So, my computer just died. I was playing pillars of eternity when my computer suddenly restarted.
The room I'm in is pretty hot so I checked the temperatures using speccy. The processor was at 65C and the hdd at 45+. Hot but not hot enough to brick the processor. Before I managed to turn the fans up or do anything else the computer just shut down and will no longer start.
I can press the power button all I want, there is no memory beep, no fans spinning, nothing.
The orange light at the back is still on and if I press the power button after the power has been disconnected and reconnected the front blue LED will blip for about half a second which indicates that there is still power in the computer.
I suspect that the problem might be with my motherboard, but I am not entirely certain.
I have the following configuration
intel i5 4400
16 gb ram ddr3
asus h81 m-k motherboard
intelhd 4600 graphics
1tb hitachi hard disk
Any ideas would be welcome. I am going to try the paperclip test tomorrow morning just to be sure.
EDIT: forgot to mention, the system is almost 4 years old, never had any trouble until last friday when I had a simmilar restart while playing dragon age but the computer worked fine after that.
The room I'm in is pretty hot so I checked the temperatures using speccy. The processor was at 65C and the hdd at 45+. Hot but not hot enough to brick the processor. Before I managed to turn the fans up or do anything else the computer just shut down and will no longer start.
I can press the power button all I want, there is no memory beep, no fans spinning, nothing.
The orange light at the back is still on and if I press the power button after the power has been disconnected and reconnected the front blue LED will blip for about half a second which indicates that there is still power in the computer.
I suspect that the problem might be with my motherboard, but I am not entirely certain.
I have the following configuration
intel i5 4400
16 gb ram ddr3
asus h81 m-k motherboard
intelhd 4600 graphics
1tb hitachi hard disk
Any ideas would be welcome. I am going to try the paperclip test tomorrow morning just to be sure.
EDIT: forgot to mention, the system is almost 4 years old, never had any trouble until last friday when I had a simmilar restart while playing dragon age but the computer worked fine after that.