10-26-2014, 06:13 AM
(10-25-2014, 04:55 PM)Variable link Wrote:Ok, it wasn't even the PSU. The dude came here and just opened it up and dusted it good with a brush and now it works. He told me that he is absolutely sure that it was a loose connection and/or dust and assured me that all my hardware is in order. He promised me that if it repeats itself he will take it to hist lab and clean it further with air pressure. I'm with less 300 ILS, but calm now
Thanks for the tips guys.
Glad you got it working. Don't be tempted to vacuum the dust out if it happens again, as there's a real risk that the static will fry somethingÂ
What I usually do in these situations is disconnect everything and then try with just the bare minimum, so no HDD, 1 stick of RAM, onboard graphics (if your motherboard has that), you can even disconnect all the fans EXCEPT the CPU one, as you risk damaging that if it gets too hot (although it should automatically shutdown before then) and see if it will boot to the point where it says "where's the HDD". Then add more RAM, test again and so on, until you find what's stopping it booting. Checking it gets through POST (which is basically all the tests and hardware initialisation that the BIOS does before it starts to boot the OS) is usually sufficient to detect a faulty component. After you've tested with everything but the HDD/SSDs, add the OS HDD/SSD and then once you've confirmed Windows boots OK, add any other HDD/SSDs you have.