I need some help :-)

Hello everyone, i need some help With my computer, i think the cpu is burned out, this is what happend.
I was Playing a computer game and suddenly my screen turned light gray and froze there, so i turned it off and turned it on but it Wont boot my screen shows nothing, so i open my computer and there is 2 blinking red lights on the motherboard that blinks repeatedly within 1 secound of each other. Do you have any thoughts what this might be

 

Hi and welcome to CHF.
We need all your system specs to help you.
A stab in the dark. Try another PSU. (Power Supply)

 

My spec are
2x1 tb seagate barracuda harddisk in raid 1 mode
16Gb ram
Intel i-7 core processor 3,7 MGz i belive
Gpu is Radeon hd 7079 3 GB i belive
Morderboard IS Ehm Asus deluxe . Cant quite remember, and i'm running Windows 7

But you say new psu any reason you say that just cuz it starts and all lights are on the screen just dosnt show anything

 

One of the reasons I think he is right, lights on or not, it takes a lot more to boot a system than to run a few lights and fans. The fact you didn't list your psu as hardware is normally a giveaway that shows that you bought it as the least important component very cheaply and psus degrade, and that is what most novices do. So what started out being a cheapie bargain sooner or later turns in to "component killer" as it proceeds to destroy cpu then motherboard in your system but starving it from the right power needed.

 

Would not say it was cheap it was about 100 USD if not 120 and gave my system 500w its been Working fine for about 2 years now. Does a psu Really degraderet that much

 

A power supply degrades over time and the cheapies much quicker. Looking at your Graphics card
and the watts it draws, I think 500 PSU is barely enough.
I would certainly be going for a 650 PSU and a good brand like Seasonic or as good.
No set time any PSU will last. I have had them dead out of the box and even had one last 1 month.
The better brand PSU you buy the better the warranty.
I would definately buy a 650 PSU for your set up.

 

I Will certainly look at buying a new regardless if it Will fix this problem. So i'm safer Seeing my system is this power hungry.

Any idea how Much a good brand psu Will cost me ?

 

I haven't a clue where you live.
Country or state would help.
Newegg has a good deal on a seasonic 650 gold and they ship just about anywhere.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151088

 

I live in Denmark and i Will look around on the net but thank you for ur advice

 

I can really only answer you with brands and I would say $75 (US which is all I can quote) is more than enough. It is not money and it is not wattage as much as it is quality and Dougie is right they degrade and we tend to add to our systems which works against that. 650 is a good number and I would say Seasonic, XFX, Antec True Power Classic, Edge, Neo Eco or HCG only Enermax higher priced $80 and up are all among the best. They should all have 5 year warranty and can be dumped safely at 4 years due to quality.

 

Hi Rich. How can you quote US prices when this guy lives in Denmark and would have to add freight?
Have you taken into account the exchange rate, import duties whatever.

 

No Dougie US is the only standard I can give and of course freight and taxes etc would be additional.
He mentioned $100 USD himself so I figured he knew how to convert that. Didn't mean to be at odds with you as you were spot on in your posts, but trying to show price isn't priority brand name is in this case.
There are Thermaltake psus and even Raid Max over $100 that are not good quality.

 

I thank Both of you i Will be buying a new psu tomorrow and install it i Will let you guys know if it solves the problem or not

 

Let's hope it does fix the problem and no further damage has occurred.

 

Great keep us posted.

 

I was looking on alot of websites and i found the one suggested the seasonic gold but it cost around 1400 DKK (Danish crowns ) Thats around 270-300 USD Thats alot for me right now so i was wondering if corsair is a ok brand of psu i know they make good ram aswell. Can you help?

 

I have had no issues using a Corsair PSU. After 2yrs it is still pulling good rail numbers.I am also trying a Coolermaster PSU in another computer. No issues with this brand either as yet.

 

I just bought a corsair CX750 750watt and on my Way home to install it

 

Let us know how you make out.
Presume you have fitted PSU's previous.

 

I just mounted the new psu and its still the same problem :-( i think i have to get some tech help