Help - something wrong

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Rehoused my pc in an antec 300 and everything was working great. Wife powered down the pc earlier and when I got up to use it the trip in the mains box gone and pc will not power up at all. Got a corsair tx650 and rest as my sig. All running of surge protected multi block. Everything else powering (modem ext hdd etc) just not the pc. All parts less than 5 months old!

Any ideas?
 
Might be a stupid question, but did you reset the trip in the mains box? :) And what do you mean exactly - the MCB for that circuit in your house's main fuse box, or something on your surge protected multi block?
 
Sry for late reply, had to come to work. Everything on the multiblock is working bar the pc. Will check the fuse on the power lead tomorrow once a recover from nights. Odd though as the pc was powered down at the time?
 
Right I've tried a brand new power lead to the psu and the pc still dead in the water. I don't have a spare one to try. Any ideas before I resort to the local pc shop?

When I noticed the pc wouldn't start I reset the trip switch in the house circuit breaker if that helps?
 
To test the PSU, unplug it from everything and plug a fan into it and do connect the two pins (shown with the grey line) with something like a paperclip:-

atx-connector-20-24pin.jpg


It'll 'short' it and make it work without the mobo, this will show if it's bust or not.
 
Out of interest was it an MCB (over-current protection) or an RCD (earth leakage protection) that tripped? If the switch that tripped has no test button next to it, it's an MCB. Either way, activating one of these devices in your consumer unit indicates a potentially serious fault with your PSU, so be careful poking paperclips in it to test it!
 
Update chums, psu is completely dead. However rest of the system is fine. I was like an expactent father awaiting that news form my mate. Anyone, RMa all sorted with ocuk, tremendous service yet again!!!
 
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