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Power Supply Nightmare.

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ImNoGod

Limp Gawd
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Last night my brother was using the computer until about 1:00. He shut it down like
normal. This morning my computer would not boot. I would press the power button and
nothing would happen (no lights fans, nothing). I checked all the connections and made
sure the switch on the power supply wasn’t the issue. I checked everything, and
everything was the way it was supposed to be.

My only logical guess was that the power supply died.(Considering the power supply
came with the case I bought a full year ago). So I went out and had my old power supply
tested. The man who tested it said that half of it was not working. So i bought a new one.
I bought a 500 Watt Thermaltake (Way more power then my machine would ever need). I
hooked it all up and guess what.... The damn Computer is still not responding to a press
of the power button.

So now i’m clueless. Any ideas?
 
when a power supply goes it can take the hardware with it. Try unplugging everything but the motherboard connection and then try powering it up.
 
That sounds more like a bad motherboard.

Check to make sure that you aren't shorting out the board, and if it were properly mounted (not shorting out), then replace it.

I've had this happen to an old DFI Socket A board that died on me. The power supply was perfectly good, but the board itself had to be replaced.
 
I gutted everything except for the ram, cpu, power supply, and the power button cables. It does not work. Is there any way i can test just the mother board to see if shes working?
 
you can test just the motherboard but you would need spare cpu, ram to do so
 
Just for giggles, take the motherboard out of the case, and put it on an anti-static bag. Connect the power supply and the power connector, and see if it will power up at all. This will give us a better idea.
 
Unabomber said:
Just for giggles, take the motherboard out of the case, and put it on an anti-static bag. Connect the power supply and the power connector, and see if it will power up at all. This will give us a better idea.
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It might make someone giggle but not the owner!
Antistatic bags are mildy conductive so they disperse static over the surface of the bag.
A powered up device shouldnt be placed on or in an antistatic bag.
 
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