Faulty Something ???

[MTIH1992]

I built a computer 1 month ago, and it ran perfectly, till one day i was runing msn, and windows media player, happily typing away, and suddently the display froze, and noise kept screeching out of my speakers.

CTRL-ALT-DEL did nothing, not even the mouse moved. I was forced to hold down the Power button to turn it off.

When i tried to turn it on again, the hard drives were spinning, the fans were spinning, and the CPU fan was spinning, but there was no display on the Monitors, They didnt even notice they were connected! I am usualy really good at computers nd stuff, but i honestly dont have a clue on this one.

Pllleeeeeeeeeese help

Matt.

3GHz Intel Pentium D - 1GB DDR2 RAM - 512MB Radeon X700 - 2X 250GB Maxtor Hard Drives - Gigabyte iDNA Motherboard - 500Watt PSU - DVD-RW/CD-RW - CD-RW

[vehelpfulguy]

If you do not get an answer here try the more specialist forums on MicroMart where there is a forum for system builders.

http://www.micromart.co.uk/

I have never had a problem like this but I may suspect the PSU or Graphics card.

Is the PSU a good one?

If cheap the 500W may not really be that, and maybe the PC is too much for it.

Try putting a different graphics card in, have you got a cheap �25 one lying around somewhere. Try that.

[MTIH1992]

Tried 2 Different PSU's, still same problem. But now, the computer stays on for 1 or 2 seconds before it turns off again. It cant stay on! could it be a problem with the CPU? Graphics cards fan is still spinning.

[Ralph]

If you've got 2 or more memory modules, try it with just 1 in. If the same thing happens, try the other one on its own instead.

Check that the CPU is seated properly and the lever that holds it in is secured. Make sure the heatsink is in full contact with the chip and use thermal grease whenever possible.

Can you use an old graphics card to eliminate that?

I agree that the PSU is quite small for something with 2 large drives and a big graphics card, though it might be ok.

Perhaps the motherboard's gone, search around the techie forums for previous problems. I had a Gigabyte mobo that decided to take 3 or 4 minutes just to do the power on self test just after the warranty ran out, in the bin it went and I won't be getting another.

My money's on the RAM or the graphics card, but I don't have a lot of money!

[MTIH1992]

But it ran fine for a month or two :-S

i could the CPU fan of failed and the CPU burnt out?