Computer KIA? What happened?

[bloodeagle]

Hey,

So, I'm working on my laptop when i realize I need a file from my PC, so I go to it, get about an inch away from putting the USB stick in the port and boom, pc...shuts down or something.

The monitor died, as in the green light became an orange light and I no longer have any display. The lights on the computer, when its turned on shows that the harddrive is "active" but I dont really hear the harddrive spinning. I cannot press the reset button on the case, I have to hold the power button to turn it off. Upon restart, I don't hear it POST - nothing.

The specs are: P4 2.4Ghz, Gigabyte 8IPE 1000 Pro G mobo, 80 gig harddrive, 512 memory and the such.

Most of the parts a new as of last Christmas, Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[GeForceX]

Your USB key probably died too, right?

You probably reversed your ground to positive usb connector from inside the case (where it's plugged in the motherboard's pins).

-J.

 

[bloodeagle]

Nope, the USB key *actually just a shitty MP3 player with a usb plug I use* still runs and works on this computer.

And I've used to port many times before, with the mp3 player and other devices...

Thanks for the idea.

Edit - I realized after looking at it for a minute just now, I have no power to the DVD Rom drives, or the keyboard, or the harddrive *i assume* What could cause this?

 

[GeForceX]

There's something physically wrong with the connectors. Did you check if you had the motherboard pins connectors correctly assigned with the plugs? There's just something wrong with it electrically. You may want to reconnect everything accordingly to the motherboard's manual.

Edit: Misread.

-J.