Need help computer stopped working

[emranulhaque93]

My computer after 3 years has stopped working and is in a continuous loop of turning on for a few second and turning off. On screen it loads until I get a cursor and an under score then an underscore and then it shuts off. I can't get into bios. When I take my video card which is a Nvdia gtx 960 from the power supply my computer stays on and shows on screen to plug in my video card. Everyone told me it was my psu and I switched out a evga 500w for a evga 1000w one and it didn't fix anything. My specs are gigabyte sniper g1 z97, intel i5-4900k 3.5ghz, G skill Ddr3 8gb ram x2, psu is a evga 1000w. I would like to say I overclocked my cou from 3.5 to 4.2 a few months ago with the stock fan. If anyone knows what is wrong or what part to switch out please help me out I don't have the funds to replace everything.

 

[Ubrales]

The easiest thing to try is to clean out the dust inside the case and on the heatsink by using a can of compressed air. It is possible that the CPU is overheating during startup and is shutting down to prevent damage to the CPU.

 

[emranulhaque93]

I did clean it and even reset the cmos and yet same results

 

[Ubrales]

I did clean it and even reset the cmos and yet same results

If the dust has been cleaned off, then the next item to look at is the PSU - make sure that the PSU is good, and working well. Your friends did advise you correctly (PSU).

 

[emranulhaque93]

New to this how do I quote you? Anyways I bought a new powerful psu went from a 500w to a 1000w evga

 

[Ubrales]

New to this how do I quote you? Anyways I bought a new powerful psu went from a 500w to a 1000w evga

New yes, but does it perform and output the stated power? The "paper clip" test is a gross test and does not test the PSU under load.

 

[smorizio]

sounds like there a failed part on the gpu. try the gpu in another pc. and use a test gpu in your pc see if the error still there.

 

[emranulhaque93]

I'm gonna say yes since the 500w one worked fine for 3 years but I am not 100% certain if the new one does any suggestion how to test the performance and output ?

 

[Ubrales]

I'm gonna say yes since the 500w one worked fine for 3 years but I am not 100% certain if the new one does any suggestion how to test the performance and output ?

Connect it to a different computer.

 

[emranulhaque93]

I don't have other spare computers/ parts to test on. Is there any other way? My motherboard led comes on and there are some numbers that go kinda wonky on the motherboard when I turn to pc on. I don't hear beeps or anything.

 

[emranulhaque93]

sounds like there a failed part on the gpu. try the gpu in another pc. and use a test gpu in your pc see if the error still there.

Someone told me my motherboard had built in low quality Gpu I was wondering if I take the graphics card out wouldn't it boot from there?

 

[Ubrales]

I don't have other spare computers/ parts to test on. Is there any other way? My motherboard led comes on and there are some numbers that go kinda wonky on the motherboard when I turn to pc on. I don't hear beeps or anything.

At home I don't know of any other good way of testing a PSU under load. (In the lab this is done by using a "water load" but I do not recommend this for testing at home).

 

[smorizio]

on your mb if you have a hdmi cable plug it in and pull the gpu if the mb posting the onboard psoter should go ff. on a scren from the mb video port you should get the bios screen.

 

[emranulhaque93]

on your mb if you have a hdmi cable plug it in and pull the gpu if the mb posting the onboard psoter should go ff. on a scren from the mb video port you should get the bios screen.

Tried it and it's the same problem won't go to bios screen just restarts itself in a continuous loop

 

[Ubrales]

Plug in the PC directly to a wall outlet - do not use a power strip. Check results.

 

[emranulhaque93]

Plug in the PC directly to a wall outlet - do not use a power strip. Check results.

Same results