Is my PSU damaged?

[jagx03]

Hi, 

 

So I brought my younger brothers 2yr old eMachine home with me after he complained about it not turning on.

I opened the side panel hit the power button and noticed no video and no power led light turned on, but the fans did run. Then I ran it bare bones with just ram, psu and mobo after reseating the ram and got the same results.

 

So my questions are:

 

Is the psu faulty?

Does the fact that the fans spin rule out a faulty mobo?

Is it safe to swap the psu with my Corsair 650w for testing? 

 

Emachine specs

 

Acer EL1360G

AMD E-300

Unifosa HDDR3 1333 1x2gb

Liteon PS-52219AB 220w

 

 

Thanx in advance.

[79wjd]

 

Is it safe to swap the psu with my Corsair 650w for testing? 

yes

[seiny]

Did the CPU fan run?

[jagx03]

yes

Awsome  

 

thanx for quick reply !

[jagx03]

Did the CPU fan run?

Yes all fans run.

[seiny]

Yes all fans run.

Ok test the other PSU and come tell us what happened

[jagx03]

Ok test the other PSU and come tell us what happened

Ok done did. I got the power led on and cpu fan continuse to run.

But still no display. 

[seiny]

Is there a GPU? Have you tried on-board display? VGA, HDMI, Display port, DVI - try whatever you have

[jagx03]

So at this point the fact that the led would not turn on with the stock psu points to a bad psu correct. But it does not explain the no video out put with a different psu. My guess at this point from what iv read online, is that either the ram, or the onboard video on the mobo is dead. 

[jagx03]

Is there a GPU? Have you tried on-board display? VGA, HDMI, Display port, DVI - try whatever you have

No no Gpu. let me try the other ports as u mentioned.

[seiny]

No no Gpu. let me try the other ports as u mentioned.

Which GPU is it? You can try the different ports on there as well, it could be that it's faulty - If all else fails try a different cable

[jagx03]

No luck. Tried all the available ports and tried a second monitor.

[jagx03]

Which GPU is it? You can try the different ports on there as well, it could be that it's faulty - If all else fails try a different cable

Doest have a discrete GPU.

Now i do own a GTX770 on my other build.

But i honestly dont think its a good idea to try. lol 

[seiny]

Doest have a discrete GPU.

Now i do own a GTX770 on my other build.

But i honestly dont think its a good idea to try. lol 

What do you mean doesn't have discrete gpu?

[jagx03]

What do you mean doesn't have discrete gpu?

 

The emachine i am working on is stock it has only on-board display.

But i do own a gtx 770 in another pc.

 

sorry i must have not been clear.

[seiny]

The emachine i am working on is stock it has only on-board display.

But i do own a gtx 770 in another pc.

 

sorry i must have not been clear.

Sometimes the on-board display can short out very easily, static build up because of the dust, I have two boards like that. In this case a GPU would almost definitely work fine, try getting something cheap like a gt 610, 630 something in this league

[jagx03]

Sometimes the on-board display can short out very easily, static build up because of the dust, I have two boards like that. In this case a GPU would almost definitely work fine, try getting something cheap like a gt 610, 630 something in this league

Good idea ill give that a try, Id hate to give up on it if that's all it is.

Hopefully its no other component.

[seiny]

Good idea ill give that a try, Id hate to give up on it if that's all it is.

Hopefully its no other component.

Let me know how it goes

[ExcitezR]

hello from what i read it powers up but no screen have you tried different ram in the system 

[watts300]

Does the motherboard have a POST beep?  And if so, does it pass?

[jagx03]

hello from what i read it powers up but no screen have you tried different ram in the system 

Pc only has 1x2gb stick, I'm working on buying another stick for testing.

 

Thanx)

[jagx03]

Does the motherboard have a POST beep?  And if so, does it pass?

No does not beep when turning on.

 

In fact the only time i have heard the pc beep is when I remove all the ram and turn it on....then It beeps none stop.

 

Thanx)