Problem with pc

dean_ham

dean_ham

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Dont know where to start - any ideas what could cause the problem?

Over the last few weeks you would push the power button in, pc powers up fans spinning but there was like a 5 second delay until the motherboard screen popped up with a "beep"

This went away and it was almost instant as you pushed the button in.

Now it wont boot up at all, power is on fans are spinning but no "beep" and no motherboard screen what so ever.

EVEN WHEN HOLDING IN THE POWER BUTTON FOR UPTO 5 SECONDS TO SWITCH IT OFF WONT WORK! and i eventually have to power it off from the back PSU.

Sounds like a motherboard problem? where do i go now? start stripping things out of the motherboard? i.e Ram.

Gutting thing is i bought all the parts from OcUK 13 months ago so no warrenty i suspect...

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) -
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache
NEC AD7170A 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter
Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
Scythe Ninja Plus Rev.B Heatpipe CPU Cooler
HIS ATI Radeon X1900 XT ICEQ 3 SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO

Cheers

Dean
 
Had another look and when powering on the PSU (with pc off) there was a high pitch noise coming from the PSU.

So i had a look at that HUDDY PSU GUIDE above. Followed it through checked connections etc.

As i cant power up the pc i cant check the voltages so checked it using my multimeter.

As it says in the guide, unplug the molex plug. Connect between RED-BLACK power on pc.... 0.01v lol

Next second my PSU is smoking a cigar loads of smoke coming out the back of the PSU.

Safe to say its broke, could this have damaged my other components ?
 
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