Hi All,
So here's the deal. I've got a custom built computer, specs as follows:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500
AMD Radeon 6870 1gb
Gigabyte something or other mobo
4gb Crucial DDR2 Ram
PPC PSU 750w
Built it about two years ago now, and haven't had any problems with it, ever. (obviously the graphics card was updated recently, but that's been running fine for about a month).
We just moved, though I was very careful with the PC in the move, and to my knowledge it never was dropped or hit or anything.
Set it all up the other night and it booted up just fine, browsed around a bit, then left it on over night. The next evening, I opened up FFXIV, the update downloaded, installed, and then right as I was trying to log on, the computer just shut down completely. It is on a surge protector, along with my speakers and monitor, and both of those stayed powered on.
When I hit the power button on the PC, the lights turned on, fans started spinning, and then it died right away, before a POST beep. It did that several time when I'd press the power button, every once in a while it would attempt to restart itself as well.
So I tried plugging it into a different outlet. It actually booted up, but then shut down again after about 2 minutes (I was able to log into my Windows 7, but it shut down before I even opened anything).
So, I have opened it up and reseated power cords and ram and GPU, but that didn't fix it. The PSU works, at least a little, so it's hard to tell if it's that.
I do have the CPU overclocked just marginally, and soon as I get home will try getting it to boot so I can reset the BIOS, but barring that as the issue, any idea what it might be? Any suggestions for diagnosing?
thanks,
Stri