PC won't power up unless power strip master switch was switched off then on.

[mxnerd]

As title. My PC is acting funky twice in the last few hours.

If I turn off the PC, the PC won't power up anymore, it happened twice. I tried to unplug & replug the power cord on the power supply, turn off and on the power switch, and even unplug then replug the 24-pin ATX connector , I even waited several minutes, no use.

Then I guess flipping the power strip might help, and it did! It happened twice. Can anyone explain this? This is really weird.

Is it the power supply (Antec EPS 550) or the motherboard (Gigabyte GA-785GM-US2H), or the surge protected power strip?

 

[TemjinGold]

The cheapest way to find out is to try another strip...

 

[Sinanju]

The cheapest way to find out is to try another strip...

I would try this and then try just plugging the pc directly into a wall outlet for testing. This should rule out the mobo or psu

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

What kind of surge protector are you using and whats the current rating on it

 

[DJK Frank 16]

Sounds like a wonky surge strip to me. Plugging direct in wall should tell you. Or try a diff. surge protector. If it was something with the PC/PowerSupply/Mobo, you wouldn't thinking switching the surge protector would resolve it. But who knows...

 

[mxnerd]

The surge protector is Belkin.

I'll plug directly to the wall or find a different power strip/surge protector.

 

[zagood]

Try just unplugging/plugging the power cord from the PSU. If it still does the same thing, it's probably the motherboard. That's the only component I know of that resets itself when power is removed. Doesn't sound exactly like a RAM cold boot issue, nor something you would find on a PSU.

Clear CMOS, check to see if there's a BIOS update, etc.