Problem with my PC. Help, please.

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wormbaby

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One day while having my computer on, the power for the house went out. After the power came back, I proceed to turn on my computer.....nothing. All the fans are running, but nothing shows up on the screen. I tried it again. First all the fans started to run, then the DVD drive clicked as usual. Then the video card fan runs at full speed. That's it. I RMA my motherboard and video card already. Any clue guys? Please help. Been out of my desktop for two months now. I'm dying.

Martin
 
I think your power failure killed your power supply. Replace that and you should be golden.
 
I will second that. I've had that happen on two occasions. This is why spending $150 on a UPS has saved me a lot of heartache and stress. The $$$ was worth it to have 30 minutes of backup power to properly shut my system down if the power doesn't restore within 5 minutes.

I have serious power issues in my neighborhood.
 
Thanks for the reply guys. I'll try RMA my power supply. Guess I just have to invest in an UPS system.
 
Have you received the new MB and GPU yet????
I'd wait on the PSU until you get the new MB. If the fans power up, along with the HDD and DVD, there's more to it.
I'd say the MB was probably damaged by the surge, which you have already replaced by RMA.
 
Yep, I received my new motherboard and GPU last night. I thought for sure it's my GPU or motherboard, guess not. I'll borrow my friend's power supply to test.
 
well, I just borrowed my friend's power supply. Did the same thing. So I guess it's not my power supply. The only thing left to check is CPU, and Memory. Would a bad memory do this, where it wouldn't even post?
 
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