I've been doing a bit of troubleshooting with my pc that I built about 5 years back. It started with my PSU and motherboard failing together. I replaced the motherboard and the PSU, and rebuilt everything after giving the old parts a much needed cleaning.
After my first boot with the new motherboard though, my computer just starts for a few seconds - all the fans stay on, including the cpu cooler and GPU fan, and then turns off, and repeats in a loop like this. Luckily my motherboard has Q-LED's which aid in debugging, yay!
I have also tested the ram by removing each stick one by one, replacing each one, and trying other slots, nothing changes what happens.
What happens: power on - CPU light on - moves to dram light (stays on for ~8 seconds) - it sometimes moves to vga for a second or 2, but sometimes just skips this step - light flickers back to CPU, and the computer turns off. In a flash of incredible genius I did not buy new thermal paste while putting back together my computer. I was hoping that the old thermal paste that was previously applied would be enough. Is it reasonable to believe that my PC is turning off because the CPU is overheating? Causing the debug light to jump back to it at the end? If that is likely the case, I will place an order for some new thermal paste to make its way over.
Thanks in advance for any help!
After my first boot with the new motherboard though, my computer just starts for a few seconds - all the fans stay on, including the cpu cooler and GPU fan, and then turns off, and repeats in a loop like this. Luckily my motherboard has Q-LED's which aid in debugging, yay!
I have also tested the ram by removing each stick one by one, replacing each one, and trying other slots, nothing changes what happens.
What happens: power on - CPU light on - moves to dram light (stays on for ~8 seconds) - it sometimes moves to vga for a second or 2, but sometimes just skips this step - light flickers back to CPU, and the computer turns off. In a flash of incredible genius I did not buy new thermal paste while putting back together my computer. I was hoping that the old thermal paste that was previously applied would be enough. Is it reasonable to believe that my PC is turning off because the CPU is overheating? Causing the debug light to jump back to it at the end? If that is likely the case, I will place an order for some new thermal paste to make its way over.
Thanks in advance for any help!