Please Help! No power to PC :(

[STUXNET]

Hello all, please help if you feel you may know whats going on with my system. 

 

I woke up yesterday morning, tried to power on my PC and... NOTHING! I checked all power connections, switched to a different power socket and surge protector. Still nothing.

 

1-So my first test was to see if my PSU was dead. I paper-clip tested it and to my surprise the PSU power's on and the case fans connected through Molex powered on as well. 

2-I then thought maybe there was a power surge that managed to short my board, I over-nighted the same MOBO and installed it today and to my surprise again... NOTHING! 

3-I disconnected my 2nd memory stick, leaving only one in the board, disconnected my drives as well as my discreet graphics card and am now trying to power only the MOBO... NOTHING..

Not even the slightest hint that the system wants to power on

4- I tried to power on the system by shorting the power pins on the board and this method also did not work..

 

The build:

Board: Gigabyte 970-DS3P

PSU: CM G550M (My 2nd one as my 1st was DOA)

CPU: FX 8370 w/ wraith cooler.

GFX: EVGA GTX 960 2GB (Yes, this was a budget build)

& 2 sticks of corsair vengeance for 8gbs total. 

 

Could this still be a PSU issue ? It did indeed pass the paper-clip test with flying colors as I mentioned earlier so I cant be sure  And since Ive just bought the same mobo again id hate to have to buy another PSU.

 

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I'm going a little stir crazy over here. 

 

Thanks! 

[eeccrraaiigg]

are there lights indicating that your mobo is getting power?? have you tried shorting the PWR+ and PWR- to see if its just the button/wiring thats screwy?

[ZackCodesAI]

2 minutes ago, eeccrraaiigg said:

have you tried shorting the PWR+ and PWR- to see if its just the button/wiring thats screwy?

 

4 minutes ago, STUXNET said:

 

4- I tried to power on the system by shorting the power pins on the board and this method also did not work..

 

 

There you go

[ZackCodesAI]

5 minutes ago, STUXNET said:

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The MoBo is dead I think

[STUXNET]

1 hour ago, Zackbare said:

The MoBo is dead I think

I've already replaced the mobo  I over-nighted one yeaterday and is still producing the same results. Which leads me to believe it could still be the PSU. Is it likely that a PSU that passes the paper-clip test could still not power on the system? 

Please help! Haha.

 

thanks!

[ZackCodesAI]

37 minutes ago, STUXNET said:

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When I had a computer surge, i had to replace drive cpu mobo and psu all at once to make that thing work again.. not gpu though.

[STUXNET]

PROBLEM SOLVED

 

After a new MOBO and PSU it turned out to be a faulty USB front panel cable that was connected to a USB header on my mobo that was shorting the entire system! 

Who woulda thought...