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Computer Emergency Room
SuMa.Lustre
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Remember that plan I had, to wait until summer to get some new electronics? Yeah, well...my computer of 5.5 years' service decided to not start up today. No error messages, no error beeps, just lack of response with mouse and keyboard, and no display on the screen.
What could be wrong? Am I screwed? What should I double/triple check? Should I start thinking about my new options?
What could be wrong? Am I screwed? What should I double/triple check? Should I start thinking about my new options?
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Anyone have an idea? I'm not too much of a novice but I fail to see how that worked, or why I even did it besides sheer intuition.
It's quite possible for some of the cables to get power while others don't. Don't dismiss the idea you need a new power supply just because your fans turn on.
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True, true. But the fans meant it wasn't a complete wipeout, and the lights on the mobo probably meant that it was fine too.
It's just one of those things. On an old box I used to use, sometimes the onboard ethernet port would just stop working. Linux would see it but it was constantly disabled.
The only way to fix it was to unplug the mobo from the PSU and let it sit for a while. Then everything would work fine.
Or my current computer. I upgraded the nVidia drivers, Win7 rebooted and the GRUB bootloader (which lets me choose between Windows and Linux) would just fail with an "error 18". Couldn't get into Linux or Windows. I just turned off the computer for a bit and turned it back on, booted up just fine.
My theory is that your (and my old) mobo may be going south in some sort of way, and unplugging the PSU lets the capacitors drain and therefore clears any bad bits stuck in RAM or a chip or something.
Fans and lights mean nothing. The power supply can have enough juice to power some fans and an LED and still not be able to turn your computer on.
I have had this happen when a PSU crapped out, so try a different one.
All is not lost...apparently I can loosen the timings so I can run it at 1.8V... my only problem is that I have no Idea where to start. Is there a method to slowly lower the timings until I find one that works?
My original timings are 4-4-4-12, so I tried 5-5-5-13 but it failed Memtest after 30+ minutes.... lol I don't even have an idea what those timings mean or which ones to tweak... i need help please
Also should I try to change the voltage for the RAM opposed to loosen the timings? and how do I do that the option I see in my mobo is (+1, +2, +3, +4) ... is that just straight addition to the 1.8v of which +4 would give me 2.2v? but +3 and +4 are highlighted red.
[EDIT] My board is the GA EP35-DS3L, and RAM Patriot extreme 2x2gig sticks DDR2 800 (4-4-4-12) @ 2.2V
Sry for jumping around, but I have a lot I need answers for. Thanks in advance
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So, did some cleaning today. Blew out the dust, and replaced my 2 case fans, since one had seized bearings, and the other was about to follow. Well after I get the new fans in and go to power on... nothing.
I chase my tail for a bit, and finally just give one device at a time power until I find out my culprit. Turns out its my SATA drive, which was working quite fine this morning.
Any thoughts? My SATA drive is connected to the power supply via a standard 4 pin molex adapter, fyi.
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