NNNOOO!!!!! Computer, come back!

[Smythe]

Arg!!!! I was browsing good ol' sharky when my computer suddenly decided that we've been spending too much time together and turned itself off...permamently. I pushed the power button to turn it back on and...nothing. The computer won't even turn on, because of that I'm assuming it's a problem with the PSU. Would that be a correct assumption? Or does anyone have any other ideas as to what might be the culprit? The computer was as follows:
AMD Athlon 1Ghz
Gigabyte 7zx 1.01
512mb pc133
Voodoo5 5500AGP

This really sucks as I have no money right now so if anyone could offer me some cheap solutions to this problem it would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

[purewire]

were ya doin any overclocking and how were your temps?

[Smythe]

No overclocking and temps, IIRC, were 40C CPU and 25C case.

[Johnnyboy]

It might be as simple as a blown fuse in your power cord or inside the PSU itself. I would check-out both first.

Also check your PSU output power leads are properly connected to your mobo.

Hope this helps.

[Smythe]

Hrmm...guess I'll try a different power cord. I don't want to open up my power supply if it can be avoided and it should be connected properly to the motherboard unless if I had so much airflow in my case that the connector got pulled out, lol yeah right

Thanks for the help so far guys.

[Kenneth]

dont' take offence, but this happen to me before,
if you look on the back of your power supply , there is a breaker there, sometime is flips, try it. :-)

[Smythe]

How odd...Ok I tried a different power cord...and my computer works! YAY! Now the cord I tested belongs to my dads computer so I couldn't keep it. I took my dad's cord out and replaced it with my old one and decided to try one last time with my old cord. Guess what? It worked!!! I'm a happy camper now , I just hope this never happens again. Well thanks for all the help.

[Smythe]

Originally posted by Kenneth
dont' take offence, but this happen to me before,
if you look on the back of your power supply , there is a breaker there, sometime is flips, try it. :-)

None taken

[fbs1992]

Originally posted by Smythe
How odd...Ok I tried a different power cord...and my computer works! YAY! Now the cord I tested belongs to my dads computer so I couldn't keep it. I took my dad's cord out and replaced it with my old one and decided to try one last time with my old cord. Guess what? It worked!!! I'm a happy camper now , I just hope this never happens again. Well thanks for all the help.

if changing the power cord did it then maybe you should get a new one just incase