NEED HELP URGENT!! Comp won't power up!

harris1986 · 8 Apr 2006 at 17:16

Hi guys just got home from shopping and tried powering my comp up press the power button and get nothing :confused:

, no fans spin just nothing! power is going to my motherboard because the motherboard standby light is on, i tried turning the psu off tried powering the comp up with a different psu and still have the same result. Quite ironically the comp worked fine this morning although it did freeze at one stage but everything seemed to be normal, any ideas what's happend? please help as i'm at a loss here

harris1986 · 8 Apr 2006 at 17:27

rofl babyface *** are the odds? just curious what psu have you got? and which dfi board was it? did u get the standby power led light on the board?

harris1986 · 8 Apr 2006 at 17:59

hmm kk, i thought it could be a psu problem as everything i see on the net relates back to the psu, but i tried a really old clapped out 400w psu but still get the same problem? i think it could be the psu but not 100% at the minute and just want to check first before i fork out for a seasonic psu!

*note i currently have a Hiper Type-R Modular psu (580w)

harris1986 · 8 Apr 2006 at 18:35

oh FFS, well did he say if he worked out the problem? this is annoying the hell out of me cos my comp worked fine this morning :confused:

harris1986 · 8 Apr 2006 at 18:42

kk bud once you have heard back let me know ta very much

harris1986 · 9 Apr 2006 at 15:15

hmm well i tried a really old non atx 2.0 psu and that sent power to the mobo but nothing booted so i'm now at a loss of is it the psu or has my mobo actually died? if it is my mobo would getting a identical replacement mean that i have to completely reformatt or could i just set it up and away i go with the existing drivers on my hard drive? (hope i don't need to reformatt as i have a lot of vital files on my hard drive)

harris1986 · 9 Apr 2006 at 17:41

ok just gone round to a friends house and with the same psu but using his cable it has powered on but i get the 3 led's on the diagnostic i.e. cpu detection :S and it won't get past this stage, any ideas now? tell me my cpu hasn't randomly died on me

harris1986 · 9 Apr 2006 at 18:22

ok so, now i am on my comp again YAY

but, when it won't boot with 2 sticks of ram both sticks work fine on there own but i have tried all ram slots and i get the same problem. Now even with 1 stick of ram when i go into bios to sort settings out again after saving settings it goes to reboot and i get the same problem everything is fireing up but no screen and have 2 leds on my mobo, so i have to clear cmos bypass it when booting up and it boots fine.

harris1986 · 9 Apr 2006 at 21:10

ok so i have just got home and plugged comp in and powers up, but still won't run 2 sticks of ram in any slots, thinking about it could it be the motherboard battery that has gone? is this a possibility or is it more than likely to be new mobo time

?

harris1986 · 11 Apr 2006 at 16:03

just curious babyface have you heard anything back from your bro about the comp?

harris1986 · 11 Apr 2006 at 17:23

ahh ok looks nice and easy (and cheap) for you, where as mine looks like it could be expensive!

harris1986 · 11 Apr 2006 at 22:17

another update guys both ram modules are now working comp booting but in single chan mode (slots 1+2) :confused:

but still won't boot in slots 2+4 which my board recommends for dual channel