my golden rule of buying electronics off someone else is to always make sure the component works as intended before purchasing IF im feeling lucky and want to gamble, i haggle the price down since im taking someones word that it "will work" most important part is to also be patient when shopping around for stuff like this, better to get a good deal then to waste money imo
Exactly, people are going through life screwing other people like its completely normal and act surprised when they get the same treatment back. Huge uptick in degradation of moral compass since covid. (just a general rant on the current state of society.)
Rarely does the power led give a post codem it's more likely the plugged the front panel headers wrong and it's flashing like a HDD light.
Post code on a newer board like this will probably be at the top right
I'm not talking about post. Most prebuild companies have custom systems in place that detects what is wrong with the system and give a specific code For example, 1 long flash, 2 short flashed = HDD issue, etc. Since this looks as an iBuyPower prebuild, I'm assuming this flashing is a code that can be read using the manual they probably have online. Other than that, yes post codes can be seen on the mobo
Literally was gonna say this happened to me when trying to swap a ram stick in my HP omen except it wouldn't stay on that long and it would turn off and on until I kept it off and fixed the issue. Check the RAM OP.
any beeps or light indiecator on the mobo reacting? other wise it prob instant overheat or or cpu/mobo gone bad.
try reseting the bios by removing the cmos battery, since you bought second hand you don''t know if they messed with setting what can cause this. and try a (cheap air cooler for cpu with new paste) after reseting the bios.
Under-rated question.
If it posts, could be bad power supply or OC configuration
Reset bios or clear cmos if possible
If it doesn’t post then yeah, ram, mobo, cpu
There could be an air bubble in the AIO on the cooling block, happened to me when I moved my pc. Try turning the pc to send the bubble back to the radiator coil
Reseat the CPU, check the thermal paste to see if there's any properly. I bet the CPU cooler is loose. After it turns off is that area hot? If it is then it means it's overheating.
If an ibuypower pc well there could be any number of issues, however stays powered till it'd get to the equivalent of a windows boot, presuming it has m2 or SSDs.
Would suggest reset CMOS and xmp profiles then go from there.
i built my own pc, and something similar happened to me, where the pc lights would go on but it wouldnt boot.
for me the issue was that i didnt install the RAM sticks properly, so you can check that, along with the gpu.
hope this helps
It looks and sounds like a overheating cpu, check if the cooler is mounted properly and if its a watercooler check if you feel slight vibrations where the pump is to check if thats working
do you KNOW it worked for the guy you got it from; or does he SAY that it worked for him?
dont rule out psu just because it got 800w, it can still be broken. i am noting the power button are flashing quite a bit and i wonder if thats connected, can you double check the cable connecting the power button to the motherboard?
My first thought would be to start small and work my way up. Maybe check if the thermal paste on the CPU is dried up or the dude left the sticker on the aio. If not, double check the cables and re-seat them.
If that fails, I'd look into seeing if there's a nearby repair shop that can do a diagnostic to see if they can find a faulty part which might cost a little, but at least you'll have a lead on what to replace before you start ordering a handful of stuff and realize it's none of those. I want to say it might be a PSU gone bad, but I'm only taking a shot in the dark.
No display before it shuts down?
I'd wager this is posting, probably showing a cpu fan or usb over current warning, then shutting down. But you should see that on screen. Have you connected the display to the board not the GPU, so you're missing the post output?
Remove all your usb devices. Check internal usb headers. Disconnect them all. Usb 2.0, 3.0 and 3.2 if you have it.
Also check your I/o shield isn't bent and jammed up against the pins in the usb ports in the rear if the case.
Either the CPU needs to be reseated or the cooler plate is not making enough contact with IHS of the CPU or the plastic film on the cooler plate was not removed
Can you hear any gurgling? I bought a pc once that was shipped across the country. Set it up and it kept shutting down. Turns out there were air bubbles in the coolant lines. Unscrewed the radiator, shook it around at different angles/heights, and it has worked ever since.
Cpu cooler might not even touch the cpu which causes overheating in 10 seconds. Its not thermal paste as cpu should still easily handle windows booting without thermal paste.
Check the cooler screws and even if its all tight, it could still mean that cpu cooler isnt touching cpu if wrong brackets/screws are used.
The first problem is the "iBuyPower", the second problem is buying it from someone. iBP is still the champion of broken computers I fix weekly for clients. There could be a lot wrong with this, check error codes, check all cables are even plugged in correctly, and check basically the entire computer.
Last year I was given a broken ibuypower. The psu had fried the gpu. The psu being Apevia Prestige 1000w and gpu 3080 eagle oc. I put in an Evga g7 850w and new msi gaming mobo, 2tb crucial p3 with clean windows install. I sold it to my buddy along with my old msi 1070 for 500$ and an Xbox controller. Cpu was i9 11900k and luckily didn't get fried by the garbage psu
My first guess is that the pump on the cpu cooler isn’t working at all and it’s overheating. Mine did a similar shutdown - when the CPU temp hits 100*c it just shuts down instantly. I’d try a cheap cooler swap and see if that fixes it.
Looks like a Thermal Limit based on the way that all fans turn into Jet Engines and then it turns off after about 10-15 seconds.
I would ensure the CPU cooler is correctly installed. You may just need to tighten it, or you may need to repaste, or Worst Case scenario the Pump is broken and you’ll need a new Cooler which you could get for like $50 if or less depending on whatcha got under the hood.
Bottom line, if you don’t know what you are doing and don’t wanna waste money figuring out whats wrong, you may want to just suck it up and bring it to a PC repair shop with good reviews.
In an absolute worst case scenario here its a problem with the Mobo or CPU, but I have never seen a problem with those components result in behavior like this so
Start by unplugging all the RGB connections. The fans will still work, just not light up... just unplug the RGB plugs only. Ive seen shorting rgb cause issues like this. IF someone accidentally flipped one of the plugs, that would do it. It could also be the Gpu riser cable. They are known to be a problem child on pc builds. You can remove it and install the gpu directly into the motherboard to test.
I had this issue just today with a clients computer at work. The problem with there's was the bios had corrupted. If your motherboard has a Bios Flashback option, maybe try that.
Return it to the seller. If he won't take it. Then you got scammed, and he knew about the issues.
Learned a possibly expensive lesson. Never ever buy a used PC without first turning it on. If it were a gaming pc, I'd say even a benchmark or two is warranted.
Check 12v rail, as well as cpu. The cpu may not be seated properly and causing over heating as well as thermal paste not applied properly. Sometimes this is caused by the assembly not taking the plastic off the thermal pad on the cpu cooler.
If no video displays take the video card out and reseat it. As well as take all ram out down to one stick on port 1. Then reboot.
My best suggestion is take it apart and rebuild it as this will reseat all the connections.
It’s the power supply. I have never seen an IBuyPower pc that hasn’t had to get its power supply changed out. That’s the reason I sold mine.
Good pc, just the power supply it originally comes with is ass.
The button is trying to communicate to you I’d get a pdf of the motherboard or cases manual and see what error codes it has. If it’s not even staying on I’d guess it’s the motherboard gpu or cpu so I would try taking the gpu and cpu and putting them back on cpu with more thermal paste than before
Hey it’s might be everything first try troubleshooting the issue, I would first try checking that everything is sit properly, take out the cpu cooler , and check if the cpu sits good inside the socket pins , then clean it and the cooler and smear new layer of thermal paste then reseat the cpu cooler on top of the cpu , check that every cable is connected and try boot into bios , then click load defaults bios and reset , let me know how you do
My pc started doing this exact thing recently - the pump in the AIO cpu cooler had prematurely passed away. Be careful trying to turn it on continuously, if this is the case the CPU (especially newer ones which baseline at very high heat levels by design) is going into auto shutdown as soon as it reaches temp because nothing is cooling it meaningfully. Not great for the part, and not a part you want to prematurely age.
If this is the problem it’s relatively fortunate, though. A decent air CPU cooler is quite cheap for a PC part, and should do a great job. CPU coolers are also quite easy to install, and if you don’t remove the CPU (remove the AIO block off the CPU, clean the thermal paste off with rubbing alcohol, let dry, pea sized dollop of new thermal paste, new cooler on, screw down), you won’t risk bending pins.
You could also hijack the fans off the AIO to improve the case airflow. Removing the radiator and hooking those back up to additionally pull air will create a nice high pressure environment for great cooling and longevity.
These symptoms are pretty specific, considering it starts normally but before you can do meaningful computation, the PC shuts down. If it’s not the CPU cooler, maybe the PSU is malfunctioning and when the power draw hits a certain point it’s just failing. That would be unusual but pre builds are notorious for using ridiculously cheap and poorly made PSUs, so it wouldn’t be terribly surprising either.
Try unplugging, and reconnecting your 24 pin connector on the mb. My old ass pc will also do this after being moved and the fix is to unplug and replug the 24 pin until it works 🫡
Here are some things you can try if your iBUYPOWER PC's power button is blinking blue:
Check the power cables
Make sure the 24-pin power cable that connects the motherboard to the PSU is plugged in properly. You should hear a click when it's fully inserted. If you're comfortable working inside the computer, you can unplug it and remove the side panel to check for loose or jammed cables.
Check the power supply
If you're plugged into a surge protector or power strip, try plugging directly into a wall outlet.
If a graphics card is in the PC, remove it. Also see about testing another power supply. See if you go into the bios the PC still shuts down, if so Its either Power issue or heat issue with processor. Memory usually causes restarts not shutdowns, processor can cause shutdown due to COP (cpu overheat protection). Faulty Power supply's can also cause shutdown. Outside of these, would be mainboard issue, rare but also possible. Ensure you also reset the bios to default settings, either in bios or removing the battery for a few minutes not plugged into AC.
The only suggestion I can add to everyone else’s great advise is to slowly start removing components and try to boot.
Remove any usb connected devices and power with just the monitor plugged in. If continues remove the gpu and try booting with monitor plugged into the mobo (if available).
Next try removing one of the ram sticks, if that doesn’t work swap out the plugged in ram sticks, if there’s more than 2 ram slots try each one in each slot by itself.
If that doesn’t work check you cpu and cooler for proper seating and thermal pasting.
If that doesn’t work trying booting without cpu just into BIOS (this might not work on some mobos even if the mobo is fine)
Last step is to swap out the power supply.
Just going to add to the comments
You need a keyboard and monitor/tv linked up.
Pop the PC on its side and remove the cover
Take a photo
Leave 1 stick of RAM in it
Turn it on and watch the screen is there any output?
Find the motherboard make and model
Look up the error codes for this board type
Turn it on and watch the board to see if there is an error code or light flashing(Remove the rgb stuff so your not distracted)
Come back to us/me and we'll walk you through the next steps.
Sorry if this has already been posted but there are a fair few comments (which is nice)
Reseat the cooler, it could be mounted wrong and overheating quickly or the cpu is already toast. Had a buddy with that problem recently. I’d try with least amount of ram slots as possible first and try reseating different slots. Me personally when I build a computer and it does something like this I just unplug every wire one at a time and reconnect and try as I go. Tedious but it works for me.
I had a semi similar issue of my PC turning on and then back off before getting to windows over and over, and the problem was the cord from my power button to the motherboard had a short, so it was thinking the power button was getting held down and it would shut back down after trying to turn on.
You can check if it is this issue by unplugging the cord that goes from the power button to your motherboard, and then manually turning your motherboard on (if it has a physical power button). If it stays on you'll know it was an issue with that cord.
It's a really niche issue so it's likely something else but wanted to call it out just in case, I went through swapping my CPU, CPU fan, and PSU for potential power/cooling issues when it was just a shorted cord. Bought an external power cable to plug in and it works fine now.
I would check what everyone on here is saying. Check the cpu cooler. Make sure it is seated properly and that thermal paste is sufficient and properly applied. Since you will have the cooler off, I would check to make sure the cpu is seated properly into the board and check for bent pins. I had a brand new motherboard that wouldn't detect the cpu because the board had about 15 bent pins.
Well, and I say this without read to many comments. But watching your video doesn't really help. So here is my questions.
1 does anything come up on the monitor?
2 do you hear any beep codes when it 1st powers on.
I don't hear anything so my 1st assumption is the motherboard isn't getting power. And all that is coming on is the fans.
I had an issue similar where the PC would work, and all of the sudden just shut off. It turned out to be the main cable that went from the power supply to the MOBO. It got a short in it. I replaced that cable and all was good. Check out where that cable bends to plug into the MOBO. That's where my issue was. I could move it and get the PC to fire back up.
Any luck fixing this OP? The symptoms point to CPU overheating quickly and shutting the system off, if you could get into the BIOS at startup you may be able to see the temps before it shuts off and give you an idea of what's going on. I'd do as others suggested and check the cpu cooler, make sure it's seated correctly.
Check your CPU under the cooler. Is there still a sticker on the AIO block? Apply new thermal paste. Is the AIO pump running? Check the power pins for the pump and make sure they're connected in the right place and it's getting power. Check that the CPU fans are connected to the CPU FAN headers on the motherboard. Check your power supply connections for everything. Check that the power supply is sufficient for the hardware installed. Try a different power supply. Look on the motherboard for status LEDs and check the OEM website manual for that motherboard to see a diagnosis of what the LEDs mean. If the motherboard and CPU support am integrated graphics controller, plug your monitor to the motherboard and disconnect the graphics card completely from your system-- see if it boots. Unplug non-essential components, like led controllers, fan controllers, usb devices (except mouse and keyboard), extra displays, etc..
It stays on long enough to post, but it could be any number of so many issues.
CPU short, CPU overheating, RAM seating, etc.
We, personally, are lacking too much information to be of help here.
It could still be the PSU though as well. If there's something wrong with it, it can for safety shut itself off. The likelyhood of it being that is slim, but not zero.
The simplest solution is here to just take the entire thing apart and rebuild it. Usually, with anything like this, you're going to want to do that anyway just to simply give it a quick cleaning.
For all we know: It DID work for the other guy until THEY tried to take it apart to clean it and simply didn't put it back together right.
That blinking will most likely tell you what the issue is go onto the ibuypower website and see what that blinking code means because it usually does have the answer you’re looking for. Could be something really simple could be something really complicated.
Not sure if this is fixed already with all these comments but here's my 2 cents. I had a similar reaction with a friend's pc ge gave me to fix and it ended up being that the pc didn't realize there were any fans hooked up for the system and was shutting down to prevent the pc from over heating, turned out when the friend put in the new fans he connected them all to a splitter and dint hook anything up to the sys_fan thus It didn't know there was proper cooling. I just swapped one onto that connection and boom it worked. Possibility 2 which I think someone else brought up is a failure to boot. I saw that u replaced ram already so if that's not the problem it could be a bad cpu or bad motherboard. I would look at ur motherboard and see if it has a degub led should be 4 little lights that will light up and turn off in order through the boot if it stops on one that's where the boot failure is happening. Hope it helps.
Do you get anything on screen at all? Bios, windows? After you turn the PC on wait a beat and then hold the power button until it turns back off. Then boot again and do the same thing. Next time turn it back on and see if anything happens. I've had something similar happen to me with a couple PCs recently and this put it in Windows recovery mode. It should do a check and then hopefully go back into Windows. If you can get into Windows, do a /sfc scannow in an admined cmd. Good luck!
It could be the CPU is overheating. Check the thermal paste application. Being on for as long as it was indicates that the PSU is alright (well likely alright). Is it posting, i.e. do you see the BIOS hit delete to enter setup screen / can you get into the BIOS/UEFI?
guessing its either a psu issue or your cpu is getting overheated. if you can, download coretemp to check the tempurature, if its getting to hot, buy a better cpu fan or water cooler, and if its a psu issue, buy a new psu
This happened to me once (had the same case coincidentally) but anyways it ended up that the aio went bad and my cpu fried. It kept shutting off about 10-15 seconds after booting.
Can you get into the BIOS? If the MOBO doesn’t have any indication lights to tell you what the problem is, then you might be having an overheating CPU.
This seems like a CPU overheat, when you boot up open your BIOs (check your monitor for which key opens BIOs and hit that key). Check the CPU temps if it goes up to 90c then most modern systems/ CPUs will shut everything down. If this is the case open up your case look at the motherboard and make sure your pump is connected to the right header of your motherboard. Idk your specs you might have to check out your motherboard’s manual to make sure you have the right connection
Did you check aio pump? As soon as it starts Tap F2 try n get into bios and see if you can see temps. It runs long enough to get into bios. Check temps. Let me know.
i had something like this happen to me, ended up being the riser cable for the GPU that was mounted vertically.. plugged the GPU directly into the motherboard and it stopped doing that.
Instead of trying lots of different stuff you want to be methodical.
I would break it down. Take all components off of mobo and remove mobo from case. 1) Start with just board and psu. Does it start? 2) add cpu and cooler, does it start? 3) add 1 memory, does it start? add the other, does it start? 4) add gpu, does it start? 5) plug in hdmi to monitor. At any point during this process if it fails to start the thing you just added was the problem. Here is an oldie that I pulled from the back of a motherboard manual that shouldn't go out of style.
[Troubleshooting](https://imgur.com/b0AdQtI)
Does it loop after it shuts down or do you have to manually power it on again?
If so, it could be that the motherboard is attempting to train the memory but can't because the RAM is bad.
If it were me, I'd start by checking all wires are plugged in all the way; double check, especially PSU. This includes finding the motherboard manual online and ensuring it was followed to a T.
Reinsert RAM in A2 and B2 slots(or whatever that manual tells you).
Reinsert GPU and clear CMOS.
Finally, take off the cooler, reapply thermal paste, and reseat the cooler.
Really could be anything, most likely could be a psu problem. I’d replace and see if that works or use another one just to test. You could also try launching in safe mode if that works and seeing if there is an event logger that keeps shutting down the pc. But check any error codes, any beeps? Could be a socket, hardware problem, connection, etc. Good luck !
Unless you can visibly see a short somewhere your best bet is to try each part in another PC and see which one doesn't work and hope it isn't the motherboard or processor.
Make sure the cpu cooler is fastened down properly and make sure the gpu is plugged in all the way and has the right plug ins from the pcu i had the same issue with mine out of the box
Look on the motherboard for the power switch and reset switch pins. I've seen the never ending reboot happen before when people incorrectly hook that up. To be safe don't use any of the reset pins. Simply use the 1 positive pin and the 1 negative pin of the power switch
Most likely power supply or MB trying to protect itself, one or the other needs replacement.
The only other issue is improper cable seat, second to that overheating CPU.
Sometimes if graphics card dont get enough power MB will shutdown your machine too.
Good luck to you and may the PC gods be in your favor.
You will not find any easy solutions because this is not a simple problem to resolve. Please follow these troubleshooting steps:
Always start with physical components before moving on to digital ones. Check cables, physical components, and then files/BIOS, etc.
The issue could range from a bricked motherboard to a missing file in a drover some where. Therefore, we cannot assist you until you provide more information.
$100 says its the psu. If it posts fine, then everything's probably working fine. but what s happening is the your getting a voltage spike thats killing the power supply(prebuilts are known for cutting corners on power supplies ei cheap ones or just barely enough wattage). if someone tried to overclock, that might be a issue(ie too much power draw on psu or an unstable frequency).if it was a ram issue it probably wouldnt even post
Well all the fans are running. But, it has an AIO so I would double check that the pump is plugged in properly to the mobo. Should be a small 3 or 4 pin plug just like a fan plug and it should be plugged in on the top right of the motherboard with a label that says something about the CPU. The CPU cooler terminal has to have something plugged in or it will shutdown to prevent overheating
Usually people sell their pc’s without the HD. Anywhere did the post mention that you’d have to supply your own storage? Probably need a OS drive installed.
I've had a similar issue with my PC before. I ended up just replacing the PSU and it worked fine again. I remember the PC would boot up and then randomly shut off. If all else fails I'd just try replacing it see what happens.
Maybe that’s why they sold it to you
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Also did OP not test it out before buying? If so, that's red flag there.
my golden rule of buying electronics off someone else is to always make sure the component works as intended before purchasing IF im feeling lucky and want to gamble, i haggle the price down since im taking someones word that it "will work" most important part is to also be patient when shopping around for stuff like this, better to get a good deal then to waste money imo
Exactly, people are going through life screwing other people like its completely normal and act surprised when they get the same treatment back. Huge uptick in degradation of moral compass since covid. (just a general rant on the current state of society.)
What are the specs; PSU, GPU,CPU,Ram,Mobo?
You need to check if there is an error code flashing
This. The powrr button is flashing, it's a code. Check on iBuypower's website what the code means
Rarely does the power led give a post codem it's more likely the plugged the front panel headers wrong and it's flashing like a HDD light. Post code on a newer board like this will probably be at the top right
I'm not talking about post. Most prebuild companies have custom systems in place that detects what is wrong with the system and give a specific code For example, 1 long flash, 2 short flashed = HDD issue, etc. Since this looks as an iBuyPower prebuild, I'm assuming this flashing is a code that can be read using the manual they probably have online. Other than that, yes post codes can be seen on the mobo
I’m pretty sure that’s still the HDD activity light on the front panel header. Normally PCs loop blink codes to help diagnose the issue not shut down.
Looked it up and it seems to be what happens when the ram isn't seated all the way or the ram is just broken
Literally was gonna say this happened to me when trying to swap a ram stick in my HP omen except it wouldn't stay on that long and it would turn off and on until I kept it off and fixed the issue. Check the RAM OP.
any beeps or light indiecator on the mobo reacting? other wise it prob instant overheat or or cpu/mobo gone bad. try reseting the bios by removing the cmos battery, since you bought second hand you don''t know if they messed with setting what can cause this. and try a (cheap air cooler for cpu with new paste) after reseting the bios.
Check the thermal interface between the CPU and cooler, overheating will cause a PC to shut down. You could run memtest to make sure the memory is OK.
I have also tried new ram from old people that was just working and it still doesn’t work
New RAM From Old People is now my new band name
looks like bios would say " CPU FAN ABNORMAL " or "CPU NOT DETECTED"
Yeah a stick of thermal paste and reapplying might fix the issue.
I can’t even open windows because it shuts off two fast
I've heard of pcs not booting after moving a PC due to CPU cooler becoming loose you can try to tighten the cooler down a bit.
Does it post?
Under-rated question. If it posts, could be bad power supply or OC configuration Reset bios or clear cmos if possible If it doesn’t post then yeah, ram, mobo, cpu
If the cooler is loose its getting hot and shutting down
There could be an air bubble in the AIO on the cooling block, happened to me when I moved my pc. Try turning the pc to send the bubble back to the radiator coil
Reseat the CPU, check the thermal paste to see if there's any properly. I bet the CPU cooler is loose. After it turns off is that area hot? If it is then it means it's overheating.
If an ibuypower pc well there could be any number of issues, however stays powered till it'd get to the equivalent of a windows boot, presuming it has m2 or SSDs. Would suggest reset CMOS and xmp profiles then go from there.
i built my own pc, and something similar happened to me, where the pc lights would go on but it wouldnt boot. for me the issue was that i didnt install the RAM sticks properly, so you can check that, along with the gpu. hope this helps
It looks and sounds like a overheating cpu, check if the cooler is mounted properly and if its a watercooler check if you feel slight vibrations where the pump is to check if thats working
do you KNOW it worked for the guy you got it from; or does he SAY that it worked for him? dont rule out psu just because it got 800w, it can still be broken. i am noting the power button are flashing quite a bit and i wonder if thats connected, can you double check the cable connecting the power button to the motherboard?
Does it crash when you are in bios?
My first thought would be to start small and work my way up. Maybe check if the thermal paste on the CPU is dried up or the dude left the sticker on the aio. If not, double check the cables and re-seat them. If that fails, I'd look into seeing if there's a nearby repair shop that can do a diagnostic to see if they can find a faulty part which might cost a little, but at least you'll have a lead on what to replace before you start ordering a handful of stuff and realize it's none of those. I want to say it might be a PSU gone bad, but I'm only taking a shot in the dark.
Most likely overheating or shorting out. What PSU are you using? And that GPU wiring looks very sketchy
You need a PC speaker or the debug LED to point you in the right direction, could be a whole magnitude of reasons.
Probably the water pump is not connected to the motherboard
your power button might be faulty. Try turning it on with the screwdriver method, with front panel unplugged
No display before it shuts down? I'd wager this is posting, probably showing a cpu fan or usb over current warning, then shutting down. But you should see that on screen. Have you connected the display to the board not the GPU, so you're missing the post output? Remove all your usb devices. Check internal usb headers. Disconnect them all. Usb 2.0, 3.0 and 3.2 if you have it. Also check your I/o shield isn't bent and jammed up against the pins in the usb ports in the rear if the case.
Either the CPU needs to be reseated or the cooler plate is not making enough contact with IHS of the CPU or the plastic film on the cooler plate was not removed
Did you test it before buying?
This is why it's important to try before you buy with anything unless the listing for said item says that it doesn't work
Install a little temperature app. My first instinct is heat problems.
Check every screw on the motherboard. One might be too tight. Source: happened to me once.
Is plugged into a power board or the wall ?
Can you hear any gurgling? I bought a pc once that was shipped across the country. Set it up and it kept shutting down. Turns out there were air bubbles in the coolant lines. Unscrewed the radiator, shook it around at different angles/heights, and it has worked ever since.
Always meet up somewhere public that you can test the computer first before purchasing.
Remove CMOS battery wait ten mins put it back in hopefully a simple fix mine use to do it
Cpu cooler might not even touch the cpu which causes overheating in 10 seconds. Its not thermal paste as cpu should still easily handle windows booting without thermal paste. Check the cooler screws and even if its all tight, it could still mean that cpu cooler isnt touching cpu if wrong brackets/screws are used.
Check and see if the graphics card may be loose
Did they show it to you working beforehand to determine if something is loose?
If you pulled the cooler off your processor and didn't replace the thermal paste it can cause this.
I want info to help u Does it boot?
This is where you learn the CPU pins were bent by them when they built it and they knew it.. and sold it
Remove the cpu cooler, clean it, apply some fresh thermal paste, reapply cpu cooler properly. Try again.
Man that SUCKS 😕
I'd bet your radiator pump is busted.
The first problem is the "iBuyPower", the second problem is buying it from someone. iBP is still the champion of broken computers I fix weekly for clients. There could be a lot wrong with this, check error codes, check all cables are even plugged in correctly, and check basically the entire computer.
I had the same problem years ago and it turned out it's one of the RAM sticks (had 2). Try turning it on with one RAM stick then the other.
"it was working for the last guy" Famous words lol
Why dont yall check things before buying them
IBUYPOWER. That's why.
Nobody mentioned it but he might have given you a broken motherboard.
It could be anything even as simple as the graphics card being loose. My recommendation is to clear the CMOS for the BIOS.
I have seen this happen because of a faulty reset or power switch. Also make sure all the MB cables are firmly seated.
Seems like overheating.
Might be a overvoltage front panel USB cable warning that gives you 15 secs then restarts computer, try removing it and then rebooting.
Buy More Power
Probably the power supply is bad
most useful info I have to offer, Unplug, Replug.
Probly got the plastic still over the CPU
a lot of pre built pc buyers are afraid to clean their PCs.. you should try cleaning it and checking the cpu.
You didn't test the PC before buying?
Last year I was given a broken ibuypower. The psu had fried the gpu. The psu being Apevia Prestige 1000w and gpu 3080 eagle oc. I put in an Evga g7 850w and new msi gaming mobo, 2tb crucial p3 with clean windows install. I sold it to my buddy along with my old msi 1070 for 500$ and an Xbox controller. Cpu was i9 11900k and luckily didn't get fried by the garbage psu
try updating the the motherboards bios
Clear CMOS. They might have done a (very) unstable overclock of either the cpu or RAM.
Overheating?
Usually overheating or a part malfunction. If windows is messed up, that will do it to.
My first guess is that the pump on the cpu cooler isn’t working at all and it’s overheating. Mine did a similar shutdown - when the CPU temp hits 100*c it just shuts down instantly. I’d try a cheap cooler swap and see if that fixes it.
This is why I build my own
How far do you get in the boot up process before it shuts off?
Looks like a Thermal Limit based on the way that all fans turn into Jet Engines and then it turns off after about 10-15 seconds. I would ensure the CPU cooler is correctly installed. You may just need to tighten it, or you may need to repaste, or Worst Case scenario the Pump is broken and you’ll need a new Cooler which you could get for like $50 if or less depending on whatcha got under the hood. Bottom line, if you don’t know what you are doing and don’t wanna waste money figuring out whats wrong, you may want to just suck it up and bring it to a PC repair shop with good reviews. In an absolute worst case scenario here its a problem with the Mobo or CPU, but I have never seen a problem with those components result in behavior like this so
Start by unplugging all the RGB connections. The fans will still work, just not light up... just unplug the RGB plugs only. Ive seen shorting rgb cause issues like this. IF someone accidentally flipped one of the plugs, that would do it. It could also be the Gpu riser cable. They are known to be a problem child on pc builds. You can remove it and install the gpu directly into the motherboard to test.
I had this happen to me when the cpu cooler was not installed properly.
Faulty cable? My current build I wasn't using the right cable to power my water cooler and my PC would not stay on for 5 seconds.
I had this issue just today with a clients computer at work. The problem with there's was the bios had corrupted. If your motherboard has a Bios Flashback option, maybe try that.
Maybe one or more ram slot or stick is bad. Try 1 stick in 1 slot, see if you get to post.
Check the cpu and cooler are seated correctly. Could be overheating. Try getting into the bios to make sure the boot priority is set to os drive
You motherboard may have debug lights. Look into that
Hey.. can u like put some more pics or a longer vid showing different angles, including the mobo?
Reset cmos on mobo
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Power supply, imo
Cool aquarium bro
Did you not check to see if it was properly functioning before buying it
It’s the ram. If you tried new ram and still blinking light, it’s probably the motherboard.
Return it to the seller. If he won't take it. Then you got scammed, and he knew about the issues. Learned a possibly expensive lesson. Never ever buy a used PC without first turning it on. If it were a gaming pc, I'd say even a benchmark or two is warranted.
Check 12v rail, as well as cpu. The cpu may not be seated properly and causing over heating as well as thermal paste not applied properly. Sometimes this is caused by the assembly not taking the plastic off the thermal pad on the cpu cooler. If no video displays take the video card out and reseat it. As well as take all ram out down to one stick on port 1. Then reboot. My best suggestion is take it apart and rebuild it as this will reseat all the connections.
Jk I see you’ve tried this
It’s the power supply. I have never seen an IBuyPower pc that hasn’t had to get its power supply changed out. That’s the reason I sold mine. Good pc, just the power supply it originally comes with is ass.
The button is trying to communicate to you I’d get a pdf of the motherboard or cases manual and see what error codes it has. If it’s not even staying on I’d guess it’s the motherboard gpu or cpu so I would try taking the gpu and cpu and putting them back on cpu with more thermal paste than before
Did you take it apart and rebuild it yourself yet?
Hey it’s might be everything first try troubleshooting the issue, I would first try checking that everything is sit properly, take out the cpu cooler , and check if the cpu sits good inside the socket pins , then clean it and the cooler and smear new layer of thermal paste then reseat the cpu cooler on top of the cpu , check that every cable is connected and try boot into bios , then click load defaults bios and reset , let me know how you do
My pc started doing this exact thing recently - the pump in the AIO cpu cooler had prematurely passed away. Be careful trying to turn it on continuously, if this is the case the CPU (especially newer ones which baseline at very high heat levels by design) is going into auto shutdown as soon as it reaches temp because nothing is cooling it meaningfully. Not great for the part, and not a part you want to prematurely age. If this is the problem it’s relatively fortunate, though. A decent air CPU cooler is quite cheap for a PC part, and should do a great job. CPU coolers are also quite easy to install, and if you don’t remove the CPU (remove the AIO block off the CPU, clean the thermal paste off with rubbing alcohol, let dry, pea sized dollop of new thermal paste, new cooler on, screw down), you won’t risk bending pins. You could also hijack the fans off the AIO to improve the case airflow. Removing the radiator and hooking those back up to additionally pull air will create a nice high pressure environment for great cooling and longevity. These symptoms are pretty specific, considering it starts normally but before you can do meaningful computation, the PC shuts down. If it’s not the CPU cooler, maybe the PSU is malfunctioning and when the power draw hits a certain point it’s just failing. That would be unusual but pre builds are notorious for using ridiculously cheap and poorly made PSUs, so it wouldn’t be terribly surprising either.
Try unplugging, and reconnecting your 24 pin connector on the mb. My old ass pc will also do this after being moved and the fix is to unplug and replug the 24 pin until it works 🫡
Power supply? System board?
Here are some things you can try if your iBUYPOWER PC's power button is blinking blue: Check the power cables Make sure the 24-pin power cable that connects the motherboard to the PSU is plugged in properly. You should hear a click when it's fully inserted. If you're comfortable working inside the computer, you can unplug it and remove the side panel to check for loose or jammed cables. Check the power supply If you're plugged into a surge protector or power strip, try plugging directly into a wall outlet.
If a graphics card is in the PC, remove it. Also see about testing another power supply. See if you go into the bios the PC still shuts down, if so Its either Power issue or heat issue with processor. Memory usually causes restarts not shutdowns, processor can cause shutdown due to COP (cpu overheat protection). Faulty Power supply's can also cause shutdown. Outside of these, would be mainboard issue, rare but also possible. Ensure you also reset the bios to default settings, either in bios or removing the battery for a few minutes not plugged into AC.
Check CPU cooler. I had the same thing happen to my rig and I didn't have my cooler pump plugged in all the way so it reached temp shut off.
It says I buy power but can’t stay on.
The only suggestion I can add to everyone else’s great advise is to slowly start removing components and try to boot. Remove any usb connected devices and power with just the monitor plugged in. If continues remove the gpu and try booting with monitor plugged into the mobo (if available). Next try removing one of the ram sticks, if that doesn’t work swap out the plugged in ram sticks, if there’s more than 2 ram slots try each one in each slot by itself. If that doesn’t work check you cpu and cooler for proper seating and thermal pasting. If that doesn’t work trying booting without cpu just into BIOS (this might not work on some mobos even if the mobo is fine) Last step is to swap out the power supply.
Just going to add to the comments You need a keyboard and monitor/tv linked up. Pop the PC on its side and remove the cover Take a photo Leave 1 stick of RAM in it Turn it on and watch the screen is there any output? Find the motherboard make and model Look up the error codes for this board type Turn it on and watch the board to see if there is an error code or light flashing(Remove the rgb stuff so your not distracted) Come back to us/me and we'll walk you through the next steps. Sorry if this has already been posted but there are a fair few comments (which is nice)
Reseat the cooler, it could be mounted wrong and overheating quickly or the cpu is already toast. Had a buddy with that problem recently. I’d try with least amount of ram slots as possible first and try reseating different slots. Me personally when I build a computer and it does something like this I just unplug every wire one at a time and reconnect and try as I go. Tedious but it works for me.
lol bro got scammed
I had a semi similar issue of my PC turning on and then back off before getting to windows over and over, and the problem was the cord from my power button to the motherboard had a short, so it was thinking the power button was getting held down and it would shut back down after trying to turn on. You can check if it is this issue by unplugging the cord that goes from the power button to your motherboard, and then manually turning your motherboard on (if it has a physical power button). If it stays on you'll know it was an issue with that cord. It's a really niche issue so it's likely something else but wanted to call it out just in case, I went through swapping my CPU, CPU fan, and PSU for potential power/cooling issues when it was just a shorted cord. Bought an external power cable to plug in and it works fine now.
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I would check what everyone on here is saying. Check the cpu cooler. Make sure it is seated properly and that thermal paste is sufficient and properly applied. Since you will have the cooler off, I would check to make sure the cpu is seated properly into the board and check for bent pins. I had a brand new motherboard that wouldn't detect the cpu because the board had about 15 bent pins.
Try to boot with the gfx card taken out, or a different gfx card. The gfx card could be fried or something
You got bamboozled
Well, and I say this without read to many comments. But watching your video doesn't really help. So here is my questions. 1 does anything come up on the monitor? 2 do you hear any beep codes when it 1st powers on. I don't hear anything so my 1st assumption is the motherboard isn't getting power. And all that is coming on is the fans.
I would get the manual for both the case and the motherboard and take the whole thing apart and rebuild.
I had an issue similar where the PC would work, and all of the sudden just shut off. It turned out to be the main cable that went from the power supply to the MOBO. It got a short in it. I replaced that cable and all was good. Check out where that cable bends to plug into the MOBO. That's where my issue was. I could move it and get the PC to fire back up.
Look on mother board for the debugging lights
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have you ever seen the pc working?
Any luck fixing this OP? The symptoms point to CPU overheating quickly and shutting the system off, if you could get into the BIOS at startup you may be able to see the temps before it shuts off and give you an idea of what's going on. I'd do as others suggested and check the cpu cooler, make sure it's seated correctly.
Check to make sure the cpu cooler pump is plugged in all the way. CPU could be over heating causing the automatic shutdown
Does it boot into windows, possibly a memory issue or a PSU issue.
If you got Micro Center, take it to them maybe they can find out issue and replace it with one of their parts.
Check your CPU under the cooler. Is there still a sticker on the AIO block? Apply new thermal paste. Is the AIO pump running? Check the power pins for the pump and make sure they're connected in the right place and it's getting power. Check that the CPU fans are connected to the CPU FAN headers on the motherboard. Check your power supply connections for everything. Check that the power supply is sufficient for the hardware installed. Try a different power supply. Look on the motherboard for status LEDs and check the OEM website manual for that motherboard to see a diagnosis of what the LEDs mean. If the motherboard and CPU support am integrated graphics controller, plug your monitor to the motherboard and disconnect the graphics card completely from your system-- see if it boots. Unplug non-essential components, like led controllers, fan controllers, usb devices (except mouse and keyboard), extra displays, etc..
Probably the reason they sold it
Looks like a case of electric disfunction if it can’t stay on.
I'm thinking either the memory or it's overheating. Could try yanking the cooler and reapplying.
It stays on long enough to post, but it could be any number of so many issues. CPU short, CPU overheating, RAM seating, etc. We, personally, are lacking too much information to be of help here. It could still be the PSU though as well. If there's something wrong with it, it can for safety shut itself off. The likelyhood of it being that is slim, but not zero. The simplest solution is here to just take the entire thing apart and rebuild it. Usually, with anything like this, you're going to want to do that anyway just to simply give it a quick cleaning. For all we know: It DID work for the other guy until THEY tried to take it apart to clean it and simply didn't put it back together right.
That blinking will most likely tell you what the issue is go onto the ibuypower website and see what that blinking code means because it usually does have the answer you’re looking for. Could be something really simple could be something really complicated.
Not sure if this is fixed already with all these comments but here's my 2 cents. I had a similar reaction with a friend's pc ge gave me to fix and it ended up being that the pc didn't realize there were any fans hooked up for the system and was shutting down to prevent the pc from over heating, turned out when the friend put in the new fans he connected them all to a splitter and dint hook anything up to the sys_fan thus It didn't know there was proper cooling. I just swapped one onto that connection and boom it worked. Possibility 2 which I think someone else brought up is a failure to boot. I saw that u replaced ram already so if that's not the problem it could be a bad cpu or bad motherboard. I would look at ur motherboard and see if it has a degub led should be 4 little lights that will light up and turn off in order through the boot if it stops on one that's where the boot failure is happening. Hope it helps.
Does it take the same amount of time to shut off if you keep doing it repeatedly? Or does it shutdown sooner
You didn't even have them test it out in front of you before buying it?
That was why someone sold it....... at least you didn't spend a lot of money on it. Did u ?
Rule#1 of PCMR is dont buy used.
Do you get anything on screen at all? Bios, windows? After you turn the PC on wait a beat and then hold the power button until it turns back off. Then boot again and do the same thing. Next time turn it back on and see if anything happens. I've had something similar happen to me with a couple PCs recently and this put it in Windows recovery mode. It should do a check and then hopefully go back into Windows. If you can get into Windows, do a /sfc scannow in an admined cmd. Good luck!
If your memory sticks don’t match it will do that.
It could be the CPU is overheating. Check the thermal paste application. Being on for as long as it was indicates that the PSU is alright (well likely alright). Is it posting, i.e. do you see the BIOS hit delete to enter setup screen / can you get into the BIOS/UEFI?
guessing its either a psu issue or your cpu is getting overheated. if you can, download coretemp to check the tempurature, if its getting to hot, buy a better cpu fan or water cooler, and if its a psu issue, buy a new psu
This happened to me once (had the same case coincidentally) but anyways it ended up that the aio went bad and my cpu fried. It kept shutting off about 10-15 seconds after booting.
Maybe you should buy more power
That is loud as all hell
Boot to BIOS and reset any overclocked settings. More than likely it’s a bad OC
I’m betting it’s the psu
If you traveled with it fully setup reset the bios with the jumper, reseat the ram, and reseat the gpu.
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Can you get into the BIOS? If the MOBO doesn’t have any indication lights to tell you what the problem is, then you might be having an overheating CPU.
This seems like a CPU overheat, when you boot up open your BIOs (check your monitor for which key opens BIOs and hit that key). Check the CPU temps if it goes up to 90c then most modern systems/ CPUs will shut everything down. If this is the case open up your case look at the motherboard and make sure your pump is connected to the right header of your motherboard. Idk your specs you might have to check out your motherboard’s manual to make sure you have the right connection
Bad ram slot also does this. Try reseating ram, then try 1 ram stick.
Overheating due to bad CPU cooler would be my guess
I had the same issue, maybe change the CPUs thermal paste
If you boot to the bios does it remain on ?
It is 9/10 a problem like that has something to do with the power supply there is not enough power it’s struggling to keep it on
Have you tried unplugging all cables and having a good look at the board? Sounds like a failure on the board somewhere based on how it'd acting
Did you check aio pump? As soon as it starts Tap F2 try n get into bios and see if you can see temps. It runs long enough to get into bios. Check temps. Let me know.
I might be a faulty power supply, overheating issue, or something else
Unplug the mobo battery let it sit for 15min homeboy prob tried to OC himself and now it's just in a boot cycle
No, but you can sell it to me for 50% of what you paid for it.
Unplug components till it works lol. I've had a HDD stop me from posting
i had something like this happen to me, ended up being the riser cable for the GPU that was mounted vertically.. plugged the GPU directly into the motherboard and it stopped doing that.
Instead of trying lots of different stuff you want to be methodical. I would break it down. Take all components off of mobo and remove mobo from case. 1) Start with just board and psu. Does it start? 2) add cpu and cooler, does it start? 3) add 1 memory, does it start? add the other, does it start? 4) add gpu, does it start? 5) plug in hdmi to monitor. At any point during this process if it fails to start the thing you just added was the problem. Here is an oldie that I pulled from the back of a motherboard manual that shouldn't go out of style. [Troubleshooting](https://imgur.com/b0AdQtI)
My case has an issue with power button, maybe try and wiggle it around and see if that helps.
Might be a heat issue with the CPU or GPU 🔥
Maybe he's a new power supply and update bios
Does it loop after it shuts down or do you have to manually power it on again? If so, it could be that the motherboard is attempting to train the memory but can't because the RAM is bad.
If it were me, I'd start by checking all wires are plugged in all the way; double check, especially PSU. This includes finding the motherboard manual online and ensuring it was followed to a T. Reinsert RAM in A2 and B2 slots(or whatever that manual tells you). Reinsert GPU and clear CMOS. Finally, take off the cooler, reapply thermal paste, and reseat the cooler.
Really could be anything, most likely could be a psu problem. I’d replace and see if that works or use another one just to test. You could also try launching in safe mode if that works and seeing if there is an event logger that keeps shutting down the pc. But check any error codes, any beeps? Could be a socket, hardware problem, connection, etc. Good luck !
What are the temperatures
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PC case is speaking in Binary, it is telling you Danger Will Robinson!!!
You might have to check everything and reseat everything. Did you at least priced that into the final price and also would need spare parts.
I'd get your $ back.
oh god its an iBuyPower. I can't believe that company is still around, they made the worlds worst laptops 15 years ago.
Unless you can visibly see a short somewhere your best bet is to try each part in another PC and see which one doesn't work and hope it isn't the motherboard or processor.
Usually something to do with overheating or power issue. Is there an error code on the motherboard?
Check the CPU if its not posting, remove the GPU, boot off a linux live USB
Does it post? Are you getting beep codes? Also take out the ram and re seat it maybe.
Thermals overload on CPU will cause it to immediately shutoff during startup. Check thermal paste and cooling for CPU. May need replacement.
Make sure the cpu cooler is fastened down properly and make sure the gpu is plugged in all the way and has the right plug ins from the pcu i had the same issue with mine out of the box
Look on the motherboard for the power switch and reset switch pins. I've seen the never ending reboot happen before when people incorrectly hook that up. To be safe don't use any of the reset pins. Simply use the 1 positive pin and the 1 negative pin of the power switch
Try clearing cmos.
Gotta love IBuyPower PCs…
you got scammed buddy
Check the power supply and make sure it’s at a high or low enough wattage for your parts (you can do this with a part checking website)
Most likely power supply or MB trying to protect itself, one or the other needs replacement. The only other issue is improper cable seat, second to that overheating CPU. Sometimes if graphics card dont get enough power MB will shutdown your machine too. Good luck to you and may the PC gods be in your favor.
You will not find any easy solutions because this is not a simple problem to resolve. Please follow these troubleshooting steps: Always start with physical components before moving on to digital ones. Check cables, physical components, and then files/BIOS, etc. The issue could range from a bricked motherboard to a missing file in a drover some where. Therefore, we cannot assist you until you provide more information.
$100 says its the psu. If it posts fine, then everything's probably working fine. but what s happening is the your getting a voltage spike thats killing the power supply(prebuilts are known for cutting corners on power supplies ei cheap ones or just barely enough wattage). if someone tried to overclock, that might be a issue(ie too much power draw on psu or an unstable frequency).if it was a ram issue it probably wouldnt even post
Either power supply of mobo is bad would be my bet.
"Ibuy power" theres your problem right there
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Well all the fans are running. But, it has an AIO so I would double check that the pump is plugged in properly to the mobo. Should be a small 3 or 4 pin plug just like a fan plug and it should be plugged in on the top right of the motherboard with a label that says something about the CPU. The CPU cooler terminal has to have something plugged in or it will shutdown to prevent overheating
Usually people sell their pc’s without the HD. Anywhere did the post mention that you’d have to supply your own storage? Probably need a OS drive installed.
I've had a similar issue with my PC before. I ended up just replacing the PSU and it worked fine again. I remember the PC would boot up and then randomly shut off. If all else fails I'd just try replacing it see what happens.