My computer is dead RIP

[tzobal]

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

I am sobing as I am typing..... what happened to my baby?????

Seriously now, I left my PC encoding a video and came back to find it still as a door nail. No, not frozen or hung but turned off...

As I have 'asked' the program to shut the PC down at the end of the work, I thought nothing of it. However, I did find it strange that the green indicator light by the power switch was on. I tried to turn the PC on but nothing happened.
OK, I thought to my self, Obviously my COP (CPU Overheating Protection) utility has decided my pressy had enough for one session and decided to shut the bugger down. So... I detached the power cable from the back, waited 10 minutes and tried again...... ten point for the genious guess! Nothing happened.

So where do I go next? The green light comes on but nothing else happens. No fans turning no noise nothing! Like a f***ing graveyard.

Now my question is:
I do not have spare parts that I can start planting in and out of the machine.
Is there any way to know or are there any tell-tales as to what bastarding component has let me and the PC comunity down? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks all for looking.

[sirchumpalot]

i know the problem.

Go out to a local comptuer store and buy a new power supply. My power supply did that a while ago, all I did was get a enw power supply and voila, my problem was fixed. When I turned on the comptuer with the bad power supply, it did nothing but let some green LED to light up on my mobo.

If i'm wrong, then make sure u can refund your power supply, but if your willing to spend the cash($35-40 Canadian) then check into buying a brand enw power supply.

[1badtech]

Originally Posted by sirchumpalot

i know the problem.

Go out to a local comptuer store and buy a new power supply. My power supply did that a while ago, all I did was get a enw power supply and voila, my problem was fixed. When I turned on the comptuer with the bad power supply, it did nothing but let some green LED to light up on my mobo.

If i'm wrong, then make sure u can refund your power supply, but if your willing to spend the cash($35-40 Canadian) then check into buying a brand enw power supply.

I concur. If you have a voltmeter, you can actually test to see if there's power coming out of your power supply.

[tzobal]

Hi guys

Many thanks for your, obviously, knowledgable replies.

The power supply is no probs for me as it is no more than £20 for a decent one.

However, is there a way to rule out a dead mobo or CPU? What could be the signs that it is the PSU and not the others?

Thanks again, I feel a bit better today....

Tzobal

[1badtech]

Originally Posted by tzobal

Hi guys

Many thanks for your, obviously, knowledgable replies.

The power supply is no probs for me as it is no more than £20 for a decent one.

However, is there a way to rule out a dead mobo or CPU? What could be the signs that it is the PSU and not the others?

Thanks again, I feel a bit better today....

Tzobal

Open up the computer. You should see a light on the MOBO. If the light isn't ON, it's the PS.

[big mac]

I had a similar prob. check the mobo to see if ya haven't actually burnt anything out whilst encoding. It took me ages to figure this out, afta having a four-eyed-spotty gimp tell me it was a boot sector virus and costing me on a new hard drive!
Anyways, if anything has burnt out it most likely related to the data bus. (look near the actual processor - between it and RAM) GUD LUCK!

[tzobal]

Ta big mac

Thank you all for your support in this dire hour.

I do appreciate.....

Will post back when I get to the bastarding bottom of this....
You know.... just for general knowledge and future prosper....

[tzobal]

Well... It was the power supply after all.
Dead as tombstone

Took it back, got a replacement.
I just pray that it did not take any prisoners with it

Wish me luck dear, I am going in.......

[tzobal]

I am not sure why I keep updating....

Hell, maybe someone is reading.

Well.... as someone alreday warned me, my PSU did not go to PC heaven quietly.... he took, at least, my mobo as well. So off I go back to the shop to replace my mobo as well.

As Madness said ".....oh what fun we had." (Baggy Trousers).

My, my, my.....

[tzobal]

Motherboard is dead (burned out!!!)

The shop will replace but not like for like. Original mobo discontinued.

Any comments on ASrock P4V88 and the Gigabyte Gigabyte 8S648FXP-RZ will be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks all.

[xb0xed]

I had exactly the same problem. I didn't get a new PSU at that time I gotta new motherboard and that enabled it to switch on but nothing came up on the monitor.

[X-Caliber]

i always recomend gigabyte. never have experienced a bad gigabyte mobo and i have taken many gigabyte boards to the limit with no problems....and heres a lil recomendation....i would invest in some sort of decent surge protector....if you want to try and prevent this fun lil fiasco from happening again