Re: Troubleshooing advice, please...

On 3/27/2024 1:59 AM, Nil wrote:
> The computer was dead and lifeless as a doornail. I correctly guessed
> that the power supply had died, and I bought and installed a
> replacement. What I didn't anticipate was that the REPLACEMENT PS was
> also defective and I ran around in circles for a few days thinking the
> motherboard was bad, instead or also. I finally installed a second
> replacement PSU and I'm back in the saddle. 

* Congratulations! *


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Unfortunately, the dying
> PSU killed one of my hard disk drives and it will take me a while to
> recover from that.
> 
> Frustrating, yes. It has probably happened, but I don't recall a PS
> just winking out like that. Usually they get flaky and let me know they
> are on their way out. I used to work in a computer lab where we had
> lots of spare parts to test things, but now, at home, it's a lot of
> guesswork and blind buying of parts.
> 
> 
> On 24 Mar 2024, Bill <[email protected]> wrote in
> alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt:
> 
>> Just curious, will it go into BIOS Mode?  If not, I would clear
>> the BIOS and try again, and if nothing, I would give up on the MB.
>> But I am a "hardware idiot" compared to Paul.   Maybe you can just
>> replace the MB, to get your hardware running again, at a
>> relatively inexpensive price? Good luck!  I understand how
>> frustrating this stuff can be--I was there 2 weeks ago with my
>> router that became finicky (and I quickly replaced/upgraded).
>>
>>
>> On 3/20/2024 9:10 PM, Nil wrote:
>>> I hope I can get some guidance here. My desktop computer that I
>>> built several years ago just died on me - as I was watching, it
>>> appeared to be  going into sleep mode, which it does after some
>>> hours of inactivity. However, it could not be awakened, it was
>>> dead. I immediately thought the power supply had gone bad, and in
>>> fact, I tested it with a multimeter and it was, indeed dead - no
>>> voltage detectable on any pin. So, I bought a new PS of similar
>>> specs. Now, the motherboard (ASUS Prime Z270-K) lights up, but
>>> there is no other activity, no fans going, no display, no disc
>>> drives spinning. I can only wonder if when the PS blew it took
>>> out the mobo or some other component.
>>>
>>> So, my question is, 'what can/should I do now to confirm that the
>>> mobo is truly, irretrievably gone?' If I can't, I will proceed
>>> toward a new build or buy, but if I can revive the existing one,
>>> VERY much the better. After all, it's tuned to a fair-thee-well
>>> and I don't look forward to going through months of tweaking to
>>> get it to that point again.
>>>
>>> Aside... A year or so ago I replaced the mechanical boot drive
>>> with an SSD drive. If THAT had gone bad, would the mobo not still
>>> boot with at least a display and error message?