s.o.s dead pc

OK, please remember, this is a public internet board, anyone could tell you to do anything, remember, everything anyone says to you here, try at your own risk!


For me, I am telling you everything to the best of my knowledge.


Now, disconnect everything from the PSU, then re-short (switch on) the unit, and with your volt meter, test it.

Absolutely. If I tell you to do something and you follow it and your machine gets messed up, that's too bad. You asked for my opinion.

Anyway, reading this thread, I can't get away from the notion that you either

a) unplugged something, or worked it loose, or

b) used too much force and broke something.

Based on my own experiences of opening machines for many years now, my money is on a) as opposed to b). Are you sure all jumpers, etc are firmly fixed?

again sorry. ok i diconected everything but i kept it pluged into the motherboard when i short it all the fans start without hitting the power button on front of pc .does that mean anything?

yea all jumpers seem fine. like said it all worked before i pulled out the memory .went to put it back in and nothing

Ok, Unplug EVERYTHING, even the motherboard, the reason you got that result is because, the power button is connected to the motherboard, and the motherboard to the power supply... So yes that is how you turn it on.


Now that everything in unplugged, "Flip the switch" (Jump it out) and clip a wire their so it will stay on, now get your volt meter and test the leads to the MB and CD/HD/floppy drives if you are getting a wrong reading, then you have a bad PSU, if it tests out ok, then your MB might be bad...