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HELP!!! new computer was running, now dead?

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gan911

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ok, i've gotten my computer set up and everything - winxp, blah blah.....
shut it off, left it there; went to work (we had a thunderstorm, but more on that later)
come home, trying to boot up computer....power not responding
I open it up and the mobo led power is not on, yet the keyboard connected to PS2 has green lights on...
any thing sounds fishy...tried replugging in all the power stuff, to no avail

thunderstorm....i left my laptop on, still works...phone charger still alive as well - might be death of PSU? but how does my keyboard light stay on then if there is no power going to mobo


thanks in advance,
btw i'm really freaked out
 
I also would suspect the power supply.
Unplug the supply from the motherboard and take a paperclip rebend it into a U shape and short the green lead to the black lead next to it and see if the supply truns on, dont leave it on for very long just long enough to see if the ps supply fan turns on, if it dont turn on the supply is bad. The leads can be found on the clip side of the plug toward the middle.

Bleep
 
which black lead?
i'm getting a small spark from a led fan still attached to it....
and i'm hooking my system to a friend's psu....hope its the psu
 
thats pretty odd seeing as how your computer was turned off during the thunderstorm. my guess would be the power supply as well.. good luck
 
well, i stuck my psu into my buddies computer (bout the same setup)....and nothing happens

the technique bleep described caused a LED fan to light up for a fraction of a second, then dies......so i'm guessing the psu is bleeping Fed....

well i'm hoping that this is within the 30 days that tigerdirect will return stuff.....i mean its a 80 dollar combo (chieftec dragon full tower + 'ultra' 580W psu)

its really not a cheap psu either

go figure
 
Originally posted by: gan911
well, i stuck my psu into my buddies computer (bout the same setup)....and nothing happens

the technique bleep described caused a LED fan to light up for a fraction of a second, then dies......so i'm guessing the psu is bleeping Fed....

well i'm hoping that this is within the 30 days that tigerdirect will return stuff.....i mean its a 80 dollar combo (chieftec dragon full tower + 'ultra' 580W psu)

its really not a cheap psu either

go figure
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Not really an expensive one either...80 for the whole thing is rather cheap I think. A "real" good PSU alone will cost more than that. See if you can return it though.
 
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