I recently moved my tower from its normal perch in order to repair a window. It had been shut down properly before moving.
When I moved it back and plugged everything in, it would not power on. Completely dead.
I removed one of the memory sticks and tried again, nothing. I removed the battery and tried anew one, nothing. I unplugged the power switch header and tried a small screwdriver to the pins, nothing. I unplugged the main PSU cable from the motherboard and did the paper clip test and the PSU came on. I tried three different plug-ins, but the pc still wouldn’t power on. I tried a new PSU I had, but still nothing.
At this point I figured the motherboard was bad and tried a brand new one by doing a bench test. Nothing was plugged in to it except for a case fan (and the proper power cables) and it wouldn’t power up either!
I really don’t understand what’s going on with this. I’d appreciate any help.
BTW, the old motherboard was a Gigabyte with a Phenom II cpu and an Antec 550W PSU. The new motherboard is a newer Gigabyte AN4 socket. The other PSU was a Corsair 1000W. The new CPU should arrive Monday.
When I moved it back and plugged everything in, it would not power on. Completely dead.
I removed one of the memory sticks and tried again, nothing. I removed the battery and tried anew one, nothing. I unplugged the power switch header and tried a small screwdriver to the pins, nothing. I unplugged the main PSU cable from the motherboard and did the paper clip test and the PSU came on. I tried three different plug-ins, but the pc still wouldn’t power on. I tried a new PSU I had, but still nothing.
At this point I figured the motherboard was bad and tried a brand new one by doing a bench test. Nothing was plugged in to it except for a case fan (and the proper power cables) and it wouldn’t power up either!
I really don’t understand what’s going on with this. I’d appreciate any help.
BTW, the old motherboard was a Gigabyte with a Phenom II cpu and an Antec 550W PSU. The new motherboard is a newer Gigabyte AN4 socket. The other PSU was a Corsair 1000W. The new CPU should arrive Monday.