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Possible PowerSupply Issue?

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JunkieJZ

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I started my day unlike every other: woke up and turned my computer on.... except it didn't turn on.

When I pressed the power button, the blue light on my case flashed as it would if it were running and then went black. No noise, no smoke, no nothing.
Just dead.

I tried unplugging the cord from the power-supply to the surge-protector for a few minutes and restarting the system; no dice.

I opened my case and the light on the Mobo indicating it's getting juice is not lit.
I'm at a loss for what the issue could be.

My system is in my sig and I've primed my computer for 48 hours at this mild OC. My power-supply is a 1000W Enermax (I'm at work and I'm not positive on the exact model.) It's a newish power-supply, I got it when I built the system in December/January of this year.

I'm thinking it's a power-supply problem, but I'm not positive. The system ran amazing last night before I powered down after a session of gaming.

I'm curious what others thoughts are, so please: any advice would be welcome.

Thank you.
 
Do you have another computer you can test the PSU with or another PSU you can test the rest of your machine with? If not, try jumping the PSU and see if it starts up: unplug the PSU from everything, take a metal paper clip, a piece of wire, or some other conductive object, use it to connect the green wire on the 24-pin ATX connector to one of the black wires, and turn on the switch on the back of the PSU (while the PSU is connected to the wall, of course). You can also connect a fan or an old HD to confirm whether or not the PSU is delivering power.
 
Unfortunately this is the only rig I have (outside of my work laptop) with not a lot of spare parts around to test with. I took it into my local Microcenter tonight; hopefully the damage isn't too bad, though I'm prepared for the worst.
 
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