Hello all,
I have stumbled upon the following problem and hopefully someone here can help me out.
My desktop (ATX) PC, all of a sudden, stopped turning on. I moved the PSU cable and heard a small spark which caused my apartment electricity to shut down, causing me to flick the general electric adapter switch in the apartment. The PC does not turn on; the PSU does not turn on, no fan and no beeps from motherboard.
My first guess was that the PSU was faulty and that there was even a possibility some components were fried. So I started testing.
1. I took the PSU, a Rosewill 600W 80 PLUS Gold certified PSU, to a PC shop and they tested it with some sort of jumper and it seemed to be ok, everything was in order. Just to make sure, I still tried a different PSU, but still, the PC did not turn on, nothing again, no fan, no beeps. So in conclusion, I figure the PSU isn’t the problem.
2. Motherboard: I thought my MSI H110M had fried, so I actually bought a replacement of the same model, but still nothing. I even tried the alternative PSU on the new motherboard. So in conclusion, I figure the motherboard is just fine (and I bought it for no reason).
3. Other components: I figure if it was CPU, the motherboard would beep (?) and maybe even a fan would turn on? Same for RAM. I removed the graphics card on all these tests.
Could the Front Panel be faulty? Any ideas? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
I have stumbled upon the following problem and hopefully someone here can help me out.
My desktop (ATX) PC, all of a sudden, stopped turning on. I moved the PSU cable and heard a small spark which caused my apartment electricity to shut down, causing me to flick the general electric adapter switch in the apartment. The PC does not turn on; the PSU does not turn on, no fan and no beeps from motherboard.
My first guess was that the PSU was faulty and that there was even a possibility some components were fried. So I started testing.
1. I took the PSU, a Rosewill 600W 80 PLUS Gold certified PSU, to a PC shop and they tested it with some sort of jumper and it seemed to be ok, everything was in order. Just to make sure, I still tried a different PSU, but still, the PC did not turn on, nothing again, no fan, no beeps. So in conclusion, I figure the PSU isn’t the problem.
2. Motherboard: I thought my MSI H110M had fried, so I actually bought a replacement of the same model, but still nothing. I even tried the alternative PSU on the new motherboard. So in conclusion, I figure the motherboard is just fine (and I bought it for no reason).
3. Other components: I figure if it was CPU, the motherboard would beep (?) and maybe even a fan would turn on? Same for RAM. I removed the graphics card on all these tests.
Could the Front Panel be faulty? Any ideas? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
