PC popped :/

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PC made a big popping noise 2 days back (wasent on at the time) thought it was the PSU giving up the ghost so i went a bought a 520w Corsair to replace it

Just popped the bad boy in and im not getting anything ive tried both psu's with a spare kettle lead from my monitor and still nothing :(

How do i go about finding out whats happened?

TIA
 
G|mp said:
PC made a big popping noise 2 days back (wasent on at the time) thought it was the PSU giving up the ghost so i went a bought a 520w Corsair to replace it

Just popped the bad boy in and im not getting anything ive tried both psu's with a spare kettle lead from my monitor and still nothing :(

How do i go about finding out whats happened?

TIA
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Are there any burn marks on the motherboard around the capacitors?
 
iKettles said:
Are there any burn marks on the motherboard around the capacitors?
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Not that i can see no, this is also a new system i put together a few weeks back

I had heard the popping sound before on my old rig, thats why i assumed it was the psu because everything else has been replaced
 
Silly question perhap's but did you make sure the switch on the Corsair PSU was turned on when you tried to fire up your PC? Easy mistake.
 
Lonewolf said:
Silly question perhap's but did you make sure the switch on the Corsair PSU was turned on when you tried to fire up your PC? Easy mistake.
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Aye :)

It seems it was a combination of the lead and the PSU the PC boots when i try it in another socket using my monitor lead, is there different voltages with kettle leads or are they all the same?

The old PSU blew up in my hand when i tried it with the old lead (luckily it wasent in the PC :eek:) so it may have blown the lead as well or vice versa

So off to buy a new kettle lead on new years day :(

Thanks all
 
New lead, still wont boot :/

It booted up last night using my monitor lead and on a socket in another room now it wont boot at all with a new lead :/

Not a happy bunny :(
 
Remove all power leads from the motherboard and then clear CMOS for 30 mins and then try again.
 
by what you've said, you either blew the fuse in the original plug, or you may have tripped the switch for that set of sockets, go to your electric meter and distribution board and ensure everything is ok. Test another appliance in the plug where the PC was if you cant be bothered to check the meter box etc. to see if the plug works
 
Hi, old PSU might have blown in your hand cause it was weak and you had no load on the PSU like a fan or Optical drive, as a PSU will damage if you power up without any load.

Anthony
 
There should be a small plastic jumper on the board which covers two of three pins leaving one spare, simply remove the jumper and place over the other two pins.


BEFORE: [ ]|
AFTER: |[ ]

Leave like that for 30 mins then put back to original position, or if you can't find the jumper pull out the round 2032 battery for 30 mins then pop back in.

Make sure there is no power going to the board, the jumper is usually near the 2032 battery.
 
So unplug all power going to the board and take the battery out for half an hour?

Cheers by the way :)
 
Yup, will give the same effect. Remember though that this will clear all the settings in the bios, so if you've overclocked or changed any settings it will go back to default. I recommend loading optimised settings / Default settings which is usually an option in all bios' which detects what hardware you have and changes settings accordingly after you've put the battery back in.
 
Batterys out, quick question does it need to have the power lead in?

Ive disconnected all power to the mobo
 
Does the computer actually receive power? LED's come on, fans spin?

What specification have you got?

You're welcome to bring the computer to mine (Bromsgrove, J4 of M5 so only two away from you) and I'll have a look at it, depending on your specification - I might have some spare parts here to single out any dead components.
 
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