I've got a computer with boot problems and I can't for the life of me figure out what's wrong with the thing. It worked fine for a couple of years and one morning it powers up for a second (lights and fans come on), than shuts down, automatically powers up again, getting stuck in this loop.
Specs:
Fatality b85 killer mobo
I5-4460 cpu
seagate 550watt psu
2x8gb kingstong hyperX ram
It would seem to be a shorting problem or faulty components. So far I've tried unplugging all components one- by-one , running bare-minimum (psu, mobo, cpu), and all configurations imaginable to check for faulty parts. Problem persists.
I've tried a different PSU (same), tried this PSU on another pc (no problem).
Shifted Ram, 1 bank of RAM, no Ram (all the same). Tried running mobo out of case (same problem still). My conclusion at this moment is either faulty mobo or faulty cpu but I've got no way of checking because I've got no spares.
As a last trick I tried clearing the cmos by way of jumper. With the jumper in 'clearing cmos' position nothing happened on powerbutton (no lights, no fans) but after removing the jumper it automatically powers on and keeps running. However, I can't get an image.
Since the jumper trick is repeatable I've tried again and again, disabling GPU, trying onboard GPU (vga en dvi), all with no image. However, since it keeps running after the jumper trick a short seems unlikely and since it keeps running the faulty cpu/mobo theory is also becoming less likely. Long story short, HELP!
Specs:
Fatality b85 killer mobo
I5-4460 cpu
seagate 550watt psu
2x8gb kingstong hyperX ram
It would seem to be a shorting problem or faulty components. So far I've tried unplugging all components one- by-one , running bare-minimum (psu, mobo, cpu), and all configurations imaginable to check for faulty parts. Problem persists.
I've tried a different PSU (same), tried this PSU on another pc (no problem).
Shifted Ram, 1 bank of RAM, no Ram (all the same). Tried running mobo out of case (same problem still). My conclusion at this moment is either faulty mobo or faulty cpu but I've got no way of checking because I've got no spares.
As a last trick I tried clearing the cmos by way of jumper. With the jumper in 'clearing cmos' position nothing happened on powerbutton (no lights, no fans) but after removing the jumper it automatically powers on and keeps running. However, I can't get an image.
Since the jumper trick is repeatable I've tried again and again, disabling GPU, trying onboard GPU (vga en dvi), all with no image. However, since it keeps running after the jumper trick a short seems unlikely and since it keeps running the faulty cpu/mobo theory is also becoming less likely. Long story short, HELP!