My system history:
Purchased this PC back in 2017; Alienware Aurora R5. Never overclocked anything; used for gaming and web browsing. I've since learned how to build my own PC and gave the Alienware prebuilt to my dad so that he could upgrade from a prebuilt craptop. Since then, he has used it to browse the web mainly and it has worked perfectly fine, but randomly it started to not boot.
Specs:
CPU: Intel i5 4440
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1060
RAM: Some brand 8GB 2400MHz
Everything else was stock
Since then, I've tried troubleshooting. The PC appeared to boot if I drained the power (unplugged everything and left it idle) after a few days, however, has stopped working after that compromise. Here's a list of a few things I've done:
If anyone has any recommendations, please let me know. At this point, I'm considering swapping the GPU and then the CPU if it doesn't work.
Purchased this PC back in 2017; Alienware Aurora R5. Never overclocked anything; used for gaming and web browsing. I've since learned how to build my own PC and gave the Alienware prebuilt to my dad so that he could upgrade from a prebuilt craptop. Since then, he has used it to browse the web mainly and it has worked perfectly fine, but randomly it started to not boot.
Specs:
CPU: Intel i5 4440
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1060
RAM: Some brand 8GB 2400MHz
Everything else was stock
Since then, I've tried troubleshooting. The PC appeared to boot if I drained the power (unplugged everything and left it idle) after a few days, however, has stopped working after that compromise. Here's a list of a few things I've done:
- Cleared the CMOS
- Tried to reseat the RAM
- Swapped RAM from the stock 8GB 2400MHz to a Patriot Signature Premium 8GB DDR4 3200MHz
- Swapped power supplies from the stock PSU to an EVGA 100-N1-0750-L1 750 N1 750W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply
- Swapped motherboards from the stock alienware motherboard to an Asus TUF B365M-PLUS Gaming (Wi-Fi) LGA1151
If anyone has any recommendations, please let me know. At this point, I'm considering swapping the GPU and then the CPU if it doesn't work.
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