Need Some Tech Help

[PhoenixKing]

Hey there fellow escapees . I was just playing the POE Beta Stress-test when suddenly my computer just shut down. It was working perfectly beforehand. There is no smoke or burning smell. It just shut down and refuses to boot backup. Could somebody help me please??

 

[Berithil]

This would probably be better in the advice sub forum....

Now that I got that out of my system, are there any lights on on the tower (assuming your on a normal desktop, as opposed to a laptop). If everythings dead, you should make sure everythings in order (make sure its plugged in, make sure your getting power from the outlet, make sure your power cord isn't dead, yada yada yada). As far as actual computer issues, it might be the motherboard (dead computer due to toast motherboard.... Happened to us before). Umm......

Well, quite honestly its kinda hard to diagnose the exact problem. With just "computer won't turn on" there could be various things wrong with it. The above were just off the top of my head.

 

[evilneko]

The power supply is the component most likely to fail in a computer. Does the power supply's fan come on? That'd be the fan closest to where the power cord plugs in, btw.

Note: this requires opening the computer. When working on a computer, try to keep a hand on a metal part of the case or the power supply, or at least touch it before sticking your hand inside the computer.

If not, bad sign (or good sign, actually, since this indicates a high probability it's the power supply that died, and power supplies are cheap and relatively easy to replace). Open up the computer and unplug all power connectors inside except the one going to the motherboard (that'd be the biggest one). If your hard drives are SATA (red cable) unplug the red SATA cables too. Try to power on again and see if anything happens.

If the power supply fan does come on, open up the computer and see if anything else is coming on. CPU fan going? How about the video card's fan? Case fans? Is anything making any noise, lighting up, or anything at all? Be sure not to touch anything while the computer is on.