PC Died while dusting

[Gorrillasnot]

I turned on my PC and it booted up fine. I noticed it had a little dust on the top and front panel, so I grabbed a nearby duster thingy(a handle with some kinda soft synthetic bristles on the end) and began dusting the top..no probs..then I start dusting the front of the case and the monitor goes dark and I'm thinking I must of hit the reset switch accidentally.
I pull the power cord then put it back in and hit the power button. The fans spin, but the monitor isn't getting any signal and I notice the HDD light is lit and one of my optical drives light is on.
I'm thinking I have a conflict so I begin unhooking things one by one to see what the prob is, but the monitor never gets a signal.
I have even went as far as removing the board from the case and only hooking up the PSU, 1 stick of RAM, and on board vid, but it still doesnt work. I have tried the clear CMOS jumper, and also removing and reinstalling the CMOS battery.

How could a duster kill a PC? What do you all think the problem is? Craptastic ECS board dirt napping after sudden restart? CPU went bad? RAM fried? any ideas?

specs are in sig

thanks

 

[corkyg]

Evidently your dust thingy was loaded with static electricity and you discharged it onto your front panel. Does your case/PSU have a circuit breaker?

 

[jdh2118]

that sounds like what happened to my computer, everything appears to be working, but no signal on my monitor, and i know for a fact the monitor works....best of luck to you man, if you get it fixed please let me know

 

[jdh2118]

that sounds like what happened to my computer, everything appears to be working, but no signal on my monitor, and i know for a fact the monitor works....best of luck to you man, if you get it fixed please let me know

 

[fachmannn]

While fartfatched the secound poster could be correct. That's the only possible reason I can think of, or possibly it's just coincidence that your PC may have lost PSU connection. The only possible solutions:

Swap Vcards
Swap PSU's or disconnect hardware until your only running bare basics.

If all else fails it could be a dead PCI-e slot.

 

[daveybrat]

Duster's can hold some nice electrostatic shock, not a good idea to use them on a computer while it's running. Most likely zapped the motherboard.

 

[Gorrillasnot]

Yea it's not a good idea to use a duster thingy on a running(or not) PC....It's on my ever increasing list of things to not do again.

I tried again this morning with a spare PSU and the board out of the case with only the bare essentials hooked up using the on board vid , but it still would not post.
I have a DFI Blood Iron on order so hopefully the rest of my parts will still work.

BTW I purchased the board in a combo deal at Fry's. Will they replace the board or would I need to RMA to ECS?

thanks

 

[robisbell]

you possibly shorted out the motherboard with that duster. I recomment next time using compressed air and a vacuum.