PC Failure

[Gallarian]

Specs:

MSI P55A-G55 L1156 Mobo
EVGA GTX 580 SC 1.5GB
4GB Corsair 1333mhz DDR3 RAM
750w Corsair V2 PSU


System has been working fine for 3 days, playing games like Call of Duty: MW2, then all of a sudden whilst playing tonight, my PC shut down. It will now not boot (or even power up - no fans, no LEDS, nothing).

Has anyone any idea what the hell has just happened?


Thanks,

 

[DoomsWord89]

The only way to know for sure would be to test each peripheral to ensure that it is still functioning.

But if I had to guess, I would suggest the "paper clip" trick on the PSU to see if the unit has failed.

 

[Gallarian]

Apologies for being a noob, but whats the 'paper clip' trick?

 

[DoomsWord89]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0OKmIuNtmI&feature=related

This should help you out a bit.

 

[Gallarian]

Well, after waiting 5 mins, I tried to boot it again and this time its worked :S

Upon start up, no error messages, CPU and GPU temps look fine..

Any ideas of what it could of been?

 

[DoomsWord89]

Well, after waiting 5 mins, I tried to boot it again and this time its worked :S

Upon start up, no error messages, CPU and GPU temps look fine..

Any ideas of what it could of been?

It could have been your GPU overheating, I own the same card and I know that the 580 SC runs very hot.

Download 'EVGA Precision' and keep your GPU fan on 75% whilst gaming, and monitor your system temps using a program like HWmonitor.

 

[Gallarian]

Before I got my 580, I had a 570 SC which kept overheating, but when it did and shut down my PC, upon rebooting I got an error message telling me. Thats why Im a bit confused.


But yeah, Ill download it, thanks for your help mate