Power Outage -> No Boot

[SexyK]

Hey all -- we had a power outage in my neighborhood yesterday and when the juice came back on, my main machine would no longer boot up. Fans spin up for 1/10 of a second, then nothing. Can't even get close to POST. I'm thinking maybe the power supply got blown, but I'm open to any other ideas you may have. Thanks for the help.

 

[Spikesoldier]

take the power cord out and plug it back in

if that fails unplug the atx connector and put it back in

 

[CheesePoofs]

Do you have a surge protector?

If you don't, your PS could have gotten fried from that power outage. Try another one if you have it.

 

[fell8]

Yeah, it sounds like the PS. Pray that it is 'cause the next most likely candidate is the motherboard.

 

[footbal07]

you know ive been telling myself for a while that i am goina get a ups next time i get some spair cash, but every time i end up buying a harddrive or something like that. its odd how that works. fortunately, i havent had any problems yet and while i do use a surge protector, i highly doubt the effectiveness of it. usually i just unplug my system when it storms, but back to the topic. try a spair psu if u can or pick up a new one, and if you are still having problems consider rmaing the mobo. look on the bright side, now you have an excuse to upgrade your system.

 

[compusaguy]

Originally posted by: SexyK
Hey all -- we had a power outage in my neighborhood yesterday and when the juice came back on, my main machine would no longer boot up. Fans spin up for 1/10 of a second, then nothing. Can't even get close to POST. I'm thinking maybe the power supply got blown, but I'm open to any other ideas you may have. Thanks for the help.

*Evil laugh*