- Sep 8, 2010
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CPU: i7-4790K (not overclocked)
MOBO: ASUS Z97-A
RAM: 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
OS Drive: Crucial MX100 512GB SSD
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 512GB SSD + 2x 1.5TB Seagate Barracuda HDDs
PSU: SeaSonic 750W (SS-750KM3)
My PC was left on last night, and this morning was off. It no longer turned on as normal, and I could hear a faint click in the PSU the first time I pressed the power button. It wouldn't happen again until I turned off the PSU and flipped it back on again.
For reference, I didn't experience any notable symptoms or decreases in performance prior to this. My PC is in a room without much ventilation and it's hotter than the rest of the house in a fairly hot climate, so I have regularly watched my GPU & CPU temps for the past 6 or so months while we entered the summer. My CPU cores have not gone beyond 86C and my GPU has not gone beyond 80C, which is under the highest load during gaming sessions.
I hooked up the PSU to a different computer and it booted everything without any problems. Next I unplugged the power cables from my GPU but left it plugged into the MOBO. It would boot to a message telling me to plug in the power cables and restart. Of course, several attempts at this resulted in no boot and the click in the PSU. I removed the GPU entirely and my computer booted through to Windows without issue.
I've read a number of similar threads along these lines where people suspect that the GPU simply has a short, and to confirm the PSU is okay to test its voltage. I don't have the tools for that and am in a position where I can't really afford much expense, so I was wondering if the fact that my PSU booted another (arguably less powerful) computer and my GPU preventing any sort of boot was enough proof that my card is just dead. I'm past the 3-year warranty sadly, so RMA isn't an option.
If it's cheap enough I thought I might just take the GPU and my PSU to a data center after Labor Day to have them test it for me, but I didn't want to be paying for diagnostics either if this is pretty much confirmation.
Thanks for any input you can provide.
MOBO: ASUS Z97-A
RAM: 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
OS Drive: Crucial MX100 512GB SSD
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 512GB SSD + 2x 1.5TB Seagate Barracuda HDDs
PSU: SeaSonic 750W (SS-750KM3)
My PC was left on last night, and this morning was off. It no longer turned on as normal, and I could hear a faint click in the PSU the first time I pressed the power button. It wouldn't happen again until I turned off the PSU and flipped it back on again.
For reference, I didn't experience any notable symptoms or decreases in performance prior to this. My PC is in a room without much ventilation and it's hotter than the rest of the house in a fairly hot climate, so I have regularly watched my GPU & CPU temps for the past 6 or so months while we entered the summer. My CPU cores have not gone beyond 86C and my GPU has not gone beyond 80C, which is under the highest load during gaming sessions.
I hooked up the PSU to a different computer and it booted everything without any problems. Next I unplugged the power cables from my GPU but left it plugged into the MOBO. It would boot to a message telling me to plug in the power cables and restart. Of course, several attempts at this resulted in no boot and the click in the PSU. I removed the GPU entirely and my computer booted through to Windows without issue.
I've read a number of similar threads along these lines where people suspect that the GPU simply has a short, and to confirm the PSU is okay to test its voltage. I don't have the tools for that and am in a position where I can't really afford much expense, so I was wondering if the fact that my PSU booted another (arguably less powerful) computer and my GPU preventing any sort of boot was enough proof that my card is just dead. I'm past the 3-year warranty sadly, so RMA isn't an option.
If it's cheap enough I thought I might just take the GPU and my PSU to a data center after Labor Day to have them test it for me, but I didn't want to be paying for diagnostics either if this is pretty much confirmation.
Thanks for any input you can provide.
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