I was playingsome vidya abs then it just... Died. I don't know what to do, I swapped power wires but no dice. Image of the inside.[IMG]https://imgur.com/aUvMhVx.jpg[/IMG]
Image is upside down, noice.
It seems dirty, so the odds are the CPU reached too high temperatures and shut the whole thing down. Considering you posted this 22 minutes ago, it should've cooled down enough to be able to turn on.
Before you this, give it a good cleaning though to make sure that it won't overheat.
If it still won't turn on, try a different power supply and check if the cable is properly connected.
I cleaned it after taking the image, I'll try turning it on again.
[editline]23rd April 2016[/editline]
Nope, still not turning on. I've noticed the hard drive indicator didn't flash so eh.
Judging by how much dust is in that cooler it's not unlikely you overheated your CPU one too many times.
Is there any other things that could happen or am I just fucked really?
If all else fails, it might be your power unit going kaput.
[QUOTE=windows098;50187775]Is there any other things that could happen or am I just fucked really?[/QUOTE]
Unplug it from everything (you've already done this, right?), get yourself a can of compressed air (if you don't have a computer store nearby, you can probably get it at whatever the UK's equivalent to the Home Depot is for like £5 tops), use that to blow all the dust out of all those little crannies in there - the CPU cooler, your case fans, vents, just clear all that shit out of there. Open a window, if you value your lungs.
Then plug it back in once it's all clean and try to turn it on. If it boots, and you can get it to do things, congratulations, you've cheated death! Go get yourself some ice cream and take a breather to make sure you don't develop PTSD from this experience. :v:
If it doesn't boot after this, you may have a problem.
That dust is nothing, I've seen plenty of machines with far worse dust issues.
I'd be betting on that PSU. Low efficient 300 watt shit box. Chances are the rest of it is just fine. Grab a spare from another machine, anything will do. Just plug in the mobo and give it a whirl.
Try posting the machine without the GPU if the MOBO has onboard graphics output.
[QUOTE=lavacano;50187917]Unplug it from everything (you've already done this, right?), get yourself a can of compressed air (if you don't have a computer store nearby, you can probably get it at whatever the UK's equivalent to the Home Depot is for like £5 tops), use that to blow all the dust out of all those little crannies in there - the CPU cooler, your case fans, vents, just clear all that shit out of there. Open a window, if you value your lungs.
Then plug it back in once it's all clean and try to turn it on. If it boots, and you can get it to do things, congratulations, you've cheated death! Go get yourself some ice cream and take a breather to make sure you don't develop PTSD from this experience. :v:
If it doesn't boot after this, you may have a problem.[/QUOTE]
Tried that, didn't boot. Gunna try and change the psu tomorrow.
Fixed it, seemed like somehow a wire got loose inside. Plugged it back in and now i'm all good. Thanks for the help guys.
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