Computer fails to power up

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Khaydarin

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I got home from work tonight, and my PC wont turn on. I mean the power switch in the back wont turn anything on. We had a thunderstorm today, but I was using it fine during the worst part of it - or so I thought, I guess. There was just about no more thunder at all when I left the house. 'm using an Enermax Liberty 620W psu; its fairly nice. Could it have blown at all? I just left it in the Windows Welcome screen.

I'm confused....would it be the powersupply or the motherboard or what?

PS - its not the cord or the outlet.
 
Just plug in the big black plug and do this?
There are a bunch of black ones....will it matter?

Also I thought I'd ask....should I be touching this paperclip while I do this? Its 620W...

Am I going to short out my PSU doing this?

Additionally, I have an extra Tagan 480W PSU lying around. Will it be enough to sustain the system in my sig if I have to RMA?
 
Khaydarin said:
And by "ATX Connector" you mean the main big fat cable from the psu?
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Yes the 20 or 24pin. All the blacks are grounds so you can use whichever.
 
But will this short out and ruin it? Will I get shocked real bad if I'm touching the paperclip?
 
Khaydarin said:
But will this short out and ruin it? Will I get shocked real bad if I'm touching the paperclip?
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This will short the PSU and make it start, no you won't get shocked and there won't even be any fireworks...just the PSU starting up.
 
I tried it, but got nothing.

I used a regular paperclip and linked the green wire with a black one (on the biggest cable), then plugged in the psu and clicked on the power.

:confused: :confused:
 
Maybe not try it again with a drive and a couple fans hooked up to it. Some PSU's require a load ot turn on as well.
 
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