Power button not responding on PC.

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Chadwick

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Hello all.

After a move of despair I just got into my new home. Very old house by the way. Well I get my desktop PC all hooked up (The one in my sig) and it's not posting or going through the bios at all. So I wait a few minutes... nothing. I go ahead and hold down the power switch in which to my surprise, nothing happens. I then go ahead and flip the switch on the back of PSU to kill her down. I wait a little while and flip the switch on, then press the power button again... nothing except an orange LED on my mobo. I'm pretty stumped now and was hoping the [H] community may be able to give me some input. I did baby my desktop by the way, it sat in the front seat. :p

Things I've tried:
I've made sure the physical switch is making contact, in which case it is.
I've made sure the wiring is attached properly.
I've tried tapping a button located next to where the wiring on my mobo connects from the power button. It's titled "Power 1" in which a button below it is titled "Power 2" I was assuming those would work in the event that one of the cables went bad.

Things I've noticed:
The lights were apparently dimming and then going bright as I was originally trying to power on my PC according to my girlfriend.
There seems to be a small amount of "goo" inside the PSU, although it looks as though it had been there for quite awhile as it was hard. The "goo" was kind of a pale brown.
The only form of life the PC has is an orange LED when the PSU is on.

P.S. It was hooked up to an older Belkin Surgemaster and the PC is about 2-3 years old.

Thank you for your time, hopefully the wall of text wasn't horrible.
 
Thank you Criccio! I'll have to print that page out for when I get home. At the mom's using her internet for now! :D
 
The Ultra-D boards were pretty finicky and picky about PSUs. Do you have another one layin around that you could try? Yes, my Ultra-D even hated my HX620. :( I had to use an Earthwatts to get it to power on every time. :p Its previous PSU was the notorious SP2.0 500W, which worked well until I moved to a place without AC during the summer, lol.
 
Thanks for the reply Enginurd! I'm glad your still around man, you helped me out back in the day! :D

I jumped my PSU last night using the method Criccio forwarded to me and it booted up and spun, but I'm not sure if something is still wrong as the PC wouldn't fire back up when I hooked the PSU back in.

I'm going to pick up a cheapo Rocketfish PSU from Best Buy right now. I'm using their internet right now, lol.

If that doesn't work time to try the CMOS reset? Otherwise I was thinking the power_sw shorted out?

Bah. :mad:
 
Use the onboard switch. Also, try contacting Corsair and see if they have any ideas for you. Out of the 6 PSUs I tried on that board, only 2 worked well (SP2.0 500W + EA500), 2 intermittently (HX620, VX550), and 2 not at all (TR2 430W, GXS 700W). :p Oh, my XClio Goodpower also worked fine on that board before I sold it.
 
Sorry for the nooby question, but onboard switch? Are you referring to the CMOS or the onboard power switch?

Thanks
 
power... don't think it had a cmos switch, did it? sold my ultra D already. :(
 
New update! CMOS battery is out in hope of the that being corrupted? But bah I'm lost. :confused:

Hah anywho. I learned today by my landlord that my room is only using a 15 AMP fuse in the circuit breaker. Is it possible that may be where the issue arose?

Thank you
 
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