Motherboard/PSU issues

[cmmenke]

I was simply playing a game on my machine, then suddenly my machine froze, I hit the powers switch. The machine powered down, but never up again.

SOOOOO, I unplugged the PSU, plugged it back in, when i unplugged it, the motherboard light blank once. When i plugged it back in, and powered it on, it blank once also.

I unfastened the battery from the motherboard and the light on the motherboard turns solid(as long as the PSU is on) when i insert the battery, instantly turns off.

When i go to boot, I get nothing: no fans, no lights, no post of any kind. Literally no response at all.


I would take the assumption that this is the PSU, considering the PSU fan does not even spin, but I am no expert in this category.

Any help is always much appreciated.

Thanks

 

[cmmenke]

Under a bit more inspection, I took the machine apart, and plugged in the PSU stand alone, no fan, not any type of response.

 

[Motorheader]

Sounds like you are on the right road with that.

 

[cmmenke]

Another thing, I need to know that of my psu went out. Will that ruin my other parts.

 

[BoomerD]

First of all, DO NOT remove/reinstall the battery in the board while there is power to the board.

Next, your power supply will not start without a load. Try this:

http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=63991

It's entirely possible that if your power supply died, it may have taken other parts with it. What kind of power supply is it? (manufacturer and model number please)

 

[daveybrat]

First of all, DO NOT remove/reinstall the battery in the board while there is power to the board.

Next, your power supply will not start without a load. Try this:

http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=63991

It's entirely possible that if your power supply died, it may have taken other parts with it. What kind of power supply is it? (manufacturer and model number please)

Like Boomer asked, the make and model of the power supply is very important. Cheapie generic models have a high failure rate and would not surprise any of us if it died.

 

[cmmenke]

The model: Thermaltake, Purepower RX 12V2.2

 

[cmmenke]

RAM - G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9T-6GBNQ

SSD - OCZ Vertex Series OCZSSD2-1VTX60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Graphics card - MSI N460GTX CYCLONE 1GD5/OC GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

HD - SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Motherboard - ASUS M4A87TD/USB3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 AMD Motherboard

Processor - AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX

CD/DVD drive - SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223C - OEM

that is my current rig right now that the PSU was running on

 

[cmmenke]

CORSAIR:CMPSU-650TXV2

I was looking at buying that one, It's only sale for 79.99, didn't know if that looked good?

 

[BoomerD]

It's a very goo d power supply...but before you spend the money, make sure your Thermaltake (not great quality) unit is dead. The problem MAY be the PSU, or it MIGHT be something else.

 

[cmmenke]

Got that PSU, I linked. Plugged it in, Works great. THanks guys