uncle_crockett
01-30-2008, 02:29 AM
Just found the site, looks great. Here's my problem:
It all started a week before Christmas. My CPU usage was constantly at 100%. I checked the processes and couldn't identify which program was causing this.
It got to the point where Windows wouldn't boot up and the hard drive failed to work. The monitor also gave in at the same time, which later when tested, proved to be a faulty graphics card. Then whilst trying a different graphics card in, which worked ok, the power supply went!!
I ran a diagnostics check from a cd whilst trying the other graphics card and it checked the motherboard/memory etc and all came back as working fine.
I replaced the hard drive, power supply, graphics card etc and everything worked. Formatted the new drive, and installed Windows. Everything was going sweetly for 2 days until I woke 1 morning to find that the computer was running very slow again. Check the usage and again, stuck at 100%. The only thing running was AVG Scanner.
Rebooted the computer and now it wont load up. It auto-powers up (as soon as its plugged in, it powers up without pressing the button on the front to turn it on). It doesn't send a signal to the monitor and it doesn't beep as it normally did when booting up. All fans are spinning fine but something keeps powering it up and it seems to me to be something to do with the CPU.
Any suggestions?
Currently, Ive unplugged everything from the motherboard except for the power cables and the CPU and it still auto-powers up. Someone told me that it could auto-power up if the CPU is overloaded or something but not sure. Now I wouldn't know where to plug all the cables back into the motherboard lol.
HELLLPPP!!!!
It all started a week before Christmas. My CPU usage was constantly at 100%. I checked the processes and couldn't identify which program was causing this.
It got to the point where Windows wouldn't boot up and the hard drive failed to work. The monitor also gave in at the same time, which later when tested, proved to be a faulty graphics card. Then whilst trying a different graphics card in, which worked ok, the power supply went!!
I ran a diagnostics check from a cd whilst trying the other graphics card and it checked the motherboard/memory etc and all came back as working fine.
I replaced the hard drive, power supply, graphics card etc and everything worked. Formatted the new drive, and installed Windows. Everything was going sweetly for 2 days until I woke 1 morning to find that the computer was running very slow again. Check the usage and again, stuck at 100%. The only thing running was AVG Scanner.
Rebooted the computer and now it wont load up. It auto-powers up (as soon as its plugged in, it powers up without pressing the button on the front to turn it on). It doesn't send a signal to the monitor and it doesn't beep as it normally did when booting up. All fans are spinning fine but something keeps powering it up and it seems to me to be something to do with the CPU.
Any suggestions?
Currently, Ive unplugged everything from the motherboard except for the power cables and the CPU and it still auto-powers up. Someone told me that it could auto-power up if the CPU is overloaded or something but not sure. Now I wouldn't know where to plug all the cables back into the motherboard lol.
HELLLPPP!!!!