Did I screw up my computer?

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brent21799

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Yesterday I built my first PC, my parts are Asus OC 760, 5-4670k, Asus c/csm, Cooler Master Evo, 8gb Aegis RAM, and Thermaltake Smart Bronze 650w PSU. When building I didnt use a static wristband but i made sure to touch the case metal. After I build it my PC turned on for a minute and the CPU fan would spin and stop and nothing showed up on my monitor. This morning it wouldnt even turn on. I hope its just a faulty PSU but someone on here said I could have screwed up my mobo and CPU. Now im panicked. The light on my mobo will turn on but nothing else will.
 
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ingtar33
sounds like your psu is dead.

try another, if it doesn't work, then pull out the gpu, and try the onboard video, if that doesn't work, pull out the ram and try it one stick at a time in each ram slot. if that doesn't work, pull the cpu out, and visually insure it was installed properly, and that there are no bent pins in the socket.

if none of that yeilds anything i would probably go with the motherboard being shot. if it works at any step of the way then you know what the offending part is. for example if it suddenly works when the gpu is pulled out then it's a bad gpu. if it works with just one stick of ram then it's bad ram... so on and so forth.
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ingtar33

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sounds like your psu is dead.

try another, if it doesn't work, then pull out the gpu, and try the onboard video, if that doesn't work, pull out the ram and try it one stick at a time in each ram slot. if that doesn't work, pull the cpu out, and visually insure it was installed properly, and that there are no bent pins in the socket.

if none of that yeilds anything i would probably go with the motherboard being shot. if it works at any step of the way then you know what the offending part is. for example if it suddenly works when the gpu is pulled out then it's a bad gpu. if it works with just one stick of ram then it's bad ram... so on and so forth.
 
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computervegan

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As it should all be under warranty you should be fine, As for the static, I do believe people worry about that too much as long as you take simple precautions, such as, not working on a carpet, and grounding yourself to the case most of the time it should be fine. I don't what else to say as its hard to know exactly what's gone wrong. my prediction is PSU
 
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