[donaldcrowhurst]

Hi

Ok, so I decided the clean the dust from the inside of my desktop PC using compressed air. I followed precautionary advice like not touching the components inside other than the fans etc

Now I boot up the PC and after 5 minutes of being on it powers off immediately.

Is there a hardware check I can do or a list of most likelys? I really hope something major is not damaged

Any help would be much appreciated!!

Thanks

[donaldcrowhurst]

This is a HW monitor report:

PUID HWMonitor Report
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Binaries
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HWMonitor version 1.1.9.0

Monitoring
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Mainboard Model M2N68-AM Plus (0x000003BA - 0x6B24E713)

LPCIO
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LPCIO Vendor ITE
LPCIO Model IT8712
LPCIO Vendor ID 0x90
LPCIO Chip ID 0x8712
LPCIO Revision ID 0x8
Config Mode I/O address 0x2E
Config Mode LDN 0x4
Config Mode registers
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 87 12 08 11 00 C1 60 31 00 00 01 00 06 00 00 00
30 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 02 90 02 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 02 00 00 04 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Register space LPC, base address = 0x0290


Hardware Monitors
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Hardware monitor ITE IT87
Voltage 0 1.36 Volts [0x55] (CPU VCORE)
Voltage 2 3.34 Volts [0xD1] (+3.3V)
Voltage 4 12.67 Volts [0xC6] (+12V)
Voltage 5 -6.40 Volts [0x64] (-12V)
Voltage 8 3.23 Volts [0xCA] (VBAT)
Temperature 0 46°C (114°F) [0x2E] (TMPIN0)
Temperature 1 33°C (91°F) [0x21] (TMPIN1)
Fan 0 3125 RPM [0xD8] (FANIN0)
Fan 1 2637 RPM [0x100] (FANIN1)
Fan PWM 0 99 pc [0x7F] (FANPWM0)
Fan PWM 1 99 pc [0x7F] (FANPWM1)
Fan PWM 2 99 pc [0x7F] (FANPWM2)
Register space LPC, base address = 0x0290

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
00 19 10 FF 03 00 00 00 00 00 80 40 09 03 D8 00 00
10 FF FF FF 37 87 7F 7F 7F 00 01 00 FF FF FF FF FF
20 55 FF D1 FF C6 64 FF FF CA 2E 21 80 EF F4 F4 F4
30 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
40 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 2D FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
50 35 18 7F 7F 7F 00 56 56 90 56 F9 12 E0 00 00 00
60 7F 7F 7F 00 00 7F FF FF 7F 7F 7F 00 00 7F FF FF
70 7F 7F 7F 00 00 7F FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
80 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF 00 00 FF CA 02 00 99 99
90 7F 7F 7F 00 00 7F FF FF 7F 7F 7F 00 00 7F FF FF
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
B0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
C0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
D0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
E0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
F0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF

Hardware monitor AMD ADL
Voltage 0 0.95 Volts [0x3B6] (VIN0)
Temperature 0 72°C (161°F) [0x48] (TMPIN0)


Processors
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Number of processors 1
Number of threads 2

APICs
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Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0 0
-- Core 1
-- Thread 0 1

Processors Information
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Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 2 (max 2)
Number of threads 2 (max 2)
Name AMD Phenom II X2 555
Codename Callisto
Specification AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 555 Processor
Package Socket AM3 (938)
CPUID F.4.3
Extended CPUID 10.4
Brand ID 29
Core Stepping RB-C3
Technology 45 nm
TDP Limit 80 Watts
Core Speed 3214.5 MHz
Multiplier x FSB 16.0 x 200.9 MHz
HT Link speed 1004.5 MHz
Instructions sets MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, x86-64, AMD-V
L1 Data cache 2 x 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 2 x 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2 x 512 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L3 cache 6 MBytes, 48-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
Min FID 4.0x
# of P-States 4
P-State FID 0x10 - VID 0x12 - IDD 31 (16.00x - 1.325 V)
P-State FID 0x9 - VID 0x1A - IDD 28 (12.50x - 1.225 V)
P-State FID 0x5 - VID 0x1C - IDD 26 (10.50x - 1.200 V)
P-State FID 0x100 - VID 0x1C - IDD 14 (4.00x - 1.200 V)


Package Type 0x1
Model 55
String 1 0x7
String 2 0x6
Page 0x0
CmpCap 2
ApicIdCoreSize 4
TDC Limit 62 Amps
Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 0
Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 1
Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 2
Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 3
Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 4

[donaldcrowhurst]

CPU temp in BIOS is 58 C, so thats fine Im assuming
After opening the case and powering the pc, all fans are running except the graphics card fan

Could the graphics fan be the fault
please help ;(

[donaldcrowhurst]

I did think there would be somebody on here that could offer some help. Unless Ive broken the rules in some way. Well, Ive removed the graphics card and the PC has not shut down yet (touch wood!!!!) I realise that saying that may severely jinx me and my PC will die at any minute.

So now after cleaning the card, do I risk putting it back???

[black-wolf]

If the graphics card fan wasn't running then that very well could be the problem. I assume you are now able to run the computer with the onboard graphics.
Try reinstalling the GPU and see if the fan starts up it could have been just a bad connection. If the fan doesn't start up it has probably died. Some fans on GPUs can be replaced, sometimes it's just best to get a new GPU.

[techniquev3]

There is no risk putting it back, try it as you may have knocked it out of place which is causing the shut down. Try re-seating all the components if that doesn't work.

[crjdriver]

One thing I see is that you have a low pw amd cpu [555] You post your temp is 58C in the bios; that is too hot. That cpu should be running in the low 30s under a no load condition [which is what it is in when running in the bios]

Check the fan mounting to see if you have perhaps broken a retaining clip or maybe the thermal compound has dried out and is no longer working correctly.
Max temp on that cpu is 70C so it is still within limits however your temp is going to get hotter than 58C when you put the cpu under a load ie video encoding, gaming, etc.

[donaldcrowhurst]

thanks for the replies, I cleaned and replaced the GPU and that seems to have done the trick. I am a bit worried about the temp of the CPU thoug so Im going to monitor that