PC Will Not Start

ev1lchris · January 15, 2020

Hello everyone!

I have to be thorough in my post. I do believe I upset r/techsupport with my stuborness.

First of all, let me name off my PC specs briefly

Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz (PC4-21300) C16 Memory Kit - Black (two)

ASRock AB350M-HDV Socket AM4/AMD B350/DDR4/SATA3&USB3.0/M.2/A&GbE/MicroATX Motherboard

Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1050 2GB GDDR5 128 Bit PCI-E Graphic Card (GV-N1050OC-2GD)

Thermaltake Versa H15 SPCC Micro ATX Mini Tower Computer Chassis CA-1D4-00S1NN-00

... and I have a traditional 2 TB hard drive of some type.

In the past I have been used to my PC occasionally shutting down and not turning on when I press the button. Sometimes, I try hours later and sometimes days later I press the power button and it comes on again. I figure maybe it's the power supply, but as long as it works most of the time then I'm okay with it.

Well, the PC shut off and now I can't turn it back on and it's been four whole days. This is unusual. There was a rainstorm where the power went out a few times.

I have an APC Surge Protector and the "Protected" light is still on. I bought it sometime in 2018. The monitor is functional. There are lights that come on with the USB peripherals. There's no acrid smell. I hope that a power surge did not destroy my hardware. I really don't think that's what happened here, seeing as this has been an issue with this machine sporadically.

Instead, what I think happened is that my PSU was very slowly dying and showing intermittent issues. It just happened to die around the time of a rainstorm. At least that's my theory.

To know for sure I guess I'll have to buy a replacement PSU and test it out. I live in Hawaii so I can only buy stuff from Amazon really.

I also tried opening the case and making sure every plug is in there snugly the way it's supposed to be. I have taken out the CMOS battery and popped it back in as well.

Does anyone else have any insights?