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Question

Why is my computer not turning on?

Oct 15, 2018 1:14PM PDT

About a week ago my computer starting acting weird, it would randomly shut off when I was playing games, if I unplugged my headset or mouse it would shut off, my hard drive starting making weird sounds, and now my computer won’t turn on at all and is just flickering. Here’s a video on what it’s doing
https://youtu.be/yrAtgfRjzxM
Any help would be much appreciated!

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Clarification Request
Is this computer
Oct 15, 2018 1:21PM PDT

Home built? How old is it ?

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Home built
Oct 15, 2018 1:29PM PDT

I built it about 2 years ago, I’ve alresdy replaced the hard drive twice and the CPU fan, everything else is the same from 2 years ago

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The pro's
Oct 15, 2018 1:33PM PDT

need as much info as possible , like everything you can supply like what PSU, MB , GPU etc, etc, etc

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Specs
Oct 15, 2018 1:47PM PDT

NIVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Core i5 6400
G.SKILL 2 x 8 DDR4 RAM
MSI Gaming Intel Z170A LGA 1151 DDR4 USB 3.1 ATX Motherboard (Z170A Gaming M7)
EVGA 700 B 80 Plus Bronze PSU
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
SEAGATE 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB CACHE SATA 6.0GB/S

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Clarification Request
Doesn't need a HDD to turn on.
Oct 15, 2018 1:40PM PDT

When a PC doesn't turn on, you use the same method as "The Dead PC" that you read on Google research. Reduce the parts and see where it works right (according to how it should with less parts.)

Post was last edited on October 15, 2018 1:40 PM PDT

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Turn on
Oct 15, 2018 11:34PM PDT

Plug the monitor into the mobo.
Remove the gpu.
Remove one stick of ram.
Unplug all disk and disc.
Replace the cmos battery.
Test.

Post was last edited on October 15, 2018 11:54 PM PDT

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Noise?
Oct 18, 2018 1:39PM PDT

Hi Schpoolin,

can you describe the noise that the HDD is making?