won't power up

emperorgrahf · 02-03-2007, 09:22 AM

A few days ago the power went out for about 30 minutes, when the power came back on, my computer doesn't seem to power back up. there is a small LED on my motherboard which stays on when the power supply is connected, if I turn off the witch on the power supply for about 10 seconds, the LED will go out, if I turn it back on at that point, the LED comes back on, and if I hit the power, the fans on the power supply and CPU fan will come on for a split second. my power supply has blue LEDs in it too and they come on for a split second at that point also. after that, it won't do anything but the motherboard LED stays lit just like it previously did. I'm hoping that someone may have seen a similar issue previously as there are a large number of things that could cause my computer not to power up.

dai · 02-03-2007, 10:21 AM

a power surge has probably damaged your power supply

emperorgrahf · 02-03-2007, 11:09 AM

that was what I suspected. hopefully that is all, I would hate it if my motherboard or my new video card

dai · 02-03-2007, 11:21 AM

it could have taken just about anything with it you will not know until you try another supply in it

02-03-2007, 09:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
emperorgrahf Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 4 OS: windows xp	won't power up A few days ago the power went out for about 30 minutes, when the power came back on, my computer doesn't seem to power back up. there is a small LED on my motherboard which stays on when the power supply is connected, if I turn off the witch on the power supply for about 10 seconds, the LED will go out, if I turn it back on at that point, the LED comes back on, and if I hit the power, the fans on the power supply and CPU fan will come on for a split second. my power supply has blue LEDs in it too and they come on for a split second at that point also. after that, it won't do anything but the motherboard LED stays lit just like it previously did. I'm hoping that someone may have seen a similar issue previously as there are a large number of things that could cause my computer not to power up.

02-03-2007, 10:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 44,296 OS: vista 32x ultimate retail	a power surge has probably damaged your power supply __________________

02-03-2007, 11:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 44,296 OS: vista 32x ultimate retail	it could have taken just about anything with it you will not know until you try another supply in it __________________

02-03-2007, 11:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
emperorgrahf Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 4 OS: windows xp	that was what I suspected. hopefully that is all, I would hate it if my motherboard or my new video card