My computer randomly stopped working one day. It simply didn't show anything on the screen. I opened it up and the DRAM_LED was on, so I tested each RAM stick(2 of them) in every spot while pressing the memOK button after installing each, no luck. I then didn't know what else to try so I unplugged everything, cleared CMOS, and put it all together. It worked.
Then I realized yesterday that I hadn't re-overclocked or re-applied thermal paste(Temps were high) so I took the CPU off, reapplied paste, and put it back in. It wouldn't POST or turn on. There was a solid red DRAM_LED. So I took the CPU out, reseated it, turned it on, but now it would turn on, the CPU Led would flash quickly, then the DRAM_LED would blink, and then after a few minutes it would shut off. Tried turning the power supply off and on, now it would turn on but then instantly shut off.
So I tried removing ALL the components except MOBO, PSU, CPU, and one stick of RAM which I alternated. Still doesn't work. (I cleared CMOS overnight).
My specs:
Asus z87-A motherboard
Pentium G3258 (Previous OC to 4.2Ghz)
2x4GB Kingston FURY RAM (1866Mhz)
EVGA GTX 760
Corsair Spec-01 Case
EVGA 500 Watt PSU 80+ Bronze
I really don't know what it could be now, except maybe CPU or Motherboard? Or PSU. I don't have any friends to test components with, sadly. I tried taking the MOBO out of the case to see if maybe it's the standoffs causing interference but I couldn't get the Motherboard power connector unplugged and was afraid I'd break the motherboard.
Edit: No bent pins on the CPU socket
Then I realized yesterday that I hadn't re-overclocked or re-applied thermal paste(Temps were high) so I took the CPU off, reapplied paste, and put it back in. It wouldn't POST or turn on. There was a solid red DRAM_LED. So I took the CPU out, reseated it, turned it on, but now it would turn on, the CPU Led would flash quickly, then the DRAM_LED would blink, and then after a few minutes it would shut off. Tried turning the power supply off and on, now it would turn on but then instantly shut off.
So I tried removing ALL the components except MOBO, PSU, CPU, and one stick of RAM which I alternated. Still doesn't work. (I cleared CMOS overnight).
My specs:
Asus z87-A motherboard
Pentium G3258 (Previous OC to 4.2Ghz)
2x4GB Kingston FURY RAM (1866Mhz)
EVGA GTX 760
Corsair Spec-01 Case
EVGA 500 Watt PSU 80+ Bronze
I really don't know what it could be now, except maybe CPU or Motherboard? Or PSU. I don't have any friends to test components with, sadly. I tried taking the MOBO out of the case to see if maybe it's the standoffs causing interference but I couldn't get the Motherboard power connector unplugged and was afraid I'd break the motherboard.
Edit: No bent pins on the CPU socket