I built a new PC less than a week ago and everything ran great. However, the night before last, I found that it had shut down on its own in the middle of the night, and I couldn't turn it on. I flipped of the power switch to let it reset and went back to bed, and by morning it worked fine again.
Today, I returned from work to find it in a similar state, only this time I can't revive it. I press the power button and I get nothing. No fans, no hard drive, nothing gets power at all. What the hell is going on?
For reference, my system is:
ASUS 790gx AMD AM3 MB
AMD Phenom II 955 black edition
ATI HD 5850 GPU
4GB ram
OCZ StealthXStream 600W PSU
I think that it's gotta be that the PSU is dead, since absolutely nothing turns on. But since I have no way of testing that at the moment, any other thoughts would be appreciated.
Check that the little cable from the power button to the mother board isn't faulty. If you need to bypass that, just use a small bit of wire to connect the 2 pins as this is just doing what the switch would normally do when pressed (unless for some reason there's more than 2 pins for that cable, in which case don't try that for the sake of not knowing the consequences at this current moment).
good thought... but alas, no dice, the power button is fine.
I'm gonna guess you don't have another power supply to test with?
[QUOTE=drummerundrcovr;22812572]I'm gonna guess you don't have another power supply to test with?[/QUOTE]
no, sadly
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Manually ground PWR_ON and see if the PSU turns on.
^was thinking of that.
[QUOTE=B1N4RY!;22812906][IMG]http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/6133/20pin24pinconnectoroe2.jpg[/IMG]
Manually ground PWR_ON and see if the PSU turns on.[/QUOTE]
OK, I'm a tad new to manually troubleshooting like this, how would I go about this? just connect that socket in the PSU plug to a ground?
no
Do you see the green pin where it says PWR ON?
Connect that to a GND pin. If the PSU is working, it should power on the moment you bridge them together.
[QUOTE=B1N4RY!;22813160]no
Do you see the green pin where it says PWR ON?
Connect that to a GND pin. If the PSU is working, it should power on the moment you bridge them together.[/QUOTE]
actually, that was what I was asking if I should do, but I figured "pin" might not be the right word, as it more resembles a socket.
anyway, I tried it, and got no joy. I assume this means the PSU is a total loss?
Yes, PSU is dead.
I presumed so, but at least now I know I've got the ok for returning it. But now I've got to wait for a week and a half for a new one...
anyway, thanks for the help guys!
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