshooting section suggests that the video card is the problem. But, since this would be the second video card to start failing in less than a year, could it be any other component? I don't want to replace the video card to later find out that the problem persists and then be obliged to replace another part, 'cause I'm really tight on a budget here. How can I know which components I should replace first?