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PLZ help!!
I have a big problem... My computer just shut off last night while I was playing Morrowind.
The thing is, I don't have any Case Fans, all I have is a CPU fan, mother board fan, and a graphic card fan. I just buit this computer a week ago: AMD xp 2000, 512 DDR pc2700 ram, GeForce44200. After crashing last night, my computer does not even boot when I press the power button!! How could I fix this problem????? Or just give me some hints for the future!!! PLZ help!!!
By the way, I forgat to include: my power supply is 350watts, and the top of the case used to get pretty hot. Please help me with some information! I just like to get it up and runnning again :)
Thank you!
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you likely burned something out by lack of cooling. I think the first place you should look is power supply
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Yeah, I would. And remember to get some case fans. I would get atleast 2; 1 for blowing in and one for blowing air out. You should put the one blowing in the bottom front and the one blowing out at the top in the back of the case since hot air rises
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Yeah thanks, I'll deffinately get the fans as soon as I'm sure evertyhing is working and I haven't fried my CPU. I only had the system for a week, you think my CPU or anything else might be damaged if it isn't my power supply??
By the way, thanks for the replies, they really are helpfull!
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the easiest to tell if something is burned is to see whether or not it's charred, if not, probably not, the other wya is to get the new PSU and then boot up, that for sure will tell you if something else is burned. Also, what kind of case do you have? tower? mid-tower?....? Aince you have an AMD and a Geforce4, I recommend stuffing your case with all the case fans it can handle, usually one or two in front (that's the ideal place for a ultra-high rpm and cfm fan), and 3-4 in the back. since there will multiples in the back, those cna just be regualr 2800-3000rpm, 28-35cfm fans, but I recommend getting a high cfm fan for the front, like a Delta.
P.S. If you can cut your case, cut a hole right where the gfx card, then stick another fan there.
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I heard of the same problem (computer can't reboot after cpu went too hot)...
Does your PC do anything? can you go in your BIOS setup? if yes: try to set settings to "fail-safe" or something like that.
If you can't, try flashing your BIOS (read your MOBO manual).
If you can't flash your BIOS, try holding at startup, this could replace your factory settings to your BIOS.Hope this can help.
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Check list:
Check to see if your PSU is blown, becuase this may occur with CPU overheating before the CPU burns out
(do this by connecting your mainboard, and say fans and check to see if these work fine, or maybe you have a light on your main board to indicate powerAnother problem may be your main house power supplier, change your wall unit source that you have connected your pc too
Regards
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Do you remember a burning smell when your computer went out? (Like an electrical fire?) If so, it is very possible your CPU is fried - although if the top of your case was hot it could very well be your power supply. These new XP chips run exceptionably hot, and there are no effective overheating protections against burning them up. Check the CPU bottom for charred damage (and smell it carefully), then check the power supply... If something did fry, that smell is noticable days afterwards ;)
Perhaps run the power supply to another computer's M/B (if you have one)... at least you can see if it works. If it does, I hate to say it, but he Processor is probably fried.. :( Let us know what you find out!- John Quaz
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