I recently built my own PC and it was running fine for about 2 months. This morning I was ripping CDs/sending them to my mp3 player. I had a fair amount of CPU usage including mozilla, AIM and the ripping process going. Without warning it shut off and I cannot turn it back on. I don't believe the power supply is burned out because the mobo light still comes on. I tried to unplug a few components that are not vital to the computer running to see if i was overloading the power supply but it still did not turn on. I can't be positive but I do not think the CPU overheated seeing as the temperatures were ideal every single time i have turned on the computer although this time I wasn't keeping an active eye on the temps. There were times where i was running probably many more programs and it never even flinched above ideal temperature. Any thoughts on what could be wrong? My first thought is to try a new PSU but just wondering if there are any better ideas before i go to replace the PSU.
Computer Burned...unsure what problem is
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Muser44 said:
This happens to me often (My central Power supply for my room is very very old) and the PC gets something like a surge and completely switches off. I turn it back on and I get the whole thing starting up but nothing actually turns on (i.e no bootup). Sometimes it took a few minutes for the PC to ''become fine'' and then it would work but often I've waited up to 5 days before the PC would work. I've solved the problem by buying a belkin surgemaster which is an absolutely brilliant piece of tech. I'd suggest that if it still does not work, replace the PSU with a spare (from a friend e.g) and see if it works. If it does then you'll need to buy a new PSU I'm afraid.
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