Yesterday evening my PC experienced an issue when the screen froze for a few seconds and then went black as the monitor seemed to lose connection to the PC. The PC was still running, so I shut it off manually through the power button. Upon restarting it, the problem persisted and I also noticed that my peripheral devices (keyboard+mouse) did not light up as they usually do.
Today I have spent several hours trying to find the issue. I have swapped around my two sticks of RAM and had them put in on their own, I've tried swapping out the GPU for another one that I managed to borrow off a friend, and I've tried resetting my motherboard by taking the battery out for an hour or so. Of course I have also tried using a different monitor, which did not work.
When I power on the PC everything looks completely normal inside it, all the fans are running as they should, and no lighting is displayed abnormally from what I can see. Even though everything is apperently getting power, could it be the PSU perhaps? I'm guessing it's either the PSU or the motherboard as I've basically checked everything else. I've never had to troubleshoot either before though, and am not sure how I would do it.
Worth mentioning is that I do have an older PSU lying around ("Silver Power 500W SP-SS500") which I purchased some 10 years ago, but it was fully functional when I last used it 3-4 months back. Could I simply swap the one I am using for this and see if it makes a difference?
I bought the hardware from different websites and assembled the PC myself about 3 months back, and I did notice a while ago that there is a high pithed noise that originates from somewhere in the lower parts of the PC when I run certain software/games. It does not seem to be graphically heavy software that causes it, but it always seems to be the same programs that causes the issue. I'm not entirely certain, but I think the noise has been coming from the PSU.
I'll leave a list of my current specs below:
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Home
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO MAX
RAM: 2x 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 3600 MHz
GPU: XFX Radeon RX 5600 XT THICC II PRO
SSD: Crucial MX500 500GB
PSU: Corsair CV650
Any help would be much appreciated.
Today I have spent several hours trying to find the issue. I have swapped around my two sticks of RAM and had them put in on their own, I've tried swapping out the GPU for another one that I managed to borrow off a friend, and I've tried resetting my motherboard by taking the battery out for an hour or so. Of course I have also tried using a different monitor, which did not work.
When I power on the PC everything looks completely normal inside it, all the fans are running as they should, and no lighting is displayed abnormally from what I can see. Even though everything is apperently getting power, could it be the PSU perhaps? I'm guessing it's either the PSU or the motherboard as I've basically checked everything else. I've never had to troubleshoot either before though, and am not sure how I would do it.
Worth mentioning is that I do have an older PSU lying around ("Silver Power 500W SP-SS500") which I purchased some 10 years ago, but it was fully functional when I last used it 3-4 months back. Could I simply swap the one I am using for this and see if it makes a difference?
I bought the hardware from different websites and assembled the PC myself about 3 months back, and I did notice a while ago that there is a high pithed noise that originates from somewhere in the lower parts of the PC when I run certain software/games. It does not seem to be graphically heavy software that causes it, but it always seems to be the same programs that causes the issue. I'm not entirely certain, but I think the noise has been coming from the PSU.
I'll leave a list of my current specs below:
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Home
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO MAX
RAM: 2x 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 3600 MHz
GPU: XFX Radeon RX 5600 XT THICC II PRO
SSD: Crucial MX500 500GB
PSU: Corsair CV650
Any help would be much appreciated.