Hi, I know theres a lot of these posts but I cant find a definite answer. I'm not that savvy with PC building so bear with me.
My PC is about 5 years old now never had any problems. I don't use it much recently.
After not turning it on for a few months, a few months ago Windows wouldn't start so I completely reinstalled and no problems.
I stopped using my PC again for a while, and turned it on last week no issue still. I'm working from home and have an ethernet cable for my work PC after normally using wifi on my own one. I thought why not and plugged the ethernet cable into my personal PC while it was on.
I clicked on the internet options in the bottom right of the start bar, and just had that loading circle. I couldn't click anything but programs were still running in the background.
I waited a few mins and restarted my PC.
Initially windows would not boot, and the system would try and run auto repair but this didn't work. After a few restarts ready to reinstall windows it started turning on for a few seconds, then off and restarting in a loop. Looking around I tried with removing the motherboard battery to reset the CMOS, and also moved the RAM. After removing and replacing the battery, it now switches and stays on, although for the first turn on after being off for a while it does turn off and restart once.
All the LED's and Fans are on but there is no output, using the graphics card outputs or motherboard. I can verify my monitor is working fine.
There is no beep, a POST beep I believe?, and I'm not sure if what the problem could be. Looking around I understand it could be the PSU or motherboard, but I don't have a lot of money. Sorry for the long post, but question is, is this most like the motherboard or PSU? I am looking to replace one of them but don't want to waste money. I understand it could be either but does anyone know what is most likely? Thanks
Some info on my PC:
Intel i5- 4460 Processor
Gigabyte H81M-S2H Motherboard.
Corsair CX600 Power Supply
Zotac Geforce GTX 970 Graphics Card
Team Elite 8GB 1600Mhz Memory
My PC is about 5 years old now never had any problems. I don't use it much recently.
After not turning it on for a few months, a few months ago Windows wouldn't start so I completely reinstalled and no problems.
I stopped using my PC again for a while, and turned it on last week no issue still. I'm working from home and have an ethernet cable for my work PC after normally using wifi on my own one. I thought why not and plugged the ethernet cable into my personal PC while it was on.
I clicked on the internet options in the bottom right of the start bar, and just had that loading circle. I couldn't click anything but programs were still running in the background.
I waited a few mins and restarted my PC.
Initially windows would not boot, and the system would try and run auto repair but this didn't work. After a few restarts ready to reinstall windows it started turning on for a few seconds, then off and restarting in a loop. Looking around I tried with removing the motherboard battery to reset the CMOS, and also moved the RAM. After removing and replacing the battery, it now switches and stays on, although for the first turn on after being off for a while it does turn off and restart once.
All the LED's and Fans are on but there is no output, using the graphics card outputs or motherboard. I can verify my monitor is working fine.
There is no beep, a POST beep I believe?, and I'm not sure if what the problem could be. Looking around I understand it could be the PSU or motherboard, but I don't have a lot of money. Sorry for the long post, but question is, is this most like the motherboard or PSU? I am looking to replace one of them but don't want to waste money. I understand it could be either but does anyone know what is most likely? Thanks
Some info on my PC:
Intel i5- 4460 Processor
Gigabyte H81M-S2H Motherboard.
Corsair CX600 Power Supply
Zotac Geforce GTX 970 Graphics Card
Team Elite 8GB 1600Mhz Memory