I sorta figured it was an overheating issue, cleaned everything and it worked fine for a few days and started again.
Exhaust fan died. Video card fan stopped spinning. Cleaned it again, video card fan began working but exhaust fan did not.
Desktop would turn on but wouldn't actually do anything, HDD would make a random vibrating type noise.
Replaced the exhaust fan (damn thing is awesomely powerful now) and the computer turns on just fine, HDD doesn't make any noise, etc.
Video card fan won't spin. So I assume my card is fried (which I pray it's not and I can just replace the fan maybe?)
My mobo lights up, everything lights up, fans spin (except the card fan) all that jazz but my monitor continues to say "Cable not connected".
So, as I said I'm sure it's my video card but I noticed my keyboard won't light up when plugged in. It does for a split second the second I plug it in but won't light up after.
Which makes me think I have an issue with my mobo, but if that was the case, would all the lights still turn on, fans work, HDD work, etc?
-sigh-
I spent $1000 about 2 years ago building this PC and I'm super super upset, bummed and heart broken.
I can't afford to fix it but I really need help determining what the real problem is. If it can be fixed and how much.
Would my video card be the reason my keyboard won't light up? (I'm only asking because it worries me that it might be more than just the gfx card but I'm not sure since everything else lights up and works fine...)
Can I just replace the fan on my card? If so, how and are the replacement fans expensive?
I have an ASUS GTX 460 btw. I'm going to be really heartbroken if the entire card is gone, damn thing was like $150
http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814121390
If I should try and replace the fan, how do I find out what size fan and all that I need or are gfx card fans pretty much the same?
I've googled different stuff and I'm not really finding much help...
I just enrolled in school for CIT (go figure, right?) and I really need my desktop. o_x Classes start next week (and one is online)
Edited by Gorix, 15 June 2012 - 05:04 PM.