computer suddenly crashed

maldakkak · 2013-12-30T04:41:24

Hi, So I just installed FEZ and was playing it for 10 minutes. My PC is hooked to my TV and I was using my XBOX360 controller to play the game. After a while there was flashing on the screen from the game (normal I guess) and suddenly my screen went completely black, the computer lights were still on, the XBOX controller light was on but flashing. I thought it was my TV but I switched to TV mode and it worked just fine. So I decided to force turn my computer off but it won't even turn off so I had to unplug the power supply cord. Now if I turn it on, i see lights, fans work but nothing shows up on the screen and I still can't turn it off unless I unplug the power cord. Any idea what would cause this problem? Thanks for the help

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Started by maldakkak December 26, 2013 05:04 AM

12 comments, last by maldakkak 11 years, 1 month ago

thebravedk

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December 28, 2013 06:02 AM

and what is FEZ srry i ask
FEZ is a recent-ish indie videogame that came out about a year ago.

Find out. i did find it on steam. a bit after your reply

maldakkak

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December 29, 2013 12:42 AM

do you see your windows loading screen?

No I don't see any Windows loading.

Anyway, the problem is solved now. I was able to get help from someone with more experience and it turned out to be the power supply that was dead. I think I read on many forums that I should check out the power supply but I didn't have a spare one and in all honesty the way the computer was acting did not look at all like a power supply issue. I was thinking more about the motherboard or the CPU.

Thanks for everyone who tried to help

Bacterius

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December 29, 2013 04:41 AM

do you see your windows loading screen?
No I don't see any Windows loading.
Anyway, the problem is solved now. I was able to get help from someone with more experience and it turned out to be the power supply that was dead. I think I read on many forums that I should check out the power supply but I didn't have a spare one and in all honesty the way the computer was acting did not look at all like a power supply issue. I was thinking more about the motherboard or the CPU.

Thanks for everyone who tried to help

If this happens in the future, keep in mind that trying to diagnose hardware problems without a known good PSU is futile. Or, more bluntly: it's the PSU until you've thoroughly checked it isn't.

“If I understand the standard right it is legal and safe to do this but the resulting value could be anything.”

maldakkak

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December 30, 2013 04:41 AM

do you see your windows loading screen?
No I don't see any Windows loading.
Anyway, the problem is solved now. I was able to get help from someone with more experience and it turned out to be the power supply that was dead. I think I read on many forums that I should check out the power supply but I didn't have a spare one and in all honesty the way the computer was acting did not look at all like a power supply issue. I was thinking more about the motherboard or the CPU.

Thanks for everyone who tried to help

If this happens in the future, keep in mind that trying to diagnose hardware problems without a known good PSU is futile. Or, more bluntly: it's the PSU until you've thoroughly checked it isn't.

Yep, I will definitely keep that in mind. Thanks!

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