Dead power supply?

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Hi, I think my power supply is dying on me but I need confirmation before I spend money on a new one. The computer won't start when I press the power button, the fans don't spin or anything. It happened for the first time around a month ago, but then I manged to turn it on after just pressing the button multiple times and waiting and it worked fine when it was on. The second time it happened, it took a lot longer to get it started so I didn't turn the PC off for like 3 weeks and it worked without problems, until I decided to turn it. Now it's happened again and I can't seem to make it run. What else could it be?

I bought my computer about 5-6 years ago. Here's the specs:

AMD Athlon II X3 440 3.0GHz AM3
Fortron 460W FSP460-60GHN power supply
Asus M4A77T motherboard
Goodram 4GB RAM DDR3
Asus Radeon HD4850 1GB

 
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It could be the motherboard, and the 'paper clip' test is a gross test - it does not test the PSU under load.

Since you tried the start button test, test the PSU first before replacing your motherboard.
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Just tried it. The computer didn't start up.. Also did the paperclip test on the power supply and it worked, so I guess it's the motherboard?

One more thing. There's a LED on the motherboard that according to instruction manual "lights up to indicate that the system is on, in sleep-mode or in soft-off mode". It's lit up when the power's connected but when I press the power switch it flickers with a dimmer light and then goes back to the same state when I let go of the button.
 
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