Hey All,
I'm new to the forums so I thought I'd start off with this little situation I'm having. My desktop (self built within the last year) suddenly just stopped working about 2 months ago. One day it was fine and the next absolutely nothing happened when I hit the power button. Having gone through this type of situation before I knew that troubleshooting it would take forever and just have been way to busy in the past 2 months to devote sufficient time to it and have been using my laptop ever since. Today I got bored, however, and decided to figure out what was wrong with the desktop. Here's what I've discovered thus far:
-Power supply seems fine...I hooked it up to another self-built barebones and it started everything up
-Power LED on mobo (Asus p4p800 SE) lights up when I plug the PSU into the wall so there is at least some connection between the PSU and the mobo
-The power switch from the front panel of the case seems to work fine b/c I plugged it into the mobo of the other computer that I tested the power on and it powered that one up perfectly
-After close inspection I don't see any shorts anywhere that would indicate burnout
-Haven't ever moved cpu...so it shouldn't be the cause...and even without one the fans connected to the mobo should at least start when i turn the computer on
Basically, I hit the power button and there is absolutely no response whatsoever...not even an attempt at powerup...its as if the power button is not even connected to the mobo (even though it obviously is)
Does anyone have any ideas as to what this might be? I've considered simply replacing the mobo, but its less than a year old and I don't recall anything happening that would indicate it having been damaged and dropping another $150 on a mobo if this one is fine just seems like a waste. Plus I like to understand why things happen and this has just completely stumped me. Let me know if you need any other information and I'll gladly provide it.
Thanks in advance for any help!
David
I'm new to the forums so I thought I'd start off with this little situation I'm having. My desktop (self built within the last year) suddenly just stopped working about 2 months ago. One day it was fine and the next absolutely nothing happened when I hit the power button. Having gone through this type of situation before I knew that troubleshooting it would take forever and just have been way to busy in the past 2 months to devote sufficient time to it and have been using my laptop ever since. Today I got bored, however, and decided to figure out what was wrong with the desktop. Here's what I've discovered thus far:
-Power supply seems fine...I hooked it up to another self-built barebones and it started everything up
-Power LED on mobo (Asus p4p800 SE) lights up when I plug the PSU into the wall so there is at least some connection between the PSU and the mobo
-The power switch from the front panel of the case seems to work fine b/c I plugged it into the mobo of the other computer that I tested the power on and it powered that one up perfectly
-After close inspection I don't see any shorts anywhere that would indicate burnout
-Haven't ever moved cpu...so it shouldn't be the cause...and even without one the fans connected to the mobo should at least start when i turn the computer on
Basically, I hit the power button and there is absolutely no response whatsoever...not even an attempt at powerup...its as if the power button is not even connected to the mobo (even though it obviously is)
Does anyone have any ideas as to what this might be? I've considered simply replacing the mobo, but its less than a year old and I don't recall anything happening that would indicate it having been damaged and dropping another $150 on a mobo if this one is fine just seems like a waste. Plus I like to understand why things happen and this has just completely stumped me. Let me know if you need any other information and I'll gladly provide it.
Thanks in advance for any help!
David