PC died... is it the Motherboard?

[Harag]

I have a 7/8 year old PC that failed to start a couple of weeks ago. I'm no techy at investigating the issue, but I think it's the mobo. However I've now bought a new beast to replace it (when the 3080 cards arrive) as I was planning on getting a new one anyway (currently using a really old spare one I have). But curious if anyone can confirm if it's the mobo, (yes, I know it's hard without looking).

i7-4770 aoi cooler / 1080 gpu / 16gb ram

I turned on the PC and after a little while it turned itself off couple of attempts and nothing, then after 10 mins of cool down, it managed to come on... again turning itself off, after sniffing for burnouts etc and then trying it and watching the insides, the PSU seems ok, case fans turn (powered by PSU, the GPU even seems to power up, (but I got nothing displayed on screen at all, just blackness).

However, I notice ONE fan not working, the one on the small AOI - this fan is plugged into the MOBO. I tried plugging other fans in to the MOBO in the other fan connections, again no spinning on these, so I guess the small fan in the actual AOI doesn't work either as I tried a fan in it's power connector on the mobo. So all fan power connectors on mobo isn't powering fan (through the mobo little green light is on).

So I think it's the MOBO that has died, but I'm wondering what are the chances that the CPU has gone as well ??? I could buy a replacement mobo / cpu I'm not 100% sure as I don't know how else to test it. If I get a mobo, then it would need to support the current cpu, but then if the cpu has died I would need to get a new cpu to fit the mobo. so might be better to replace both of these.

I'm guessing it was turning it self off because the CPU would be overheating with no fan / aoi working.

Any thoughts / suggestions? I'm still keeping my new beast on order though...

Thanks.

 

[Martinr36]

is this a PCS machine giving you trouble, if so then please post the full specs from your orders page, if not we can't help as this is a dedicated PC Specialist website, but you could try somewhere like toms hardware which is an open forum

 

[Harag]

is this a PCS machine giving you trouble, if so then please post the full specs from your orders page, if not we can't help as this is a dedicated PC Specialist website, but you could try somewhere like toms hardware which is an open forum

Thanks for the response. No it's not a PCS pc. I didn't really know about PCS back then. I'll try over at toms.

 

[Harag]

Thanks for the response. No it's not a PCS pc. I didn't really know about PCS back then. I'll try over at toms.

I've read a couple of other posts and didn't realise this was for PCS only, so I do apologies. but a quick question if I may..

1. Do PCS sell individual parts, e.g. mother board, cpu? it doesn't look like it from their site. so was just curious. If not, I'll go back to my old reliable scan.co.uk

 

[AgentCooper]

PC Specialist will sell you individual parts as part of an upgrade path based on a system purchased from them. For example, I bought mine with a 2070 Super, I could now go into my account, go to the upgrade section and order a 3070. I’d also have the option of them sending me a new card, or me returning the unit to them so they could install it.

But as a system seller, they don’t just sell individual parts in the way that Scan would.

 

[Harag]

Hi. Received my new build yesterday and have now started stress testing, following the excellent post from @SpyderTracks.

I’m currently running Prime95 and have 2 questions

how long should I run it for (I’ve got 12 cores) and

is this sound, like a distant train running along the tracks, normal? It doesn’t feel right to me.

I can feel the knocking vibration through the case

When running Chkdsk on the HDD, it’s as quiet as a church

TIA

https://flic.kr/p/2kdEtnZ

I'm curious, if you have just got a new build, don't PCS stress test new builds before sending out, if so, then why do a stress test yourself? Also you mention a post by spyderTracks. Where was this post? Do you have a link? (I'll check the stickys after posting this).

I do some basics like chkdsk, defrag etc. nothing major.

Cheers

 

[Harag]

PC Specialist will sell you individual parts as part of an upgrade path based on a system purchased from them. For example, I bought mine with a 2070 Super, I could now go into my account, go to the upgrade section and order a 3070. I’d also have the option of them sending me a new card, or me returning the unit to them so they could install it.

But as a system seller, they don’t just sell individual parts in the way that Scan would.

Thanks, that is really good to know. Much appreciated.

 

[AgentCooper]

I'm curious, if you have just got a new build, don't PCS stress test new builds before sending out, if so, then why do a stress test yourself? Also you mention a post by spyderTracks. Where was this post? Do you have a link? (I'll check the stickys after posting this).

I do some basics like chkdsk, defrag etc. nothing major.

Cheers

PCS run an overnight system test to check for stability and errors.

The stress testing that the forum user was referring to was benchmarking tests, things like Furmark and Timespy, that are designed to push system components. Having a program like HWMonitor installed whilst running these allows you to check performance levels. Link below for more info...

Benchmarks and Tools for Troubleshooting / New Build

Hi all This is a huge topic, when you receive your new machine, you want to be able to test that it's all working as optimally as possible. There are a plethora of tools and benchmark suites out there to aid with this. There are 4 main areas that should be benchmarked: While you're running...

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

 

[Harag]

PCS run an overnight system test to check for stability and errors.

The stress testing that the forum user was referring to was benchmarking tests, things like Furmark and Timespy, that are designed to push system components. Having a program like HWMonitor installed whilst running these allows you to check performance levels. Link below for more info...

Benchmarks and Tools for Troubleshooting / New Build

Hi all This is a huge topic, when you receive your new machine, you want to be able to test that it's all working as optimally as possible. There are a plethora of tools and benchmark suites out there to aid with this. There are 4 main areas that should be benchmarked: While you're running...

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

Thanks for that and the link, much appreciated. I'll go check it out.

 

[AgentCooper]

Thanks for that and the link, much appreciated. I'll go check it out.

My pleasure 👍