Bugger

Zefan · 11 Jan 2007 at 12:59

Just got back to uni and my PC isn't powering up. Here is the spec just incase anyone has any idea's as to what's causing it.

A64 3000+
MSI K8N Neo2 Plat
1gb corsair 4400
Hiper 520

My first thoughts were the psu seeing as these have a record of going boom but I'm getting the red "Hi, I'm getting power" sign on the switch so I presume it's not that. That brings me to the conclusion that it's the motherboard...

More or less I'm not exactly sure what it could be but am just wondering if there's anything textbook that I haven't tried yet.

Thanks or any help.

Subliminal Aura · 11 Jan 2007 at 13:05

Maybe the PSU is faulty...

I assume none of your hard drives spin ? If so unplug the PSU immediatey and leave it for several hours before testing your machine with a newly purchased PSU from ocuk

semi-pro waster · 11 Jan 2007 at 13:12

Do you have any mates with similar specification PCs that you could use to test the parts? Swapping parts around is the easiest way to determine the cause of the problem.

Zefan · 11 Jan 2007 at 13:14

No HDD activity, no signs of life at all infact apart from the red power switch saying "Yes that socket does work!"

Come to think of it I was being stupid and touching (Just brushing, not like snapping and bending) my mobo a bit before I came here (The voltage regulators and some capacitors), purely because I'm a curious idiot

anyone know if this is enough to knacker it?

semi-pro waster said:
Do you have any mates with similar specification PCs that you could use to test the parts? Swapping parts around is the easiest way to determine the cause of the problem.

Thanks for the advice, I'll probably manage to steal a couple of things off of a mate, am simply wondering if there's anything blindingly obvious I haven't checked (i.e. when a pc won't go past the bios, reset the cmos).

Subliminal Aura · 11 Jan 2007 at 13:23

semi-pro waster said:
Do you have any mates with similar specification PCs that you could use to test the parts? Swapping parts around is the easiest way to determine the cause of the problem.

HOLD ON I've used that method for years but not no more :

I had a similiar non working pc so started swaping bits in and out....

30 minutes later I had lost 4 cpus / 2 gfx cards and possibly some ram (I didnt test the ram). (mobo screwed every component to touch it ! :mad:

)

Best start with the most expensive bit of kit in a working machine ie CPU / gfx card.
Having said that : there still is the potential that a faulty component could take out the perfectly working machine

:rolleyes:

semi-pro waster · 11 Jan 2007 at 13:29

That is highly unlucky, I've been fortunate enough to not have major problems with my PCs so far but every time I've swapped parts around if the cause of the problem was unknown and been fine.

The only other obvious thing for Zefan to do is to go for a quick rebuild of the PC just in case some of the components have become unseated or something like that.

Zefan · 11 Jan 2007 at 13:36

semi-pro waster said:
just in case some of the components have become unseated or something like that.

The only thing I can think of that would stop it powering up is the CPU right? I mean without RAM, 3dcard or hdd's the juice would still flow. I just can't see how the cpu could become unseated.

Thanks for the advice, I'll check all cables again to make sure I'm not being stupid

Subliminal Aura · 11 Jan 2007 at 13:38

@semi-pro waster : Thanks dude and love your signature it brings incidents like this into perspective.

Subliminal Aura · 11 Jan 2007 at 13:39

Zefan said:
The only thing I can think of that would stop it powering up is the CPU right? I mean without RAM, 3dcard or hdd's the juice would still flow. I just can't see how the cpu could become unseated.

Thanks for the advice, I'll check all cables again to make sure I'm not being stupid

Mobo needs CPU AND memory to boot the BIOS and hence power up

Solari · 11 Jan 2007 at 13:40

Off topic a bit but what the hell is going on recently... I've had a PC die and so have about 10 other people on here... must be the curse of Christmas!

Subliminal Aura · 11 Jan 2007 at 13:43

Solari said:
Off topic a bit but what the hell is going on recently... I've had a PC die and so have about 10 other people on here... must be the curse of Christmas!

LOL Mine happened on Christmas Eve : You must be right and since then I've also had a hard disk fail... to top it off I placed the hard disk into my dual core to do data recovery and what do u know the data recovery process corrupted my RAID ! What the Hell ?

EDIT : Oh forgot to add : A PSU also blew on one of my machines last week luckily didn't take out any components :rolleyes:

But things are going well this week my new Sugo is doing well touch wood

Cursed since Christmas you must be right