Desperate Help Needed!!!

Fry750 · 26 Aug 2007 at 16:07

Hello all
About 10 mins ago my computer just turned off, there was a loud pop as it did so. The powerpoint is dead, everything connected to it won't turn on. My PSU is also dead, at least i hope it's just the PSU. I've taken the RAM out and tried it in another machine and it works. As for the other components, i don't have the hardware required to test them, CPU, GPU etc etc. Would this be just the PSU that's busted? Any help is much appreciated

swinnie · 26 Aug 2007 at 16:10

I would imagine it was just the PSU.

Try swapping the PSU with another one, if everything boots well it was just the PSU.

If you get errors such as Missing hard disk etc it would have also knocked out your hard drive.

Fry750 · 26 Aug 2007 at 16:13

I can't. The only other PSUs i have aren't powerful enough to power it, cables aren't long enough and they don't have the right connections.

Fry750 · 26 Aug 2007 at 16:43

Nope, nothing works. As for the fusebox thing i can't it's an old fusebox etc etc so nothing can be done at the mo.

Wiggins · 26 Aug 2007 at 16:47

Did you have your rig plugged into a surge protector?

Fry750 · 26 Aug 2007 at 17:29

Nope, no surge protector. The PSU appears to be dead and there was a loud pop which could have been a capacitor. I have an abit wifi 32-max mobo and it has solid state capacitors, which means i don't think they explode (though i'm not sure).

BAMBI · 26 Aug 2007 at 18:33

well the psu is dead you need to buy a new one. Good chance it took out some other components when it blew only one way to find out.