I normally leave my PC on for weeks at a time. It's perfectly cooled, and has never had any problems before. However I left it on for a weekend a little while back while it was copying a large chunk of files (about 9 gigs) to another PC over a network. It doesn't look like it finished copying the files, so I assume it died during the transfer.
I came home to find it off. The power button did nothing at first it seems. I removed the case, and found when I apply fresh power (remove all power to the system, turn off the Power Supply, and then replug it back in turn it on and press the power button) it seems to give the CPU fan a little jolt as it twitces. Just enough to move but not enough to move to the next locking position.
My assumption was my power supply maybe died or something damaged it so it's too weak to run the system, I tested the system with only the board and power supply and still same results. I put a brand new 520W power supply onto the board and the powersupply (which has LED's) lit up and died after a split second, just like the CPU fan does.
What can I test next? I figure my motherboard died, but is there anyway to check and make sure that's the only thing before I go dish out the money for a new board? I figure if it's the board and chip I might as well upgrade the system.
I'm currently running an ECS mobo (P4S5A/DX) with a P4 2.2ghz chip. The originaly power supply was a 300W, the new one I'm testing with is a 520W.
Thanks =)
I came home to find it off. The power button did nothing at first it seems. I removed the case, and found when I apply fresh power (remove all power to the system, turn off the Power Supply, and then replug it back in turn it on and press the power button) it seems to give the CPU fan a little jolt as it twitces. Just enough to move but not enough to move to the next locking position.
My assumption was my power supply maybe died or something damaged it so it's too weak to run the system, I tested the system with only the board and power supply and still same results. I put a brand new 520W power supply onto the board and the powersupply (which has LED's) lit up and died after a split second, just like the CPU fan does.
What can I test next? I figure my motherboard died, but is there anyway to check and make sure that's the only thing before I go dish out the money for a new board? I figure if it's the board and chip I might as well upgrade the system.
I'm currently running an ECS mobo (P4S5A/DX) with a P4 2.2ghz chip. The originaly power supply was a 300W, the new one I'm testing with is a 520W.
Thanks =)