Hey, my computer is all off and I can't use it right now. What's wrong?
Hey, my computer is all off and I can't use it right now. What's wrong?
Hi everyone, my computer died around eighteen months ago and I gave up trying to fix it because nothing worked. I thought I'd take it out of the loft for another try but kept getting the same problem. When I first turned it on, I managed to get onto the desk screen and even installed new graphics card drivers. But after about ten minutes, the screen went black and it restarted two minutes later. I came back to the login screen this time before it started happening again. On the third attempt, I didn't even make it past the Windows loading screen. Now it just shows a message saying Windows isn't loading correctly, even though I did a hard reset.
I can confirm it's not the hard drive because I tried booting my M.2 and SSD drives (which had Windows installed on them). I also tried a fresh install on both the M.2 and SSD plus a new hard drive, but they kept restarting on their own right away and put me back on the "Windows isn't loading correctly" screen.
I can confirm that my CPU temps are fine, and even though my graphics card feels a bit hot, nothing is over its limit. I am at the point where I have to buy a whole new computer setup but I don't have enough money for it. So I am hoping someone can help me figure out which specific part is breaking. Here are my specs (even though they are old): 5960X, RAMPAGE V Extreme, Titan X processor, 4x 8GB Dominator Platinum DDR RAM, and a Corsair AX 860i SSD. All of these were bought new in 2015 and have worked fine until about eighteen months ago.
But the biggest piece of gear for a PC that's not on your paper list is the power supply unit. Tell me which one it is by name and model, or what the part number says. Also, did you get it all new from the factory, fix it up, or just buy it used?
If this computer doesn't turn on, what are you doing to make new copies of your software?
I changed the post and it made my head spin when I looked at it again.