Black screen of death :( Help!

mohavepc said:

What do the Capacitors on the Motherboard look like? See any that are bulged or leaking?

Will the mobo will fail only if the capacitor is bulged or leaked?

No. There can be other points of failure, but bad capacitors is one of the more common ones.

TVeblen said:

No. There can be other points of failure, but bad capacitors is one of the more common ones.

I checked my capacitor, i have just normal rounded capacitor which do not have any line in between, so when I see it looks pretty flat not bulged.

I will check this asap. Thanks.

ICit2lol said:

May I put in 2 cents worth?

For seeing what the volts are on the PSU use HW Info http://www.hwinfo.com/download.php < download the right bit version. close the right hand window > click on sensors > scroll down to where I have scrolled in my pic


If you are going to look at those caps PLEASE be VERY careful the large ones can hold a lethal charge

For another test try this

HARD DRIVE SURFACE TEST

Now as opposed to the usual drive testersthis specifically tests the surface of (usually) a spinner.

It will test the surface of the spinningdisk, and I suspect some idea of the performance of the read / write heads.

Download this http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html my pic will give you the instruction on what to do. It doestake some time but it does cover most possibilities with a drive in conjunctionwith the other testers like Seatools http://www.seagate.com/au/en/support/downloads/item/seatools-win-master/

Please check my HWiNFO report.

ICit2lol said:

May I put in 2 cents worth?

For seeing what the volts are on the PSU use HW Info http://www.hwinfo.com/download.php < download the right bit version. close the right hand window > click on sensors > scroll down to where I have scrolled in my pic


If you are going to look at those caps PLEASE be VERY careful the large ones can hold a lethal charge

For another test try this

HARD DRIVE SURFACE TEST

Now as opposed to the usual drive testersthis specifically tests the surface of (usually) a spinner.

It will test the surface of the spinningdisk, and I suspect some idea of the performance of the read / write heads.

Download this http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html my pic will give you the instruction on what to do. It doestake some time but it does cover most possibilities with a drive in conjunctionwith the other testers like Seatools http://www.seagate.com/au/en/support/downloads/item/seatools-win-master/

Okay, so my PSU is good.
I tested that HDD Surface test but I am getting black screen in between, first I got after 4-5 lines.. And second time I got after 2 lines.