Hi all,
We recently had some electrical problems at my place (breakers shutting off for no reason) and i decided to use an extension (plugged in a safe outlet) to power my powerbar, in which my computer is plugged in.
Now here's what happened : The power bar was switched OFF, monitor, speakers and computer plugged in with all their switches set to 'I'. I plug the power bar in the extension, and I hear a crackling noise followed by a faint burnt stuff scent. I'm like ... ok, the power bar isn't even switched on, so i switch it on. Monitor and speakers power up correctly, so i press the panel power button on my comp to start it.
Fans start to spin, red HDD LED stays lit, but not the blue power LED, and computer self shuts-down after 1-2 minutes. NO beeping sign. NO signal on the screen.
I'm like .. ok, I fried the PSU, so i take the PSU off from my other PC and plug it in. Same symptoms : HDD let stays lit, fans spins, no signal, no beeps, and it shuts down after 1-2 mins.
So i take my investigation further ... I unplug everything except the 24-pin ATX and the 4-pin CPU power plug. Same thing .. no beep, red HDD led lit up (less intensity, but still lights up) and comp shuts down after 1-2 minutes of nothingness.
SO i kind of narrowed it down to Mobo/CPU .... but which one is it? I dont have extra hardware to test and i dont have any money to buy some just to test.
Any guesses?
Thanx!
Mandor
We recently had some electrical problems at my place (breakers shutting off for no reason) and i decided to use an extension (plugged in a safe outlet) to power my powerbar, in which my computer is plugged in.
Now here's what happened : The power bar was switched OFF, monitor, speakers and computer plugged in with all their switches set to 'I'. I plug the power bar in the extension, and I hear a crackling noise followed by a faint burnt stuff scent. I'm like ... ok, the power bar isn't even switched on, so i switch it on. Monitor and speakers power up correctly, so i press the panel power button on my comp to start it.
Fans start to spin, red HDD LED stays lit, but not the blue power LED, and computer self shuts-down after 1-2 minutes. NO beeping sign. NO signal on the screen.
I'm like .. ok, I fried the PSU, so i take the PSU off from my other PC and plug it in. Same symptoms : HDD let stays lit, fans spins, no signal, no beeps, and it shuts down after 1-2 mins.
So i take my investigation further ... I unplug everything except the 24-pin ATX and the 4-pin CPU power plug. Same thing .. no beep, red HDD led lit up (less intensity, but still lights up) and comp shuts down after 1-2 minutes of nothingness.
SO i kind of narrowed it down to Mobo/CPU .... but which one is it? I dont have extra hardware to test and i dont have any money to buy some just to test.
Any guesses?
Thanx!
Mandor