Comp goes pop - power supply?

Jano · 15 Mar 2014 at 07:50

So playing Diablo last night my comp has shut itself down and won't reboot. Turning off and on or clearing cmos will start it for a second but then nothing. Lights and fans turn but it really is just almost a blip. I'm guessing at the moment it's either the power supply (xfx pro 1000 so one of the seasonic made ones) or the graphics card as it was working rather hard for some reason (msi lightning 6970).

Any ideas? I've never been in a situation where it blips like this on turn on, its normally nothing at all or it at least gets to BIOS.

Idleman · 15 Mar 2014 at 09:41

Do you have onboard graphics, if so, try booting with the 6970 disconnected.

Jano · 15 Mar 2014 at 10:19

Just tried, no joy. Fairly sure its the power supply now as all I'm getting is a click when trying to turn on with as little as possible plugged in. Will try the paper clip trick when I can find it but I'm guessing I'm screwed as ocuk no longer sell xfx stuff and xfx support sucks :-(

Idleman · 15 Mar 2014 at 10:23

If you bought it from OCUK, it`s worth asking in Customer Service if they still handle the RMA for XFX. If not, they should be able to tell you where to send it. Worth getting it replaced, then just sell it on.