Ok all. So no luck on finding a replacement PSU. I did catch that video Octagon linked and picked up a CR2032 battery. Changed my old one.
Now I have the PC on its side with just the ssd and ram plugged in and its turning on but shutting off and restarting after a couple of seconds. Dont have it hooked up to a monitor so not sure if its showing an error message. Nothing is beeping at me and the fans and lights are running while its on.
Is this normal? I dont want to leave it doing that if its a hardware failure or something.
So you did not buy one or you did and it's not working still?
Ok all. So no luck on finding a replacement PSU. I did catch that video Octagon linked and picked up a CR2032 battery. Changed my old one.
Now I have the PC on its side with just the ssd and ram plugged in and its turning on but shutting off and restarting after a couple of seconds. Dont have it hooked up to a monitor so not sure if its showing an error message. Nothing is beeping at me and the fans and lights are running while its on.
Is this normal? I dont want to leave it doing that if its a hardware failure or something.
So you did not buy one or you did and it's not working still?
I wasnt able to find a PSU I need but i picked up a new motherboard battery.
Changing that gave me a couple seconds of boot up but now the computer is restarting over and over. Should i hook up to my monitor and see if its giving errors?
When all is said and done, more is always said than done.
Ok all. So no luck on finding a replacement PSU. I did catch that video Octagon linked and picked up a CR2032 battery. Changed my old one.
Now I have the PC on its side with just the ssd and ram plugged in and its turning on but shutting off and restarting after a couple of seconds. Dont have it hooked up to a monitor so not sure if its showing an error message. Nothing is beeping at me and the fans and lights are running while its on.
Is this normal? I dont want to leave it doing that if its a hardware failure or something.
So you did not buy one or you did and it's not working still?
I wasnt able to find a PSU I need but i picked up a new motherboard battery.
Changing that gave me a couple seconds of boot up but now the computer is restarting over and over. Should i hook up to my monitor and see if its giving errors?
Yes.
Sounds like it was the battery if so you have to boot into your bios and configure it which is probably why you're getting those beeps. I think the second video covers that.
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
Ok all. So no luck on finding a replacement PSU. I did catch that video Octagon linked and picked up a CR2032 battery. Changed my old one.
Now I have the PC on its side with just the ssd and ram plugged in and its turning on but shutting off and restarting after a couple of seconds. Dont have it hooked up to a monitor so not sure if its showing an error message. Nothing is beeping at me and the fans and lights are running while its on.
Is this normal? I dont want to leave it doing that if its a hardware failure or something.
So you did not buy one or you did and it's not working still?
I wasnt able to find a PSU I need but i picked up a new motherboard battery.
Changing that gave me a couple seconds of boot up but now the computer is restarting over and over. Should i hook up to my monitor and see if its giving errors?
Yes.
Sounds like it was the battery if so you have to boot into your bios and configure it which is probably why you're getting those beeps. I think the second video covers that.
Is it normal for it to restart itself every 5 ish seconds? In other words should I plug everything back in and see whats being displayed on my monitors
When all is said and done, more is always said than done.
Plug in the basic items you need to run the system no printers, storage drives, at this point.
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
If the bios has the wrong date and settings it could cause resets.
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
If the psu is the problem ill be building a new pc lol
You do that, spend at least $2000.00 on the new computer or else you will have the same issue again. You can also reuse your original power supply, but you gotta replace everything else......
Ok all. So no luck on finding a replacement PSU. I did catch that video Octagon linked and picked up a CR2032 battery. Changed my old one.
Now I have the PC on its side with just the ssd and ram plugged in and its turning on but shutting off and restarting after a couple of seconds. Dont have it hooked up to a monitor so not sure if its showing an error message. Nothing is beeping at me and the fans and lights are running while its on.
Is this normal? I dont want to leave it doing that if its a hardware failure or something.
So you did not buy one or you did and it's not working still?
I wasnt able to find a PSU I need but i picked up a new motherboard battery.
Changing that gave me a couple seconds of boot up but now the computer is restarting over and over. Should i hook up to my monitor and see if its giving errors?
Yes.
Sounds like it was the battery if so you have to boot into your bios and configure it which is probably why you're getting those beeps. I think the second video covers that.
Is it normal for it to restart itself every 5 ish seconds? In other words should I plug everything back in and see whats being displayed on my monitors
Not normal, and not good.
I see you already plugged everything in. Did you do the jump start test on the PSU, or just plug it in and pray?
What you are seeing is either: Bad PSU - still likely Bad Motherboard - also likely Short circuit somewhere - very bad.
Ok all. So no luck on finding a replacement PSU. I did catch that video Octagon linked and picked up a CR2032 battery. Changed my old one.
Now I have the PC on its side with just the ssd and ram plugged in and its turning on but shutting off and restarting after a couple of seconds. Dont have it hooked up to a monitor so not sure if its showing an error message. Nothing is beeping at me and the fans and lights are running while its on.
Is this normal? I dont want to leave it doing that if its a hardware failure or something.
So you did not buy one or you did and it's not working still?
I wasnt able to find a PSU I need but i picked up a new motherboard battery.
Changing that gave me a couple seconds of boot up but now the computer is restarting over and over. Should i hook up to my monitor and see if its giving errors?
Yes.
Sounds like it was the battery if so you have to boot into your bios and configure it which is probably why you're getting those beeps. I think the second video covers that.
Is it normal for it to restart itself every 5 ish seconds? In other words should I plug everything back in and see whats being displayed on my monitors
Not normal, and not good.
I see you already plugged everything in. Did you do the jump start test on the PSU, or just plug it in and pray?
What you are seeing is either: Bad PSU - still likely Bad Motherboard - also likely Short circuit somewhere - very bad.
The jump start thing scared me lol so i didnt do it. If my monitors arent getting a screen and mouse and keyboard arent lighting up whats that probably the mobo?
When all is said and done, more is always said than done.
Right now, repeatedly powering it on with computer components risks damaging one of them, if they aren't already damaged. You should minimize that as much as possible.
It could be any of the three things I listed (and even maybe a few outliers that I didn't list). But without the jump start test, or just replacing parts and finding out, your never gonna know.
Use a good voltage tester or circuit tester on your outlet try another device.
Never use a PC without a UPS system and grounded outlet if its not grounded this is easy to do.
Get a power supply tester and test the power supply, if you know more what ur doing u can even open the power supply even though it says not to due to obvious hazardous voltage reasons.
If the power supply is okay and you tried to boot the computer without a video card, just the Motherboard,cpu, and memory nothing else connected.
If it doesn't turn on then its likely the motherboard id pop the battery, unplug the pc and try a Bios reset often this can be a reason to why it wont turn on in the first place.
If you are using a reputable motherboard it such as an ASUS or better it should have error beeps or post code showing an error.
It's not staying on long enough to even POST. Another thing is, CMOS batteries wouldn't really cause the PC to reset or not turn on like that. Proper power to the motherboard would take over the function of the CMOS battery and only when you completely remove power would it reset, but that's not the case, you're not getting any beeps at all.
The likelihood that its still a power supply or to an extent the motherboard is still pretty high. This could also happen if your CPU was overheating, but 5 seconds isn't very long for it to reach that point even if you had a poor heatsink.
It's typical for the computer to constantly reset if a setting is out of spec or there is not enough power. It happens a lot with OCing and switching hardware that draws more power than the PSU can produce. However, from the description I don't think the issue is with the PC. House wiring could also be the issue in this case if it booted up at the PC repair shop. If you reset your bios, your PC should automatically boot into the bios settings. With your particular age of hardware, the display might not be displaying through an optical wire without the correct drivers. I would first hook everything up analog with DVI plugs and a PS/2 keyboard and mouse. Of course, now that it has been 4 years since your last pc it's also a good time to upgrade unlike last year.
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Changing that gave me a couple seconds of boot up but now the computer is restarting over and over. Should i hook up to my monitor and see if its giving errors?
Which leads me to believe its probably not the psu, right?
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
You do that, spend at least $2000.00 on the new computer or else you will have the same issue again. You can also reuse your original power supply, but you gotta replace everything else......
Both my monitors are not displaying "no signal" at least..
I see you already plugged everything in. Did you do the jump start test on the PSU, or just plug it in and pray?
What you are seeing is either:
Bad PSU - still likely
Bad Motherboard - also likely
Short circuit somewhere - very bad.
It could be any of the three things I listed (and even maybe a few outliers that I didn't list). But without the jump start test, or just replacing parts and finding out, your never gonna know.
Use a good voltage tester or circuit tester on your outlet try another device.
Never use a PC without a UPS system and grounded outlet if its not grounded this is easy to do.
Get a power supply tester and test the power supply, if you know more what ur doing u can even open the power supply even though it says not to due to obvious hazardous voltage reasons.
If the power supply is okay and you tried to boot the computer without a video card, just the Motherboard,cpu, and memory nothing else connected.
If it doesn't turn on then its likely the motherboard id pop the battery, unplug the pc and try a Bios reset often this can be a reason to why it wont turn on in the first place.
If you are using a reputable motherboard it such as an ASUS or better it should have error beeps or post code showing an error.
The likelihood that its still a power supply or to an extent the motherboard is still pretty high. This could also happen if your CPU was overheating, but 5 seconds isn't very long for it to reach that point even if you had a poor heatsink.
Thanks again.
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/3RBfBP
Thats the my new build mainly for gaming and random streaming for friends.
Or maybe ill go with the i7 7700k.. idk
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/vypxM8
If you reset your bios, your PC should automatically boot into the bios settings. With your particular age of hardware, the display might not be displaying through an optical wire without the correct drivers. I would first hook everything up analog with DVI plugs and a PS/2 keyboard and mouse. Of course, now that it has been 4 years since your last pc it's also a good time to upgrade unlike last year.
Probably just keep my 970 sc acx 2.0 and scrap the rest once i move a couple things over from my hdd