Computer won’t start

[noname2020]

I was reading an article, all of a sudden my pc shuts down immediately, like it turns into a black screen right away. It turned itself back on for about 5 seconds before powering off again. I pressed the power button again and this time nothing happens. I opened the case, took the battery out and then unplugged the power cord. I waited about 5 mins, placed battery back in again, plugged back in the power cord. I pressed the power button once again. This time my CPU lightly spinned for about a second maybe even less. The wire connected to the power button created a lightning spark. But nothing happens, the computer still won’t power on. I also tried removing 1 ram while leaving the other one in. Nothing happens except th CPU did a light spin. Please help. 

Thank you

[Tr1ggerfish1]

are there any signs on damage on the mobo from what you can see?

and capacitors bulging or burst?

that spark and the sudden stop leads me to believe its a mobo issues but...this is my opinion of course

[Donny_Chen]

hrm,  sounds like mobo /psu   --  but I think you should remove all the parts one at a time and test.  The only time something like that happened to me is when my brother flipped the EU / US wattage power switch thingy on the back of the PSU.  pee'd me off pretty bad lol

[Waschi]

Shut off the psu, press the power button for 5seconds to drain power, clear the cmos, try booting again. Also if you unplug all the ram to you get an post code(beeping)?

[The_Protagonist]

I keep posting about Ram issues today...  Not long and people will start calling me "That Ram Guy"

 

Test a cheap stick of Ram if you can get something or borrow a stick off a friend for testing purposes.

 

Also just for the sake of completion - Why not replace the lead for the PSU, move the MB power to another slot on the PSU and let me know the results. Could be as simple as a fuse problem but then again, I've been wrong and optimistic before.