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mrtacoma

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Hi everyone. I hope you can help me with this.

The other day my screen went black. When I attempted to restart I got a beep, the motherboard splash screen would show for about one second then blackness.

I stuck in a fresh RAM stick hoping for a cheap fix but no such luck. I went ahead and bought a new motherboard, CPU and RAM. The new MB has onboard video so I attempted to start things up without my video card just in case and the exact same thing is happening! Beep, splash screen, darkness.

The only variables left are power supply and case (when it happened again I disconnected everything, HDD, DVD drive, still the same).

My guess is PSU but before I go spend even more money, does this sound like a faulty PSU to you guys? Everything spins and I get a prompt beep. The splash screen comes up then nothing.

This is so beyond weird!
 
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mrtacoma

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The old motherboard was in there for two years without a problem. I installed the new one the same way.
Just now I pulled the motherboard and tried to fire it up outside the case with only the keyboard and monitor hooked up. Same thing.

Unless the case did something irreversible to the MB the only thing left is the PSU (unless the keyboard or monitor is causing it but I'm not prepared to wrap my brain around that) I guess.

Has anyone heard of a faulty PSU causing symptoms like this though?
 
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mrtacoma

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OK, I bought a new PSU. Plugged it in to the MOBO outside the case and the same thing is happening. I'm at a loss here.
New PSU, RAM, MOBO and CPU. It's a new computer at this point and the same thing is happening. The only thing I can think of is something permanent happened to the new MOBO when it was in the case.

I'm guessing I'll try to RMA the MOBO and start again without putting it in the case at all to see if that's it. Does anyone one have any advice on this?

 
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