I was asked to look at step sons PC as first it showed erratic behaviour then started in to repeated reboots. By the time I got to see it the motherboard (ASUS P8Z77V) shows constant red on the VGA LED and the monitor is blank.
I took the graphic card out and cleaned out what appeared to be half the carpet in case that was the cause but the same result.
Tried using the onboard graphic connection but same result.
Checked the 12V rails with a digital multimeter and both sides read 15V!
So question
1) Do I take it the CPU has gone loopy?
2) Did the graphics card cause this and is it going to be OK?
3) What else might have bit the dust?
I took the graphic card out and cleaned out what appeared to be half the carpet in case that was the cause but the same result.
Tried using the onboard graphic connection but same result.
Checked the 12V rails with a digital multimeter and both sides read 15V!
So question
1) Do I take it the CPU has gone loopy?
2) Did the graphics card cause this and is it going to be OK?
3) What else might have bit the dust?