Zack Valentine
Member
Got my system delivered this afternoon and it booted up fine. Came back to turn it on again after a few hours and it doesn't even boot up. The system starts to boot then a red light appears inside the machine somewhere, I don't know whether it's the mobo or the GPU then it just cuts out. Definitley not overheating and it's very frustrating. I bought from PCS on the basis of all the 5* reviews i've seen but this is just ridiculous for a new system! I've just noticed this is happening to a lot of other people too. And ALSO my computer was supposed to have gone through testing and 'quality control'?
I don't want to mess about with it incase it voids my warranty. But if anyone has any advice I would be very VERY grateful. I sold my Sony Vaio laptop in favour of a desktop and now I have nothing until I can get this sorted out. Spec is as follows:
Case
CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ 400R MID TOWER CASE
Overclocked CPU
OVERCLOCKED AMD FX-8120 (3.10GHz @ max 4.0GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH 990FX - TUF SERIES MILITARY GRADE MOTHERBOARD
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
250GB SATA-II 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD20EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB (Special Offer)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x LG BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£59)
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£87)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO II A.L.C ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER (£59)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Keyboard & Mouse
Razer® Black Widow Ultimate Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (£102)
Webcam
Logitech® HD Webcam C910 - 1080p HD Video & 10 Megapixel Photos (£69)
Maximum Required Power
659W
If no one can provide me a solution to this how do I go about returning this?
Thank you
I don't want to mess about with it incase it voids my warranty. But if anyone has any advice I would be very VERY grateful. I sold my Sony Vaio laptop in favour of a desktop and now I have nothing until I can get this sorted out. Spec is as follows:
Case
CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ 400R MID TOWER CASE
Overclocked CPU
OVERCLOCKED AMD FX-8120 (3.10GHz @ max 4.0GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH 990FX - TUF SERIES MILITARY GRADE MOTHERBOARD
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
250GB SATA-II 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD20EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB (Special Offer)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x LG BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£59)
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£87)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO II A.L.C ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER (£59)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Keyboard & Mouse
Razer® Black Widow Ultimate Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (£102)
Webcam
Logitech® HD Webcam C910 - 1080p HD Video & 10 Megapixel Photos (£69)
Maximum Required Power
659W
If no one can provide me a solution to this how do I go about returning this?
Thank you