PC suddenly shut down and will not start back up.

[Bram Turismo]

Hey guys,

As the title says, I was chilling in a game of LoL when out of the blue my PC shut down. Now it refuses to start back up.

When the PSU switch is on, the lights on the MOBO do light up, but when I press the case power on switch it won't even get into the setup screen and neither seem the fans to be spinning. I removed the side window, but did not find the components to be running hot.

This is a 2 month old PC build. I'm surprised things are
going wrong with it this early.

Any ideas on what the problem might be?

 

[dice1998]

I don't know what build you have so I apologize in advance if you don't have this function:

Does your Mobo have a "Dual BIOS" option? Have you tried switching to the other one to see if that makes a difference?

 

[Bram Turismo]

The PC will not boot into the BIOS, so there is nothing I can check. It's a 4670k CPU, a Maximus VI Gene mobo and a CX600 PSU.

Some lights on the mobo light up and the power switch lights up, that is all it does.

 

[Grayfox]

Remove the power cable from the PSU for about 5 minutes.
Reconnect and try powering up.

 

[BobK]

Sounds like a power supply problem. Do the fans work at all?

 

[sesselpupser]

It's probably the PSU, what make and model is it? Also what CPU, motherboard and graphics card do you have, and are any of them overclocked? I'm just curious to know what sort of power draw you'd be averaging vs. the power your PSU can provide.

 

[TB]

It's probably the PSU, what make and model is it? Also what CPU, motherboard and graphics card do you have, and are any of them overclocked? I'm just curious to know what sort of power draw you'd be averaging vs. the power your PSU can provide.

Already mostly answered:

It's a 4670k CPU, a Maximus VI Gene mobo and a CX600 PSU.

I'd be leaning towards either a loose connection (hopefully) or a bad power supply. If it's new enough, look into getting it replaced.

 

[sesselpupser]

Already mostly answered:



I'd be leaning towards either a loose connection (hopefully) or a bad power supply. If it's new enough, look into getting it replaced.

Gah, I am tired. Still, the graphics card is a big part of the power draw, so that part of the question still stands!

 

[BobK]

I'd be leaning towards either a loose connection (hopefully) or a bad power supply. If it's new enough, look into getting it replaced.

If the PSU is broken he should look into getting it replaced no matter how new/old it is.

 

[TB]

If the PSU is broken he should look into getting it replaced no matter how new/old it is.

I meant replaced for free instead of buying a new one.

 

[David]

As others have guessed, my money is also on the power supply needing to be replaced. I helped a friend build a PC a year or so back and he ran into a similar issue after only a few weeks of use. PC shut down one day, motherboard lights were still on, but the computer would not start up. Tried reseating and reconnecting everything with no luck. Finally he got the PSU replaced and all was well again.