Hello, Last night i turned off my pc like i normally do. this morning, I turned it on, it started, screen stayed blank and thats it. The power button on the screen was also flashing so it wasn't getting a signal. I reset the pc, it reset, and then turned off. It would not turn back on. I unplugged it, waited, pluged it back in. hit the power, and nothing. it would not start. Opened it up, saw a little dust, nothing major. Unplugged it again, waited longer. PLugged it back in and turned it on. It started, screen was still blank. I went looking for loose connections on the monitor, then i could hear the hard drive being used. Eventually I heard the windows start up sound, and then just like that I had the windows desktop on my previousley blank screen. System: Asus p5k dlx Corsair 620 ATI 1950 pro 2 ide hdd's sound blaster audigy Q6600 The only thing that I have done in a while was a bios flash but that was almost a week ago. I dont know why I had the blank screen, all connections were tight, I dont know why the system would not turn on. Any thoughts, advice?
how does one test a psu? you mean swapping it out for another unit? I would but I dont have another. As for the 1950, I will reseat it if it does it again.
You can buy a tester for around $20 US (better ones with LCD display are around $30)or take the PSU into your local computer shop,most small shops will test it for free.A bad PSU can damage your system so never put a suspected bad PSU into another computer to test it!
I had a bsod a little while ago. Not sure why, it was a windows file that showed up. cant remember which one. odd thing is that I lost all my bios settings. had to put them all in again.
after getting countless errors in windows (not bsod, but critical errors that shut the maching off after 60 seconds), I checked my bios closely and found wrong timings for my ram. so far the system has had no problems since i fixed it.
