Dead Desktop

Gambler

Tried to turn my PC on to access all of my music but there's just nothing there. Tried the fuse in the plug but no joy.

Any suggestions please?

Ganyam

If there's no power there sounds like ure psu is capput...

albertross_2

when you say nothing, you mean completely dead, no light, no noise?

If the fuse is ok, it is likely to be the power supply, which can be replaced for about a tenner or less, from ebuyer.com amongst others.

Has it been moved recently, if so, unlpug it, take the cover off, and make sure everything is seated correctly, and that the power putton on the front is touching the microswitch correctly.

Rex_Mundi

If you're getting nothing at all, the first thing I would suspect is a dead PSU (power supply unit). These can be replaced pretty cheaply.

I had this recently on an old machine of mine. I thought straight away that the PSU needed replacing. Just as well I had a good look first!

I opened the case, and found the start button had pushed out the back of its holder. I could only cure this by having the start button hanging out the front of the box by its wires! Being an old machine, I don't mind that it looks a bit silly (at least it works).

Gambler

Thanks guys, I'll try that.

Gambler

Tried a new PSU but no luck !

lee634

obvious question you are sure that the plug socket is working???

Gambler

lee634 wrote:

obvious question you are sure that the plug socket is working???

yep!!

It's just dead

niceguyrichy

what happens when you try to power the pc up??

do the fans spin, lights come on? anything at all happen?

are you using the same power cable with the new psu? cos those things can break inside and you'd never know til you tried a different one.

Gambler

niceguyrichy wrote:

what happens when you try to power the pc up??

do the fans spin, lights come on? anything at all happen?

are you using the same power cable with the new psu? cos those things can break inside and you'd never know til you tried a different one.

nothing happens, no lights, no fans. Never come accross it before.

I used a psu and power lead off a friends PC but still nothing.

niceguyrichy

the psu is powered on via a signal from the mobo, so all I can offer is that your mobo died catastrophically, or perhaps there is a break in the connection from the front panel 'on button' and the mobo? you checked and made sure the on button is properly plugged into the mobo , yes?