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So my pc has not been starting up right for a while now. It would freeze on the windows menu and then I'd reset it and it would work. I updated windows lately and it kept crashing and rebooting when applying the updates. My psu, motherboard and cpu are all 6 years old. When my pc would power off the light on the motherboard would saty off for 5 minutes and then come back on. I thought it was my psu so I connected it to the wall with the paper clip method and it spinned for 15 mins. I thought it seemed kinda slow so I tried stopping it but I couldn't. It worked with my fans. I had the psu, motherboard and cpu connected and it kept rebooting. I then clicked the button on the motherboard (asus sabertooth z77) and it would turn on restart and then stay on, but i'd get no picture on the monitor.
-Well took out the cpu, pins got bent and plugged it back and and heard a pop. (only switched on the power supply unit not the motherboard)
- Now I'm afraid to turn it back on and I'd say the motherboard is fried.
- The cpu has a small orange tint on the corner of it
What do you think I should do? Buy a new psu, motherboard and cpu? Do ye have suggestions?
I have a rx480, ddr3 1666mhz 8gb x2, hhd and a solid state. I have a 2k monitor and want to use my pc for gaming and editing photos.
So my pc has not been starting up right for a while now. It would freeze on the windows menu and then I'd reset it and it would work. I updated windows lately and it kept crashing and rebooting when applying the updates. My psu, motherboard and cpu are all 6 years old. When my pc would power off the light on the motherboard would saty off for 5 minutes and then come back on. I thought it was my psu so I connected it to the wall with the paper clip method and it spinned for 15 mins. I thought it seemed kinda slow so I tried stopping it but I couldn't. It worked with my fans. I had the psu, motherboard and cpu connected and it kept rebooting. I then clicked the button on the motherboard (asus sabertooth z77) and it would turn on restart and then stay on, but i'd get no picture on the monitor.
-Well took out the cpu, pins got bent and plugged it back and and heard a pop. (only switched on the power supply unit not the motherboard)
- Now I'm afraid to turn it back on and I'd say the motherboard is fried.
- The cpu has a small orange tint on the corner of it
What do you think I should do? Buy a new psu, motherboard and cpu? Do ye have suggestions?
I have a rx480, ddr3 1666mhz 8gb x2, hhd and a solid state. I have a 2k monitor and want to use my pc for gaming and editing photos.