Friends PC wont turn on!

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Goran

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Ok my friends pc died the other night. He had some el cheapo Antec case with a 350Watt PSU in it (came with case) and as he was playing a few nights ago it just fried on him. he smelled the smell. His HD made a noise (probably from the sudden loss of power or something).

Anyway he got a new PSU and the mobo green light turns on but the PC wont start. Any advice??

His system specs are something along the lines of:
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939
3800+
1 gig stick pc3200
7900GT

Any advice would be really nice? Could his mobo have friend when the PSU went out?
 
What exactly do you mean by it doesn't start?

Does it post or just sit there with the mobo lights on? If its not even posting you need to double check all the leads that need to be plugged in are.
 
I would also check over the entire computer for visible damage. The PSU might not have been the only thing causing the smell...
 
The pc dosent turn on at all if that is any clearer. From what he can tell nothing else smells funky or looks damaged. We've looked at connection. All are good.
 
Pull any Misc. add on cards you have (sound card, network, TV Tuner, etc...)
If you have more than one stick of RAM, remove so only one sick is present.
Unplug all IDE devices (HDD, CD) and not just from the 40pin, but power as well.
You are trying to get this thing down to bare troubleshooing as possible by isolating the failing components. Once you have disconnected all these devices, do you get the Red LED on the motherboard to come on? Try powering it on now. If it is still a no go, remove the motherboard from the case and visually inspect if you have a blown capacitor(s) by looking for a bulge on the top of each. I suspect either a blown cap on the board, or, a voltage regulator that took the hit when your friend's PSU went south.

-E
 
Well, my psu just fried my motherboard (although no visible damage.) But ya.. the green mobo light turns on too, just because that turns on doesn't mean it's working.
 
Ok thanks. I'll tell him to do that. We've both had a feeling the mobo might be gone too but we were just denying it hah!
 
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