Power Supply? Motherboard? Gfx card? WHAT?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by LinkinX64, Jul 3, 2005.

  1. LinkinX64

    LinkinX64 Private E-2

    was siting here on my computer doing everyday activities, (surfing
    the net, music, not gaming- not anything difficult) When out of the
    blue my computer just shut off- I thought the power was out or a surge
    but my friends was running fine and the lights were all still on. So I
    attempted to re-start it it come on, stayed on for about 5 seconds
    before it just shut down again. Try-ed again 1 minute later, did the
    same. Tried again 10 minutes later it stayed on but my monitor stayed
    black, i checked the cables and everything basic but nothing. Then i
    noticed a burning type of smell from my power supply.. not a good sign
    i know.. I tried putting a new gfx card in there (a older one) and
    still black screen.. dose anyone have any idea why it would be doing
    this? Can just a bad power supply do that? Any comments would help,
    Thanks

    (my computer specs)

    AMD Socket 939 Athlon 64 3500+, 2.2 GHz, 512KB L2 Cache 64-bit
    Processor - Retail
    ASUS "A8V Deluxe Wi-Fi" K8T800 Pro Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket
    939 CPU -RETAIL
    ATI RADEON 9800PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP -RETAIL
    CCorsair Value Select (Dual Pack) 184 Pin 1G(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - OEM
    200 Gig Raid Drive
    With a 560 watt power supply
     

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