Hey,
So about 3-4 years ago I built a computer with the help of my brother. It has been working great all these years until recently, where the fans will start spinning and then the computer will power off, they will spin again and power off and repeat until finally it stays on, but with a solid red CPU LED on my motherboard (NO blinking). If I restart the computer it starts working, but I am afraid that it will eventually not. Can anyone identify what this problem is? Unfortunately I am not very tech savvy, so aside from knowing the components of the computer, I am not confident in my ability to take it apart after not touching anything in 3-4 years.
All of my drivers are up to date, I have ran windows memory tool which came back with no issues. Also I ran the Intel processor diagnostic tool which also came back with no issues. Temperatures of my CPU also are between 45-50C which is apparently normal. I don't think it could be any loose connections because I keep my computer in one spot. So now I am completely clueless on what to do and have no idea what this light means. I have checked out the ASUS motherboard manual, but cannot figure out where it says what it indicates. If anyone is interested, here is the manual:
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1150/Z87-A/E7828_Z87-A.pdf#page=18
If someone could offer me some insight on what the problem is, I would be so grateful!
The component names I remember are:
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K (3.50GHz)
Motherboard: ASUS Z87-Plus
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
I am not sure where to look to find out the other model names of things like my power supply, hard drive and RAM (which is 8GB btw).
Thanks for the help!
So about 3-4 years ago I built a computer with the help of my brother. It has been working great all these years until recently, where the fans will start spinning and then the computer will power off, they will spin again and power off and repeat until finally it stays on, but with a solid red CPU LED on my motherboard (NO blinking). If I restart the computer it starts working, but I am afraid that it will eventually not. Can anyone identify what this problem is? Unfortunately I am not very tech savvy, so aside from knowing the components of the computer, I am not confident in my ability to take it apart after not touching anything in 3-4 years.
All of my drivers are up to date, I have ran windows memory tool which came back with no issues. Also I ran the Intel processor diagnostic tool which also came back with no issues. Temperatures of my CPU also are between 45-50C which is apparently normal. I don't think it could be any loose connections because I keep my computer in one spot. So now I am completely clueless on what to do and have no idea what this light means. I have checked out the ASUS motherboard manual, but cannot figure out where it says what it indicates. If anyone is interested, here is the manual:
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1150/Z87-A/E7828_Z87-A.pdf#page=18
If someone could offer me some insight on what the problem is, I would be so grateful!
The component names I remember are:
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K (3.50GHz)
Motherboard: ASUS Z87-Plus
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
I am not sure where to look to find out the other model names of things like my power supply, hard drive and RAM (which is 8GB btw).
Thanks for the help!