[SOLVED] Comp Wont turn on

Waffler · 01-07-2008, 09:07 PM

I had just finished installing my new Sound card: Creative Labs Soundblaster Live! And I was not hearing any sound out of it. So I went to download the drivers, changed my mind because the McAfee Site Advisor was blinking red and I thought well I can just disable my onboard. I disabled my onboard and it said hardware changes have been done, restart. So As I went to restart I heard the XP shut down jingle and was like wheee! So as it was restarting, the screen showed XP loading then it just turned off. BlooP! just like that...off. Since that moment nothing turns on...nothing. No fans no power nothing. Is it a virus form the driver site, the PSU randomly died, or a surge fried everything, or what? Please I beg someone to give me an answer.

**mattlock** · 01-07-2008, 09:58 PM

Hello and Welcome to TSF.

It's not a virus. It sounds as if the PSU died, since you get no signs of life.

Please post your PC Make and Model or ,if a custom build, full system specs as outlined here stickies

Do you access to another PSU to try? Are there any lights on the motherboard?

alupis · 01-07-2008, 11:17 PM

have you tried the simplest thing of all? take the sound card out, and then try re-booting... sometimes we install bad components and they bring the rest of the system down.

Waffler · 01-08-2008, 09:19 PM

Ha thanks guys but I found out today that it was my power cord! It went bad!!! So i changed it and everything is good now thank you anyway :D

**mattlock** · 01-08-2008, 09:36 PM

Thanks for the update.
Glad to here the problem is solved and it was a cheap easy fix.

alupis · 01-08-2008, 10:52 PM

nice! ;P happy u fixed it!

01-07-2008, 09:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
Waffler Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	[SOLVED] Comp Wont turn on I had just finished installing my new Sound card: Creative Labs Soundblaster Live! And I was not hearing any sound out of it. So I went to download the drivers, changed my mind because the McAfee Site Advisor was blinking red and I thought well I can just disable my onboard. I disabled my onboard and it said hardware changes have been done, restart. So As I went to restart I heard the XP shut down jingle and was like wheee! So as it was restarting, the screen showed XP loading then it just turned off. BlooP! just like that...off. Since that moment nothing turns on...nothing. No fans no power nothing. Is it a virus form the driver site, the PSU randomly died, or a surge fried everything, or what? Please I beg someone to give me an answer.

01-07-2008, 09:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
mattlock moderator hardware team Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 3,822 OS: XP SP2, Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon My System	Re: Comp Wont turn on Hello and Welcome to TSF. It's not a virus. It sounds as if the PSU died, since you get no signs of life. Please post your PC Make and Model or ,if a custom build, full system specs as outlined here stickies Do you access to another PSU to try? Are there any lights on the motherboard? __________________ Matt Everest-Thermal Paste Instruction-Power Supply Info-Sensorview PSU Calculator-Speedfan-Bench Test Help TSF Fight Disease. It's Free!

01-07-2008, 11:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
alupis Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: CA, USA Posts: 76 OS: XP Pro, Server 2003, Vista	Re: Comp Wont turn on have you tried the simplest thing of all? take the sound card out, and then try re-booting... sometimes we install bad components and they bring the rest of the system down.

01-08-2008, 09:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
Waffler Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: Comp Wont turn on Ha thanks guys but I found out today that it was my power cord! It went bad!!! So i changed it and everything is good now thank you anyway :D

01-08-2008, 09:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
mattlock moderator hardware team Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 3,822 OS: XP SP2, Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon My System	Re: Comp Wont turn on Thanks for the update. Glad to here the problem is solved and it was a cheap easy fix. __________________ Matt Everest-Thermal Paste Instruction-Power Supply Info-Sensorview PSU Calculator-Speedfan-Bench Test Help TSF Fight Disease. It's Free!

01-08-2008, 10:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
alupis Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: CA, USA Posts: 76 OS: XP Pro, Server 2003, Vista	Re: [SOLVED] Comp Wont turn on nice! ;P happy u fixed it!