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Question

Pc keeps turnig off straight after turning on

Mar 25, 2018 5:21AM PDT

the other day I plugged in my headphone into the front socket which caused my pc to shutdown. now whenever I turn it on it does a short quiet beep before turning off again.

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Clarification Request
What is this PC?
Mar 25, 2018 8:19AM PDT

The most common reason that I find this happen on self made PCs is an extra motherboard mounting post. What happens is the use of jacks or slots eventually wears off the paint and then it shorts out.

That's one scenario but what you have is generically called "The Dead PC." Troubleshooting varies a little but always involves the classic make it smaller work.

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Clarification Request
Pc specs
Mar 25, 2018 11:37AM PDT

Custom built from pc specialist
Case PCS ALPHA TRION 7622B BLACK CASE
Processor (CPU) AMD FX-6300 Six Core CPU (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3+)
Motherboard Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AM3+ (ATX, DDR3, USB 3.0, 6Gb/s)
Memory (RAM) 8GB Kingston DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 960 - DVI, HDMI,
1st Hard Disk 1TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE

Power Supply CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING

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Remember. Dead PC?
Mar 25, 2018 12:14PM PDT

Make it smaller. You don't need most of that list for a power up test. Keep removing parts till it powers up.