Computer Died -- What happened

[JJordan]

I am running a P3 700 on an ASUS CUSL2-C MB. Everything has run GREAT for a year. I opened the case, removed the CDRW drive and now there is NO POWER OF ANY KIND. I have checked all the plugs (power supply on teh back, into the wall, power supply to the MB, All are in and tight, but it is DEADER THAN DEAD. It was running. Turned it off, removed CDRW -- no power to anything to turn it back on. Help -- what am I missing -- this has to be easy. It could not have really died just becuase I took its CDRW !

 

[cmdrdredd]

PSU may be dead...get a new one

 

[JJordan]

Now I am really dumbfounded. I have power to the MB. When you turn it on, the Processor fan starts running, fan on teh video card runs, light on HD is light, but NOTHING HAPPENS. HD is not spinning, video is non existent, no beep codes. I can remove video card and no Beeps. Fans running, power to HD, but nothing works AT ALL -- floppy does not seem to have power.

Does NERO casue any probelms if you remove the CDRW before uninstalling it ?

 

[AdamK47]

Could be that something got grounded by accident. Metal touching metal. If you have the time, try taking everything apart and start to put it back together. You can also try to run the power supply by itsself. For an ATX PS you need to ground one of the wires so it will turn on without the motherboard.

 

[RustyNale]

A friends comp has pretty much the same problem...they turned it off and it refused to boot up the next day. Turns out the mobo went south. I double checked everything--different cpu, ram, video, psu, tried the mobo outside of the case with just the cpu and ram ( and with different known good cpu and ram) and still no go. Sorry, not trying to wish the worst on you, just be prepared that you may need to replace the mobo...

 

[ToddlerTN]

If the CDRW was on the same IDE cable as the hard drive, you might have a conflict with the master/slave settings. It would be ususual for the CDRW to be set as master and the hard drive as slave, but it is possible. In that scenario, you would get exactly what you're describing. Make sure the hard drive is set to master.

Also try disconnecting the IDE from the hard drive completely and booting with a floppy. If you can post and boot to the floppy, you at least know your system board is ok. Then you've isolated the problem and you know in some way it is related to the hard drive (the physical drive itself, or the master/slave settings, the IDE cable, motherboard IDE auto-detect, etc.). Good luck.

 

[sep]

_reset cards/cpu/memory
_check for grounding
_ide cable not connected all the way
_remove hd
_by pass surge protector or ups
_make sure no power plugs our grounding

Good Luck!

No, nero would not of caused this.

 

[Ness]

It's slightly possible that a cheap PSU would have bad power problems when certain things are/aren't connected. I don't know the cause, but it's happened to me before. I just took the PSU out, disconnected all the wires, and then put it back in, being careful of where everything is going. Like I said, I don't know why, but it fixed my problem. You might wanna give it a try, see if it helps at all.