Well, my computers dead...

[Weiser_Cain]

So anyway I moved to the new place a while back and things have been hectic ever since. One of the things I kept meaning to get around to was air conditioning. As it was, my router overheated every fifteen minutes. Two months go by and I finally got the air conditioner. I took it home and started assembling it, once I finished I realized I'd need to construct a shelf and a shield as every window in the palace opened and closed left to right instead of up and down, a critical detail I probably should have noted earlier.

So I draw up some plans for a shelf, etc and head down to the part of the house with air to make a few calls and to escape the heat. After arguing on the phone over a few pieces of wood I went back to my computer already pissed, only to find it mysteriously off.

I figure it crashed weird, though it's never really done this before, and hit the power switch, nothing. I hit it again, still nothing. I look through the window and the network lights are still blinking so I assume my power supply is fine. But the fans and hard drives aren

[Kaftan Barlast]

You can test if the PSU is working by connecting the green and black together in order to hotwire it into starting without being plugged into the motherboard. To check thats its feeding properly you need a voltmeter though...

[11XHooah]

I wish you luck

[Darth Flatus]

I hate when the PC is mysteriously off, good luck on your quest.

[WITHTEETH]

You've got a phantom menace! NOOOOO

[Weiser_Cain]

mysteriously dead is much worse I assure you, I'd look into why your pc shuts off randomly if I were you.

[Darth Barth]

It sounds like a power supply issue and that would be the easiest thing to test. If you dont have another system to swap with or dont have a friends you can borrow, get a 300w from Comp and use that to fire it up.

 

Also, unlplug everything except the cpu and fan, ram and video card. Use just what is needed to start computer up. If your modem, for example, died out it would cause a no post/no beep situation similar to what you are describing. If you still dont get post after that with a new or known good power supply, you've got the potentially bad parts narrowed down.

 

EDIT: Oh, and clear your cmos just in case.

[EnderAndrew]

If the room was really hot, it could simply be overheated.

 

Most motherboards have safety features that shut off the power automatically when it gets too hot, and it won't start again until it cools down.

 

You could also have a dead mobo.

[Reveilled]

♫My PC's Dead

 

I once had a PC,

but I didn't know how to use it,

and everywhere I'd go,

people would IM me, where I was?

 

I'd say "in an internet cafe,"

"Where is your PC?", they'd ask me,

So I tell them all, it's dead.

 

I'd say it's my graphics card,

Or that my hard drive's charred,

Or a little script kiddie broke into it, and formatted C:

 

I don't wanna talk about it,

But someone always asks about it,

So I tell them all, it's dead.

 

I guess there's a part of me,

embarrassed 'bout illiteracy,

or the fact that I can't write an email when I'm thirty-three

 

I don't wanna talk about it,

But someone always asks about it,

So I tell them all, it's dead.

 

My PC's dead you see,

It's a total lie but it's easier on me

Than having to admit I don't know how to turn it on.

 

My PC's dead you know,

Please change the subject or I am going to go

block your screenname and talk to someone else.

 

I don't wanna talk about it,

But someone always asks about it,

So I tell them all, it's dead.

 

I once had a PC,

but then one day I broke it,

and everywhere I'd go,

people would IM me, where I was?

 

I'd say "in an internet cafe,"

"Where is your PC?", they'd ask me,

So I tell them all, it's dead.

 

I don't wanna talk about it,

But someone always asks about it,

So I tell them all, it's dead.♪

 

:D