Computer death

[_Z_Ryuken]

So my PC is fairly new. Nothing on it is older than January, 'cept the sound card.
Nothing out of the ordinary since I've been running it, an why should there be?
I tell you there shouldn't, but when I pressed the power button to turn it on today, nothing happened.
I thought maybe I had hit reset. Nope. I hit power again and it got juice for all of 4/6ths of a second then stops. It was running just fine this morning. No one had touched it since then.

I press power again and again, unplug and replug things, check for burns. Nothing.

Clear weather all day. No power surges.
I wonder if my PSU just up and croaked, but that makes no sense...

Ideas?

 

[giant384]

ya i would say its dead. my rosewill 450w psu had the same symptoms as yours did. so you should test with another psu or use a power supply tester to make sure it is the psu. im 99% sure it will be the psu but it never hurts testing.

 

[Qonfused]

PSUs don't really need a reason to go out; they just do.

 

[Asus]

If you have not already, flip the power switch off on your PSU for ~20 seconds (NOT THE RED VOLTAGE SWITCH). You'll hear a small zap sound and then turn it back on.

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

If you have not already, flip the power switch off on your PSU for ~20 seconds (NOT THE RED VOLTAGE SWITCH). You'll hear a small zap sound and then turn it back on.

I did already, because I disassembled the PC. I just fired it up and it's staying on.

If I had not done this I think you would have come through for me because I never would have thought of your suggestion by itself.

BIOS forgot everything. ):

Configuring..

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

Succshens!

Thanks for the replies. I was freakin' out there.

 

[Tyguy]

might be your keyboard



:cheese:

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

My G15? Doubt it. Even the bug it was having with the macro app crashing remedied itself.

 

[DevgruSeal]

USB keyboards are known to have problems with motherboards.

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

That's new to me, but I have had no issues with the keyboard itself, and this would certainly be a random issue. I do think I could use a higher output PSU. I'm running 430W.