Help! My computer is broke... (Possibly)

[erwindavidson1]

Help me please... My only computer in my house (one that I built) is broken (I think), and I cannot get it to turn on. When I woke up this morning my computer was off and the case light on the power button was blinking. I looked in the case and none of the fans were moving so I thought that it was just off and tried to turn it back on by pushing the power button. However the computer did not turn on. So I turned the psu off and then back on and tried again. It was no longer blinking and I pushed the power button and the computer,turned on for about 2 seconds and then shut off again and the power button started blinking again. Please help,me figure out what this means. I really need to use this computer so that I can book a hotel for my upcoming vacation. Please help me...

 

Computer specs:

Case: NZXT H440

Motherboard: MSI 970 Gaming

CPU: AMD 8350

Graphics Card: RX 480 (Sapphire)

Memory: Corsair Vengence Pro 16gb

PSU: EVGA 750watt bronze

SSD: PNY 240gb

HDD: 1tb western digital

 

Edit: I just tried turning it on again and I hurt a small puff and saw smoke arise from near my graphics card area, but it could have been anything beneath it... In staring to thing it was my PSU? PLEASE HELP!

[Zando_]

Spec list? 

 

And make sure the CPU power cable is plugged in and the cooler is installed properly. 

[Silentprototipe]

Umm I think if the puff of smoke came from the GPU.....Then yeah umm you got a dead GPU there. Yeah RMA that thing and hope that it didnt pull anything down with it 

[LiquidTech]

29 minutes ago, erwindavidson1 said:

Please help,me figure out what this means. I really need to use this computer so that I can book a hotel for my upcoming vacation. Please help me...

Relax, we're gonna help you, no need to explain why we should. Besides you could use whatever device you used to post here to book your hotel.

 

Anyway, back on topic. Lets try to find out whats broken. Disconnect all unnecessary hardware, just leave the windows drive, 1 stick of ram, 1 graphics card, and remove anything connected via USB except mouse and keyboard. Basically you want to have the bare minimum for the computer to operate. Check the motherboard, look for anything that could be making contact with it, something that could make a short. Make sure the CPU fan is connected and secure, also check all connections and make sure they are connected securely. Then try to turn it on and pay close attention to all the fans, see if they all spin. Also keep a close eye where you last saw the smoke. At the same time, does the computer post? Does it shows an error?

 

Let me know what happens.

[SageOfSpice]

Pretty sure a blinking power button indicates a kajiggered PSU.

[Evanair]

Check the PCIe slot that the GPU was connected to. It might have shorted at the power pins, seen a few burnt motherboards puff smoke from that.

[erwindavidson1]

Troubleshooted it and it was the PSU. But now I have to figure put how to return it...