- Jul 13, 2013
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I asked a question last week about a power supply, as my system froze out of the blue and then would no longer power on. I ordered a new one and installed it today. It made no difference, so the mystery isn't solved yet.
The current state of my system, as I said, is DOA. The power supply is brand new, and I know that current's getting through to the motherboard since the green light on the board lights up when I turn the power supply on. However, nothing else starts up; the fan on the power supply doesn't start, other fans don't start that have been plugged in, etc.
I'd like some guidance before I tear everything out of the case and start systematically start testing components. Was I shipped a dead power supply? Has my motherboard bit the dust?
Any help would be appreciated!
UPDATE:
It froze up when I was loading World of Warcraft, which I've done a thousand times before, so nothing too out of the ordinary. It was on the loading screen between zones and it locked up, so probably some hard drive access.
Doing something like removing memory to see if it beeps is irrelevant, as nothing is even turning on (fans, etc.) to even get the machine to that state. The PSU fans doesn't start, none of the internal fans start, etc. This is with both PSUs, old and new.
Specs (not sure on the CPU, as I inherited the machine a while back):
Graphics Card:
x1 EVGA GeForce 550 Ti
Motherboard:
ASUS M3N72-D
Power Supply:
NZXT PP-600 (Replacement: XFX 550W P1-550S-XXB9)
Memory
x4 Corsair CM2X2048-8500C5D DDR2 SDRAM (8GB)
Sound:
On-Board
Storage:
x2 SATA HD (Hitachi, WD)
x1 DVD
x1 Card Reader
The current state of my system, as I said, is DOA. The power supply is brand new, and I know that current's getting through to the motherboard since the green light on the board lights up when I turn the power supply on. However, nothing else starts up; the fan on the power supply doesn't start, other fans don't start that have been plugged in, etc.
I'd like some guidance before I tear everything out of the case and start systematically start testing components. Was I shipped a dead power supply? Has my motherboard bit the dust?
Any help would be appreciated!
UPDATE:
It froze up when I was loading World of Warcraft, which I've done a thousand times before, so nothing too out of the ordinary. It was on the loading screen between zones and it locked up, so probably some hard drive access.
Doing something like removing memory to see if it beeps is irrelevant, as nothing is even turning on (fans, etc.) to even get the machine to that state. The PSU fans doesn't start, none of the internal fans start, etc. This is with both PSUs, old and new.
Specs (not sure on the CPU, as I inherited the machine a while back):
Graphics Card:
x1 EVGA GeForce 550 Ti
Motherboard:
ASUS M3N72-D
Power Supply:
NZXT PP-600 (Replacement: XFX 550W P1-550S-XXB9)
Memory
x4 Corsair CM2X2048-8500C5D DDR2 SDRAM (8GB)
Sound:
On-Board
Storage:
x2 SATA HD (Hitachi, WD)
x1 DVD
x1 Card Reader
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