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I have had my computer completed and active for 5 days. Everything was running smoothly. I have been heavily downloading and constantly monitoring the temperature. It has always remained close to cool. I had to leave the house and left my computer on while it was downloading a game.
When I returned I had no Display on my monitor. Plugged in an HDMI and still received no signal. Turned the computer off and on again, still nothing. Except the next time I couldn't turn off the motherboard through the case, I had to either kill the power or hit the reset button on the back of the motherboard.
My first thought was that it was the Graphics card. Then as I continued to test I noticed that my keyboard ( Lights up ) and Phone charger weren't responding.
I opened it up to find that my CPU heat sink fan isn't spinning. All the case fans and GPU fans are spinning, and the motherboard is lit up. Now I swear that when I did my pre-build, the heat sink was spinning, but the more I think about it the more doubtful I am of my memory.
Specs
Crosshair V formula Z
AMD Phenom II 965
Consair Vengeance 8 GB Ram
Sapphire Radeon 7850 graphics card
1 tb seagate hdd
Corsair CX750 PSU
Is the CPU bad?
If the CPU did overheat, will that damage the socket on the motherboard?
Also, wouldn't the CPU have blown up a lot quicker if the heatsink fan wasn't working from the start? ( over 10 hours of ultra graphics and 6 games worth of downloading )
Update:
When I tested it this morning for the sound, my cpu fan was spinning, and I successfully booted...
Could my CPU have an auto-shut off if it got to hot? I haven't overclocked it or anything.
The computer is also running slower than usual at the desktop.
Update: 2
After giving it a rest, I reconnected the power cables and now its running fine and everything is spinning.
When I returned I had no Display on my monitor. Plugged in an HDMI and still received no signal. Turned the computer off and on again, still nothing. Except the next time I couldn't turn off the motherboard through the case, I had to either kill the power or hit the reset button on the back of the motherboard.
My first thought was that it was the Graphics card. Then as I continued to test I noticed that my keyboard ( Lights up ) and Phone charger weren't responding.
I opened it up to find that my CPU heat sink fan isn't spinning. All the case fans and GPU fans are spinning, and the motherboard is lit up. Now I swear that when I did my pre-build, the heat sink was spinning, but the more I think about it the more doubtful I am of my memory.
Specs
Crosshair V formula Z
AMD Phenom II 965
Consair Vengeance 8 GB Ram
Sapphire Radeon 7850 graphics card
1 tb seagate hdd
Corsair CX750 PSU
Is the CPU bad?
If the CPU did overheat, will that damage the socket on the motherboard?
Also, wouldn't the CPU have blown up a lot quicker if the heatsink fan wasn't working from the start? ( over 10 hours of ultra graphics and 6 games worth of downloading )
Update:
When I tested it this morning for the sound, my cpu fan was spinning, and I successfully booted...
Could my CPU have an auto-shut off if it got to hot? I haven't overclocked it or anything.
The computer is also running slower than usual at the desktop.
Update: 2
After giving it a rest, I reconnected the power cables and now its running fine and everything is spinning.
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