PC Won't Turn On!

GeForce · 18 Feb 2006 at 10:00

Hi all,

Need a bit of help here! When I press the power button on my PC the LEDs in the fans and the cathodes light up for a split second and then turn off. Other than that, the system does nothing!

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ (Stock HSF)
Asus A8N-SLi Premium
1Gb GeIL RAM
160Gb SATA-II HDD
GeForce/Leadtek 7800GT PCI-E
Hiper 580W PSU
Thermaltake Tsunami Dream

Any help appreciated, thanks,

Jon

GeForce · 18 Feb 2006 at 16:28

Thanks for all your replies.

ajm: No, unfortunately I don't. I'll see if I can get hold of one, good idea.

lee87: Done both of these things to no avail. The CPU fan is not spinning - nothing is running whatsoever.

Skeeter: I thought of this, but I assumed it couldn't be because the system did something when the button was pressed (lights flash). A wire either works or it doesn't, and if the wire was broken, not even the lights would turn on.

Thanks again everyone,

Jon

GeForce · 18 Feb 2006 at 16:55

Yep I tried that as well! Had it set up with just CPU, 7800gt, 1 stick of RAM (no HDD or IDE devices) and still exactly the same thing happens.

OCUK apparently do a strip-down/rebuild service for £50, which I may end up doing. I bought the parts from OCUK last week, so everything is under warranty.

Jon

GeForce · 19 Feb 2006 at 13:50

Tyke... I haven't heard of many people with problems with the Hiper 580W, and looking at the following thread it would seem as if it may be the mobo:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17535016

Well I might end up just paying the £50 for OCUK to do the strip-down/rebuild service. I bought all the parts from OCUK just last week, so if anything has gone wrong (mobo, PSU etc) they can replace it directly.

Jon

GeForce · 19 Feb 2006 at 15:07

Very weird. Mine's not like that though. Mine just won't do anything at all! Good luck with it, fingers crossed

GeForce · 20 Feb 2006 at 18:06

Aha. I'll have to get hold of another PSU to test the system with. I'll let you know what happens, but it's gonna be a week or two before I can borrow one...

Thanks mate! I hope it is the PSU, just because it's so much easier to replace!

Jon

GeForce · 20 Feb 2006 at 18:45

Definitely one of the most annoying problems I've had in a PC! Well that just about definitely isolates it to the PSU.

I see what you mean about the intermittent stuff.

Good luck

Jon