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Boot problems - something in my system is dying/has died!
Hi chaps,
I've had a few issues when booting recently, not that I've had my desktop on much, but when turning it on I've definitely had some issues...
I've got a five year old, pre going bust Evesham, with the original 350w (maybe 400w) PSU and Foxconn mobo/Q6600 in it. It's got 4GB of RAM that's about 18 months old. The boot HDD is about four years old and has seen a lot of use as it was on every day for work.
Recently, when turning it on, it's not been getting past the Foxconn startup screen, the HDD light flickered for a couple of seconds and then it just stayed on the screen and wouldn't load Windows. Then the next time it would. I assumed my C: drive was on the way out, so today ordered a 120GB Samsung 830 SSD (even though my mobo is SATA II, I'll upgrade the mobo/processor at some point soon) and was quietly happy about having an excuse to do this!
When I got home today, my gf had had the PC on during the day to check email/browse and it had been working ok, but when I got home it seemed to be sleeping, but the fans (processor, PSU, GPU and case) are going, power light it on, but there is nothing. I switched it off at the front switch and came back to it a few minutes later and it seemed reluctant to switch on, but it did, the fans kicked in, but there is nothing happening - nothing appears to be coming up on the monitor, nothing accessing. I switched it off and left it so not to risk further damage.
So my question is this... do you guys think my mobo/processor is knackered, or the PSU. I'm really hoping (and assuming, as the problems with it even turning on the last time seem to point in that direction to me!) it's the PSU, as that's going to be so much cheaper to replace (especially as I've just spunked nigh on £80 on a SSD that I probably didn't need immediately!), and I'll be able to get something better that will enable me to get a better graphics card in the next few months!
Your input will be, as ever, massively appreciated.
Cheers.