So my pc died after a bad storm yesterday. I opened it up and took a whiff and nothing smelled fried so i'm trying to figure out exactly what I need to replace. This is what is happening:
When I first got home from work I pushed the power button to boot up my computer. All that happened was the fans started spinning and the LED lights on the case turned on... and that's it. Nothing showed on the screen at all. I had to manually pull the plug in order to shut it off.
I let the computer rest for an hour or so and gave it another try. This time the fans started spinning again and I noticed the USB devices as well as the CD drives powered up as they normally did and the motherboard did its initial beep. I saw the ASUS splash on my monitor and that was it. All the fans stayed spinning and the USB devices stayed with their power, but nothing else happened at that point. I decided to unplug the computer completely and just let it rest over night.
This morning I tried again and I was able to get as far as getting into the bios. I noticed when I was getting into the bios that the motherboard recognized the correct amount of RAM and my CPU. I got into the bios and literally maybe 10 seconds in the bios, the computer pooped out again. Everything stayed on inside the computer, but the monitor wasn't showing anything.
My assumption is that it's a power supply issue and that it's just not giving out enough juice to boot up completely. What do you guys think?
edit: yes, I do have it connected to a power surge protector, but it obviously failed at doing its job.
When I first got home from work I pushed the power button to boot up my computer. All that happened was the fans started spinning and the LED lights on the case turned on... and that's it. Nothing showed on the screen at all. I had to manually pull the plug in order to shut it off.
I let the computer rest for an hour or so and gave it another try. This time the fans started spinning again and I noticed the USB devices as well as the CD drives powered up as they normally did and the motherboard did its initial beep. I saw the ASUS splash on my monitor and that was it. All the fans stayed spinning and the USB devices stayed with their power, but nothing else happened at that point. I decided to unplug the computer completely and just let it rest over night.
This morning I tried again and I was able to get as far as getting into the bios. I noticed when I was getting into the bios that the motherboard recognized the correct amount of RAM and my CPU. I got into the bios and literally maybe 10 seconds in the bios, the computer pooped out again. Everything stayed on inside the computer, but the monitor wasn't showing anything.
My assumption is that it's a power supply issue and that it's just not giving out enough juice to boot up completely. What do you guys think?
edit: yes, I do have it connected to a power surge protector, but it obviously failed at doing its job.