Motherboard Fried? or PS?

[jraddatz]

I put together a new mid-range PC about 9 days ago. Here are the specs:

Retail Athlon 64 x2 3600+ Brisbane
OEM Biostar Tforce 550 AM2 MB
EVGA-P2-N550 - Geforce 7600GT
Buffalo Select 1GB DDR2 667 Ram
Raidmax ATX528BP Mid Tower Case w/ 380W Power Supply

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I was playing WoW yesterday, and the sound start skipping, then the game froze. I went to do a restart via the restart button, and the PC wouldnt boot back up. It does not post (no beeps) but the MB is getting some power, fans turn on, CDROM kicks on, but thats about it. Does this sound more like a fried MB or PS? I hope the PS since I bought that from a nearby fry's.

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[Puffnstuff]

Yes it sounds like your cheap ps gave out on you while under stress. You'll be lucky if replacing it is all it takes you get you back up and running. Many times when a ps lets go a voltage spike is released affecting everything that was hooked up to it. This is why so many people preach the don't skimp on the ps here and at every pc forum. I learned this a long time ago which is why all of my pc's have high dollar enermax ps's in them.

 

[jraddatz]

.... So if getting a new PS doesn't fix my problem, can I RMA everything I bought?

What recourse do I have it it destroyed my other components?

 

[Puffnstuff]

Well you could apply for an rma and just tell them that it quit working. While you're at it you really should consider buying a battery backup with line voltage regulation to keep a clean voltage supply to the ps.

 

[jraddatz]

can you recommend a good battery backup from newegg?

 

[jraddatz]

Update:

I think the Mb just went out. The PS still working in my other PC. So i picked up a new MB and with all the same parts, my PC is back up and running.

Biostar OEM that lasted 14 days or so...