Ninety percent of the time, when I attempt to turn on my PC it powers up for a second then immediately shuts down. The other 10 percent of the time, it boots but I get no video signal. I’ve had it looked at by a local shop, which tested each component individually (except the mobo) and found them working properly. I’ve done some troubleshooting myself and I’ve gone through the wire diagrams and everything seems to be plugged in right. However, it doesn’t sound like my hard drive is turning on. I was hoping you had some ideas before I try a new hard drive. I’ve already put in a new power supply but that didn’t change anything. Any ideas?
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D00dlavy
October 25, 2010 at 3:24pm
I always say: Gigabyte, Gigabyte, Gigabyte. They build with the best components on the market and I've never had one fail, much less blow a capacitor.
The Gigabyte website calls it “Ultra Durable,” which is pretty much market speak for 2x or 3x copper and solid body capacitors (electrolytes are not what mobos crave).
Good read: http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2113
Bender2000
October 07, 2009 at 12:49pm
My friend had a similar problem, we diagnosed it finally when the video card caught fire. Bad capacitor. Look for bad caps on the MoBo since everything else was checked. Also, if it is a bad HDD then using a live disc of Ubunto or Knoppix will let you boot. Usually a bad HDD will leave you with a blinking cursor but it boots. Something with the video circuit shuts it down early.
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