Hey all,
I have recently begun having issues with my PC not powering on. The issue has been increasing exponentially for a few months now, and originally started as a random, no-boot when hitting the power button problem. Was initially worried that my motherboard or PSU was fried, but after a few hours, the PC started up and ran like normal. This has gradually increased from about a once-a-month issue, to a once a week issue, to now daily. Every time I shut my PC down, attempting to start it back up I am met with a blinking blue light on the motherboard. After a few tries, I can usually get the PC to boot after holding the Power Button for 30 seconds (Something about the PC being confused whether or not it powered on, but I am not sure of the merits of this solution or if it's causing any damage in the long run)?
- From doing some reading of other posts, some have said the blinking blue light is a PSU issue, but I am curious if this is the case, as when my PC does decide to turn on, it has absolutely no issues whatsoever and can generally be restarted with no issue until it has been off for over around 12 hours. Included below is my specs - the motherboard, PSU, and CPU are all quite old (7 years), and essentially the only components that haven't been replaced over the years with upgrades to my build. Would love to see if anyone has any ideas, as this is a strange one for me!
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5 Ghz
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070
Memory: Patriot 16GB(2x8GB) Viper III DDR3 1866MHz
PSU: SeaSonic G 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply
HDD/SSD:
Edit Update (9/20/22): I have bought a new PSU, part works fine but after hooking it up I still have the same problem. I don't think its a BIOS issue, as I don't even get to a point where a POST screen would show up in the first place (This being said I am by no means a BIOS expert, so if anyone has an idea let me know)
- At this point I am thinking it might be the mobo, but that blinking blue light makes me think it might be something I can fix. I'll be attempting to get on the support line with MSI for their motherboard section once their phone lines open for business, but if they are no help I would love to hear your all's other ideas!
I have recently begun having issues with my PC not powering on. The issue has been increasing exponentially for a few months now, and originally started as a random, no-boot when hitting the power button problem. Was initially worried that my motherboard or PSU was fried, but after a few hours, the PC started up and ran like normal. This has gradually increased from about a once-a-month issue, to a once a week issue, to now daily. Every time I shut my PC down, attempting to start it back up I am met with a blinking blue light on the motherboard. After a few tries, I can usually get the PC to boot after holding the Power Button for 30 seconds (Something about the PC being confused whether or not it powered on, but I am not sure of the merits of this solution or if it's causing any damage in the long run)?
- From doing some reading of other posts, some have said the blinking blue light is a PSU issue, but I am curious if this is the case, as when my PC does decide to turn on, it has absolutely no issues whatsoever and can generally be restarted with no issue until it has been off for over around 12 hours. Included below is my specs - the motherboard, PSU, and CPU are all quite old (7 years), and essentially the only components that haven't been replaced over the years with upgrades to my build. Would love to see if anyone has any ideas, as this is a strange one for me!
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5 Ghz
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070
Memory: Patriot 16GB(2x8GB) Viper III DDR3 1866MHz
PSU: SeaSonic G 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply
HDD/SSD:
- SanDisk - Ultra 1TB PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe Internal Solid State Drive
- Samsung 870 Evo 500 Gb
- Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM
Edit Update (9/20/22): I have bought a new PSU, part works fine but after hooking it up I still have the same problem. I don't think its a BIOS issue, as I don't even get to a point where a POST screen would show up in the first place (This being said I am by no means a BIOS expert, so if anyone has an idea let me know)
- At this point I am thinking it might be the mobo, but that blinking blue light makes me think it might be something I can fix. I'll be attempting to get on the support line with MSI for their motherboard section once their phone lines open for business, but if they are no help I would love to hear your all's other ideas!
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