PC Not Booting, Possible Mobo Problem?

DaveK · May 7, 2012, 05:19 PM

Hey guys, I just recently came across this problem the other day. I went to boot up my PC the other morning and it didn't turn on at all, no fan movement or anything. I tried 3 different power cords but nothing changed.

I currently have the mobo out of the case and just have the CPU, CPU fan, RAM and necessary power cables installed and still nothing. I took out the RAM and nothing but the mobo power LED is on.

It's an Asus P8P67 LE. Nothing was moved or changed and this is completely out of the blue. Any ideas? It's not even a year old.

brandonwh64 · May 7, 2012, 05:21 PM

Have you tested your PSU with the "Paper Clip" method to see if it still is working properly? That would be my first test. Make sure NOTHING is hooked to when you do this test.

D007 · May 7, 2012, 05:41 PM

bios jumper or reset button? Use it now. ^^
Check for anything grounding out.

Protagonist · May 7, 2012, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brandonwh64

Have you tested your PSU with the "Paper Clip" method to see if it still is working properly? That would be my first test. Make sure NOTHING is hooked to when you do this test.

I would check the PSU first as well, if you can get a hold of another PSU so you can try it on the mobo.

DaveK · May 7, 2012, 08:21 PM

Instead of trying the paper clip test I just took out an old ~230W Dell PSU and everything booted up fine. So I'm guessing it's, once again, the PSU. I had a similar problem with my TX650W resulting in me buying the HX650W. Now I get to fork out a hefty price to ship this thing to the Netherlands for them to repair it

May 7, 2012, 05:19 PM	#1
DaveK Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 1,268 (0.74/day) Thanks: 113 Thanked 137 Times in 119 Posts System Specs	PC Not Booting, Possible Mobo Problem? Hey guys, I just recently came across this problem the other day. I went to boot up my PC the other morning and it didn't turn on at all, no fan movement or anything. I tried 3 different power cords but nothing changed. I currently have the mobo out of the case and just have the CPU, CPU fan, RAM and necessary power cables installed and still nothing. I took out the RAM and nothing but the mobo power LED is on. It's an Asus P8P67 LE. Nothing was moved or changed and this is completely out of the blue. Any ideas? It's not even a year old.

System Name:	Project One (Rev.B)
Processor:	Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.1GHz
Motherboard:	Asus P8P67 LE
Cooling:	Stock
Memory:	4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 @ 1600MHz
Video Card:	1GB Sapphire Radeon HD4650 Ultimate Edition
Hard Disk:	1TB Samsung SpinPoint F1, 500GB Seagate, 250GB Hitatchi
CRT/LCD Model:	22" Samsung T220HD & 19" Acer X193W
Case:	Antec Nine Hundred
Sound Card:	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
PSU:	Corsair HX650W
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate x64

May 7, 2012, 05:21 PM	#2
brandonwh64 Addicted to Bacon and StarCrunches!!! Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chatsworth, GA Posts: 13,667 (9.89/day) Thanks: 2,165 Thanked 5,382 Times in 3,729 Posts System Specs	Have you tested your PSU with the "Paper Clip" method to see if it still is working properly? That would be my first test. Make sure NOTHING is hooked to when you do this test. __________________ Cruncher's: All GPU's GPU's: 7970 3GB = 8 Threads 5770 1GB OCed = 2 Threads

System Name:	The StarCrunch Defender!
Processor:	I7 2600K @ 4.5ghz 1.32V
Motherboard:	Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3
Cooling:	Corsair A70 Push/Pull
Memory:	G-Skill Ripjaws 2x4GB DDR3 1866mhz
Video Card:	Gigabyte 7970 3GB Reference Card at boost clocks
Hard Disk:	2x 500GB WD Blue Raid 0 / 1TB WD Black
Optical Drive:	Samsung DVD/R/RW SATA
CRT/LCD Model:	ViewSonic VG2227wm 1080P
Case:	NZXT Tempest 410 Elite
Sound Card:	Onboard Realtek (Azalia)
PSU:	Corsair 750TX
Software:	Windows 7 Home X64

May 7, 2012, 05:41 PM	#3
D007 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pompano beach, Florida Posts: 2,488 (1.08/day) Thanks: 460 Thanked 334 Times in 267 Posts System Specs	bios jumper or reset button? Use it now. ^^ Check for anything grounding out. __________________ There is nothing more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. "Martin Luther King"

System Name:	UNLEASHED
Processor:	Core i7 960 Bloomfield @ 4ghz
Motherboard:	Gigabyte X58A-UD3R
Cooling:	Scythe Mugen 2
Memory:	Corsair Dominator 6GB (6 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Video Card:	2x MSI 680 GTX in SLI
Hard Disk:	256 GB Ocz V4 SSD "Thank you Kreij!" + 2x 1TB drives.
Optical Drive:	SAMSUNG SH-S183L LS SATA
CRT/LCD Model:	50" Samsung, 1080p
Case:	Thermaltake Ovarseer "Blue LED"
PSU:	CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX850M
Software:	Microsoft Windows 7 x64

Hard Disk:	Samsung 128GB SSD + WD 500GB HDD
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell SX2210 1920x1080 22 Inch
Case:	In Win F430
PSU:	Seasonic X-660 (SS-660KM Active PFC F3)
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate x64

May 7, 2012, 08:21 PM	#5
DaveK Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 1,268 (0.74/day) Thanks: 113 Thanked 137 Times in 119 Posts System Specs	Instead of trying the paper clip test I just took out an old ~230W Dell PSU and everything booted up fine. So I'm guessing it's, once again, the PSU. I had a similar problem with my TX650W resulting in me buying the HX650W. Now I get to fork out a hefty price to ship this thing to the Netherlands for them to repair it

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