[SOLVED] PC noisy and won't turn on prorperly

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Yesterday when I was booting my PC I noticed the fans was way noisy than usual. So turned it off, gave the case a big fat slap and -- it worked. Today, however, no matter what I try the PC turns off after 3 seconds AND the fans are noisy. I tried to open the case, checked everything is in order (RAM, connections etc) and cleaned the motherboard's fan. Didn't helped. Any suggestions?
 
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Q: Are you from one of the Slavic countries where you need to smack the hardware to make it work? :eek:

That reminds me my old Russian made CRT TV that i had 20 years ago. It had colors and sound but since it was at the end of it's life, every time i turned it on, there were no sound and image was monochrome. A good smack dead center of the CRT screen and colors were back. :giggle: 2nd good hit at the top of the TV and sound was back as well. :LOL: TV showed colors and produced sound until i turned it off. That continued each time i wanted to watch TV until i got tired of smacking it to work and i replaced it.

Point is: unless you have old Russian (Slavic) made PC that needs the "tough love" to work (which i highly doubt), what you...

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Q: Are you from one of the Slavic countries where you need to smack the hardware to make it work? :eek:

That reminds me my old Russian made CRT TV that i had 20 years ago. It had colors and sound but since it was at the end of it's life, every time i turned it on, there were no sound and image was monochrome. A good smack dead center of the CRT screen and colors were back. :giggle: 2nd good hit at the top of the TV and sound was back as well. :LOL: TV showed colors and produced sound until i turned it off. That continued each time i wanted to watch TV until i got tired of smacking it to work and i replaced it.

Point is: unless you have old Russian (Slavic) made PC that needs the "tough love" to work (which i highly doubt), what you just did was one of the most effective ways to break your PC. Modern PCs are very sensitive to vibrations and i have yet to see a modern PC that would survive the smack at it's PC case.

At this point, and by what you describe (PC not staying on for more than 3 seconds), following or all of them are dead: CPU, MoBo, RAM, GPU.
Unless you don't have 2nd, compatible PC, where to test all those 4 components out, what you're looking towards is effectively a new PC or at the very least, a very expensive repair bill (if you haul your PC to local PC repair store).

Life lesson: modern PCs need gentle love, not tough love.
 
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Sep 16, 2019
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Q: Are from one of the Slavic countries where you need to smack the hardware to make it work? :eek:

That reminds me my old Russian made CRT TV that i had 20 years ago. It had colors and sound but since it was at the end of it's life, every time i turned it on, there were no sound and image was monochrome. A good smack dead center of the CRT screen and colors were back. :giggle: 2nd good hit at the top of the TV and sound was back as well. :LOL: TV showed colors and produced sound until i turned it off. That continued each time i wanted to watch TV until i got tired of smacking it to work and i replaced it.

Point is: unless you have old Russian (Slavic) made PC that needs the "tough love" to work (which i highly doubt), what you just did was one of the most effective ways to break your PC. Modern PCs are very sensitive to vibrations and i have yet to see a modern PC that would survive the smack at it's PC case.

At this point, and by what you describe (PC not staying on for more than 3 seconds), following or all of them are dead: CPU, MoBo, RAM, GPU.
Unless you don't have 2nd, compatible PC, where to test all those 4 components out, what you're looking towards is effectively a new PC or at the very least, a very expensive repair bill (if you haul your PC to local PC repair store).

Life lesson: modern PCs need gentle love, not tough love.
I think the RAM could be the problem, I had issues with it for a long long time. I mean I had my PC for like 7 years so at least it had a good run. Still, I'll see what I can do...
 
You may have loosend a cable so double check all your cables are connected properly to the motherboard, especially the front panel header. Also check your CPU cooler to make sure that has not moved. Then clear your CMOS and try rebooting.