PC Stopped Turning On

[smalls102k7]

After a weekend away, I went to boot up my computer and the power blue light turned on but when nothing came on the screen I tried turning it off pressing the power button. It didn’t work. It only turned off after holding it down for 5 seconds. I tried resetting the memory/RAM but that didn’t help. Worried the SSD died, I plugged it into my other computer and it booted up (so I ruled that out as an issue… phew). I unplugged the other drives/ DVD player and tried only using 2 8GB RAM sticks instead of all 4, but did not help. Sometimes it would do nothing or now the power light initially turns on, but that’s it. All fans inside are not on either (I can’t recall if it was like that at the start), but I do know the power/ HD activity light isn’t even on (which was turning on originally). The speakers do crackle when I switch the power supply on/off and I do feel the fan of that on.

At this point, I think my issue is the power supply. From old emails, it looks like it crossed the 10 year mark. I wanted to check on your thoughts before I take a part the power supply in my other PC to check it. If there’s any other tests or issues I might be missing.

Thanks!

[veeg]

Hello

Give us the complete pc spec’s and complete psu spec’s.

@PeterOz @xrobwx71

[veeg]

Hello

Give us the complete pc spec’s and complete psu spec’s.

@PeterOz @xrobwx71

[smalls102k7]

Corsair CX430 430W 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
32 GB RAM
256 SSD
Intel(R) Core™ i5-4690K 3.5 GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150 (All Venom OC Certified)
MSI GUARD-PRO ATX w/GbLAN, 2 PCIe x16, 4 PCIe x1, 3 PCI, 1 x M.2, 6x SATA 6Gb/s (Extreme OC Certified)
Gigabyte GVN960WF2OC4GD Nvidia Geforce GTX 960 OC 4GB DDR5 PCI-E Video

Missing anything you need?

[smalls102k7]

Corsair CX430 430W 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
32 GB RAM
256 SSD
Intel(R) Core™ i5-4690K 3.5 GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150 (All Venom OC Certified)
MSI GUARD-PRO ATX w/GbLAN, 2 PCIe x16, 4 PCIe x1, 3 PCI, 1 x M.2, 6x SATA 6Gb/s (Extreme OC Certified)
Gigabyte GVN960WF2OC4GD Nvidia Geforce GTX 960 OC 4GB DDR5 PCI-E Video

Missing anything you need?

[PeterOz]

First thing to try is have 1 stick of ram only.
remove power cord, press on button a couple of times to discharge.
try clear RTC (Cmos).
If it boots
Enter bios and accept defaults.
[ATTACH type=“full”]15484[/ATTACH]

[PeterOz]

First thing to try is have 1 stick of ram only.
remove power cord, press on button a couple of times to discharge.
try clear RTC (Cmos).
If it boots
Enter bios and accept defaults.
[ATTACH type=“full”]15484[/ATTACH]

[phillpower2]

I wanted to check on your thoughts before I take a part the power supply in my other PC

Please be aware that there are no user replaceable parts in a PSU so a bad one should be disposed of in a responsible manner and any type of conclusive testing will need to be done by a suitably trained Tech who has the required testing equipment and the relevant knowledge as to how to use it.

The speakers do crackle when I switch the power supply on/off and I do feel the fan of that on.

Any crackle sounds are never good but given the problems that you are having it does not bode well I`m afraid.

Can I ask what you mean that you can feel the PSU fan on, you normally hear fans spinning up and if you don`t you place the back of your hand a couple of inches away from the air vents to see if you can feel any warm air being expelled.

[phillpower2]

I wanted to check on your thoughts before I take a part the power supply in my other PC

Please be aware that there are no user replaceable parts in a PSU so a bad one should be disposed of in a responsible manner and any type of conclusive testing will need to be done by a suitably trained Tech who has the required testing equipment and the relevant knowledge as to how to use it.

The speakers do crackle when I switch the power supply on/off and I do feel the fan of that on.

Any crackle sounds are never good but given the problems that you are having it does not bode well I`m afraid.

Can I ask what you mean that you can feel the PSU fan on, you normally hear fans spinning up and if you don`t you place the back of your hand a couple of inches away from the air vents to see if you can feel any warm air being expelled.

[smalls102k7]

Please be aware that there are no user replaceable parts in a PSU so a bad one should be disposed of in a responsible manner and any type of conclusive testing will need to be done by a suitably trained Tech who has the required testing equipment and the relevant knowledge as to how to use it.

I meant unplug everything in the working PC to take it out and put in the non-working PC to test it.

Any crackle sounds are never good but given the problems that you are having it does not bode well I`m afraid.

With my speaker setup, there has always been like a gasp of breathe that come from the speakers when I power the PC on or off.

Can I ask what you mean that you can feel the PSU fan on, you normally hear fans spinning up and if you don`t you place the back of your hand a couple of inches away from the air vents to see if you can feel any warm air being expelled.

Yes, I feel the fan of the PSU (mentioned that at the end of the original post).

[smalls102k7]

Please be aware that there are no user replaceable parts in a PSU so a bad one should be disposed of in a responsible manner and any type of conclusive testing will need to be done by a suitably trained Tech who has the required testing equipment and the relevant knowledge as to how to use it.

I meant unplug everything in the working PC to take it out and put in the non-working PC to test it.

Any crackle sounds are never good but given the problems that you are having it does not bode well I`m afraid.

With my speaker setup, there has always been like a gasp of breathe that come from the speakers when I power the PC on or off.

Can I ask what you mean that you can feel the PSU fan on, you normally hear fans spinning up and if you don`t you place the back of your hand a couple of inches away from the air vents to see if you can feel any warm air being expelled.

Yes, I feel the fan of the PSU (mentioned that at the end of the original post).

[smalls102k7]

Corsair CX430 430W 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
32 GB RAM
256 SSD
Intel(R) Core™ i5-4690K 3.5 GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150 (All Venom OC Certified)
MSI GUARD-PRO ATX w/GbLAN, 2 PCIe x16, 4 PCIe x1, 3 PCI, 1 x M.2, 6x SATA 6Gb/s (Extreme OC Certified)

The motherboard is Z97 (I missed adding that earlier)

Gigabyte GVN960WF2OC4GD Nvidia Geforce GTX 960 OC 4GB DDR5 PCI-E Video

Missing anything you need?

[smalls102k7]

Corsair CX430 430W 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
32 GB RAM
256 SSD
Intel(R) Core™ i5-4690K 3.5 GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150 (All Venom OC Certified)
MSI GUARD-PRO ATX w/GbLAN, 2 PCIe x16, 4 PCIe x1, 3 PCI, 1 x M.2, 6x SATA 6Gb/s (Extreme OC Certified)

The motherboard is Z97 (I missed adding that earlier)

Gigabyte GVN960WF2OC4GD Nvidia Geforce GTX 960 OC 4GB DDR5 PCI-E Video

Missing anything you need?

[smalls102k7]

First thing to try is have 1 stick of ram only.

I tried each stick with only 1 in at a time.

remove power cord, press on button a couple of times to discharge.

✅

try clear RTC (Cmos).

I took out the battery and put it back in.

If it boots
Enter bios and accept defaults.
[ATTACH type=“full” alt=“E7923 RTC.webp”]15484[/ATTACH]

I see the two pins, but nothing is on them.

So after doing that all, still nothing turning on at all (at this point). The speakers did make the breathe/crackle noise the first time I switched the PSU power supply on, but only that one time.

[smalls102k7]

First thing to try is have 1 stick of ram only.

I tried each stick with only 1 in at a time.

remove power cord, press on button a couple of times to discharge.

✅

try clear RTC (Cmos).

I took out the battery and put it back in.

If it boots
Enter bios and accept defaults.
[ATTACH type=“full” alt=“E7923 RTC.webp”]15484[/ATTACH]

I see the two pins, but nothing is on them.

So after doing that all, still nothing turning on at all (at this point). The speakers did make the breathe/crackle noise the first time I switched the PSU power supply on, but only that one time.