PC does not boot

[enyalios]

This morning my PC boot just fine. After a few hours of seamless operation I had a game running and a YouTube video playing on my second screen. Both screens froze and after a while sound stopped too. A screen came up saying my computer has crashed, system is gathering information and rebooting (win 8). Unfortunately the resolution of said screen was too low for me to make out the error code. The only thing I managed to see before the reboot was the word VIDEO. The computer reset but did not boot. Now at boot everything seems powered up. Keyboard check happens, screen comes out of sleep and that's it. No beeps, no bios, disk i/o led flickers for what seems an OK amount of time then stops. First step was to disconnect power, leave it stand and restart. No results there. I then opened the case and disconnected ssd as I've had to replace 5-6 of them. That didn't work either and from past experience ssd failure at boot is accompanied with unusual I/o led uptime.

What's the next step the awesome collective power of internet suggests?

System specs
Mb asus rampage ii gene
6 gb ram
Palit gtx 275
M audio audiophile soundcard
Sandisk ssd
WD HDD

I know lots of you will suggest to throw the lot away and get a new one, but all I can afford to spend right now is about 50$ and any hopes of making any more lie with the ressurection of this old buddy.

PS. I understand some clues point to the graphics card. Any way to test that without a spare card or system around? Could it be the psu?

 

[kapitalistas]

sounds like psu issue here, if you dont have spare then no way you can test.

 

[enyalios]

Psu I can test with a polymeter. It's the graphics card I can't think how to test without the spare.

 

[enyalios]

Psu tested out fine. Turns out graphics card is dead. Seems a bit odd that after the crash occurred it still displayed the error message properly. Now I am a bit suspicious. Could the psu have caused the gps to fail in the first place? Is it safe to simply replace the graphics card or am I heading for another fry up?

 

[kapitalistas]

Psu tested out fine.

 

[enyalios]

I didn't explain myself enough. By tested the psu I meant I used a multimeter to get a reading of the 12 3.3 5 and -12 voltages. They all appear to be within thresholds. What I can't test or rather don't know how to, is how these would fluctuate under heavy load. As you can tell from the specs we are talking for a five year old rig.

 

[notj0e]

You could test if the GPU was the problem by removing it from the system and seeing if it boots.