PC wont fire up

Alright, it was fine last night. We had a power out and it turned out we tripped some breakers, but the PC turned back on with no probs, but thismorning I cant get her to fire up! When I give life to the PS, the standby power light stays on, and when I hit the power button the LED lights flash and the fans move a bit, but then nothing...

 

oh skippy. Thanks TmW

 

Didnt work... really unhappy...

 

do u get any POST beeps or anything? from what im getting, the fans just go on for a short time then stop?

 

I wondering How or why you would recommend a 400w PSU, for a system that it appears you know nothing about.
I don't see any specs posted...

In general a $40 psu reguardless of the wattage, probably isn't worth the box it came in!

Watts don't matter so much as the output of the +12v rail
20 pin or 24 pin main? SLI?
Get my drift?

Maybe you should have suggested the poster test his or her PSU first?
Maybe ask the poster for Specs?

 

Whats your system specs?

You might try resetting your CMOS, this can usually be done by removing your MOBO battery for few minutes then reinstalling.
If you PC was able to boot after this Dont boot to Windows go directly to BIOS & reset time & date, then boot to Windows.


Seems I remember you posting another Thread about bad memory or something, bad memory can cause failed boot
Other things like Bad PSU, CPU or even a short can cause the same

 

Butt....... I did nor did it cause sudden death!

The power outage may have nothing to do with the problem or it may have taxed an exsisting hardware problem, with the amount of info provided, One can only Guess...


Hey I'm not trying to start a Pissing match, it's Tempting though, so this will be my last post on this thread!

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At Diener:
It's a little early to say the MOBO dead or the PSU for that matter.
My PM's on if you have any Q's

Good Luck!

 

On a side note. Is there a modem installed in this computer? If so, take it out. Does the computer boot up now?

I've seen many power surges happen, and the first to fry is the modem. Taking this item out, is a first start.

 

Maybe you should do a little more homework before you start telling people what they need to do. I feel you were way off base saying what you did in your posts and the whole spill about resetting the cmos. yeah that's gonna work.

tim you were right for telling him to upgrade the psu and i'm with you on thinking it might have fried something like the mobo.

 

Well i agree that 99 percent of the time a psu would be the fix, what he didnt say was what caused the power outage, was it bad power in the wiring, lightning? Since we are guessing im going with a burnt m-board, caused by lightning. ed

 

Your entitled to your Opinion, Opinions are like Butt Holes everyones got one

Here's A Fact:
Resetting CMOS is one of the First & Most Basic Solutions to solving a failed boot. ( This Costs nothing, unlike suggesting someone to purchase hardware like a mobo or PSU without suggesting any testing and without knowing the most basic info of the PC in Question)

Here's another Fact:
The poster did state, that the PC did work, after the power problems!



Padams, If you don't have any Intelligent Info to offer, Maybe you shouldn't post any worthless comments?



See Ya!