wWooDd,
Please post the make & model of these items; motherboard, cpu, psu, video card, ram.
is there any thing else I can do in the mean time?
Your failure sounds like a power supply issue.
Make sure the PSU's On switch is in the On position.
Make sure the electrical sockets you plug into will light a lamp.
If not, see if the circuit breaker supplying electricity to the wall sockets has tripped & needs resetting.
Meantime, in general, you might try process of elimination:
a)
GROUND yourself,
b) Strip everything out of the motherboard, including ram, cpu, gpu, any other add in cards. Set them aside on a non-conductive nonstatic surface, perhaps on wood or cardboard.
Check to make sure there are no stray screws or loose conductive items accidentally lodged underneath the motherboard, between its underside & the metal case. Maybe a stray standoff post or screw has been under there a long time & only now had a tiny movement into a short-out position due to heat expansion or a slight bump to the case.
c) Try turning on power to the bare motherboard.
Can you can hear any beeping sounds?
Audible beeps (the beep codes) indicate the mobo is getting power from the psu.
Doesn't mean "O.K.", but at least is an indication in that direction.
d) Next be sure the heatsink & fan are properly seated onto the cpu. Any tiny misalignment between them can cause boot failure due to cpu overheating emergency shutdown. I learned that one the hard way!
Then plug in the cpu AND the cooling fan to its header on the mobo & repeat power-on test.
If the fan runs & you can hear the beep codes, probably a different pattern of beeping this time, that again is a favorable indicator.
e) Next add
JUST ONE stick of RAM & repeat.
f) Now before you plug in your video card, try to boot into bios. If your motherboard has a hotkey to force loading of bios defaults while booting, do that. For example, if you have a DFI mobo try holding down the "Insert" key continuiously while booting. Other brands have different ways.
If you can boot into bios, go through all its settings and put every setting at the default value, save the defaults & exit bios.
g) Now add your video card & see if you can boot into your OS, e.g. Windows or Linux.
h) Once you succesfully boot, add your other sticks of RAM if any, & again try to reboot into the OS.
Remember that you're grounded all this time!
i) Run diagnostics.
Since you posted here you must have ability to download the diagnostics you like to use.
The main ones I find helpful are ITE SmartGuardian to monitor temperatures, Memtest86 for RAM, OCCT! 30 minute torture test for quick stability check, and SP2400 for 24 hours, which is same as Prime95 but with a user-friendly GUI.
Remember: Please post the make & model of the motherboard, cpu, psu, video card, ram.
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