My comp just bit the dust...

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SatinSpiral

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So I was playing "Call to Power" on the system in my sig, and it abruptly shut off. I tried hitting reset, and then the power button; no dice. The LED on my mobo is still lit, and my USB ports are still getting power, so I don't think its the PSU. Damn thing won't turn on at all, no post, nothing, so it's no the HDD. I have two sticks of 512mb ram, so i switched between the two, still no dice. I'm fairly certain my CPU burnt up, so I ordered a replacement, but did I make the right call?
 
Did you bother to look at the CPU? Did it look or smell "Burnt up"? Don't jump to conclusions when it comes to spending your hard earned money.
 
Generally a bad CPU will still allow the machine to power on, you usually get one long beep.

The PSU could be putting out enough power to light an LED and power USB.

I've seen bad modems cause a system not to post. Best to do a full diag before making an assumption, if it were me I would start with the PSU.

As stated above, save your hard earned money and use some elbow grease. ;)
 
my 500watt PSU is very underutilised, as is my mobo. IS7-E's can do over 250mHz fsb, and i was running 140ish. the only thing that was really hurting when the comp crashed was the CPU. i was running a steady 100% load when it happened. my gut says CPU

EDIT: i haven't got any hardware to swap into the box, not even a PSU, so i'm going to have to make purchases to fix this anyway.
 
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