History:
**The computer I am referring to was personally built and has run flawlessly for nearly 3 years now**
I ordered a new Hard Drive and began copying all my current hard drives files to an external. After leaving it be for hours, I came back to my computer being completely shut down. When I tried to power it on again I got nothing, and saw that my PSU fan blades were sputtering, as if the unit failed. Consequently, I ordered a new PSU and replaced the broken one.
Unfortunately, now when I try to power my computer on it cannot even get into BIOS, just a black screen. All I can get out of it is properly running CPU and Graphics Card fans as well as solid red lights on my Graphics Card.
I've done a combined total of roughly 5 hours of research/troubleshooting without any luck whatsoever. Here's a list of what I have tried without any progress:
- Swapping out PSU's with another machine that works completely fine
- Swapping out Graphics Cards with the same machine
- Replacing the CMOS battery
- Attempting to boot with only the basics (MOBO, CPU, Hard Drive, PSU, one stick of RAM) .. being sure to reset CMOS as needed
- I have attempted replacing the CPU, Graphics Card, RAM sticks, and Hard Drive and my symptoms have not changed
To my knowledge, I've tried everything I can.. mostly because I have been reading for hours. From my personal experience, I'd say the motherboard was fried for some unknown reason due to the fact that I get no "beeps" and cannot reach even the BIOS setup.
I guess what I am looking for is a little reassurance. I want to replace the motherboard, but I don't want to spend money in doing so and have the same problem occur with a brand new piece of hardware. Any comments or help would greatly be appreciated
**The computer I am referring to was personally built and has run flawlessly for nearly 3 years now**
I ordered a new Hard Drive and began copying all my current hard drives files to an external. After leaving it be for hours, I came back to my computer being completely shut down. When I tried to power it on again I got nothing, and saw that my PSU fan blades were sputtering, as if the unit failed. Consequently, I ordered a new PSU and replaced the broken one.
Unfortunately, now when I try to power my computer on it cannot even get into BIOS, just a black screen. All I can get out of it is properly running CPU and Graphics Card fans as well as solid red lights on my Graphics Card.
I've done a combined total of roughly 5 hours of research/troubleshooting without any luck whatsoever. Here's a list of what I have tried without any progress:
- Swapping out PSU's with another machine that works completely fine
- Swapping out Graphics Cards with the same machine
- Replacing the CMOS battery
- Attempting to boot with only the basics (MOBO, CPU, Hard Drive, PSU, one stick of RAM) .. being sure to reset CMOS as needed
- I have attempted replacing the CPU, Graphics Card, RAM sticks, and Hard Drive and my symptoms have not changed
To my knowledge, I've tried everything I can.. mostly because I have been reading for hours. From my personal experience, I'd say the motherboard was fried for some unknown reason due to the fact that I get no "beeps" and cannot reach even the BIOS setup.
I guess what I am looking for is a little reassurance. I want to replace the motherboard, but I don't want to spend money in doing so and have the same problem occur with a brand new piece of hardware. Any comments or help would greatly be appreciated
