Computer won't boot

[villageidiot111]

My friend has a computer with a really odd problem. If he presses the power button, the light comes on for a second, then turns off. It then does not turn on. If he tries to turn it on again, nothing happens. If he turns off the power supply, then turns it on, the problem starts over. What could the problem possibly be? He has a Fortron 530 watt power supply.

 

[stevty2889]

Double check the connection to the motherbaord, to make sure the power switch is connected correctly.

 

[imported_Computer MAn]

Check for loose screws they could be shorting the board out maybe?

 

[Sonic587]

Can you please list the rest of the specs in detail?

 

[Sandor]

Sounds like there may be a short somewhere- make sure the power connections are all good, and that there's no screws, loose wires or anything like that. Something similar happened to me- it turned ou it was my sound card somehow went bad and was shorting my system (I found this out by removing every card and unplugging every drive so all that I has was the graphics card, CPU, and RAM. Then I added each piece back until I found the culprit).

Also, you might want to check to make sure the PSU isn't dead- you can do this by unplugging the power connector from the mobo, and then use a paper clip to insert in the pins on the connector (between the power pin and a gound pin). Here's a link that I found that has the basic info: LINK

Was your friend trying to overclock and went to high? If so, there should be a jumper on the mobo that would let you clear the CMOS back to default (that happened to me as well).