I find many new techs to forget to put the motherboard on cardboard to sniff out the noted shorting issues.
Bob
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Just built a computer all brand new parts.
ran fine for a couple weeks then started playing arma 2 and it randomly shuts down, no errors or anything just black screen. and even more recently after this i cant even get to the bios or start up screen after it shuts down. ive tried clearing CMOS reseating everything and still nothing. nothing is overheating temperatures in the bios after it shuts down are normal, when i can get into it.
my build consists of:
Thermaltake EVO BLUE 2.0 EVO-750MPCGUS-A 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
MSI N660TI PE 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL11D-8GBXL
ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW
MSI Z87 MPOWER Max LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Extreme OC Flagship High Performance Triple CFX/ SLI Platform Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i5-4670K Haswell 3.4GHz LGA 1150 84W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics
Seagate Constellation ES ST500NM0011 500GB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Enterprise Internal Hard Drive
Corsair Carbide Series 500R Black Steel structure with molded ABS
nothing is overclocked. have no idea what to do or where i can take my computer to be fixed.
my pc wont boot up as of right now, just black screen keyboard lights are off too
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