Timeline for Power supply switch like stays off motherboard light turns on
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| Jul 10, 2012 at 19:37 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jul 3, 2012 at 23:58 | vote | accept | Sion | ||
| Jul 3, 2012 at 23:58 | answer | added | Sion | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 3, 2012 at 17:22 | history | edited | Sion | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added another troubleshooting step.
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| Jul 3, 2012 at 17:22 | comment | added | Sion | Finally replaced the power supply with a 750 watt. The light on the motherboard is lit but the computer refuses to turn on. Would a possible culprit be the Motherboard? How would I try and diagnose if it is the motherboard? | |
| Jun 9, 2012 at 5:29 | answer | added | Journeyman Geek♦ | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 9, 2012 at 3:58 | history | edited | Sion | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added different power supply troubleshooting line
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| Jun 9, 2012 at 3:57 | comment | added | Sion | Plugged in my 500 watt power supply and the system did not power on. Specifically the 24 pin the cpu 4 pin and the 6 PCI-e connector. Upon the system not powering on I then proceeded to take out the graphics card and unplug it and try to turn it on, again nothing appeared to happen. I looked at a different power supply calculator and it spit out more reasonable numbers. 544 watts with the graphics card added and 468 watts with the graphics card being exempt. This leads me to believe that maybe the power button is dead? | |
| Jun 9, 2012 at 2:34 | comment | added | Sion | @Bon Gart I have a 500 watt. The current one is 700 watts. I checked with a power supply calculator and it said the hardware needed roughly 350 watts. Which seemed somewhat incorrect to overshoot the required voltage by that much. Will try it in a bit regardless. | |
| Jun 9, 2012 at 0:24 | comment | added | Bon Gart | @sion it could even be a bad power supply switch. Do you have another power supply you can test in the computer? | |
| Jun 9, 2012 at 0:15 | comment | added | Sion | Alright. Re-seated the power connections in addition to the GPU, case buttons, and RAM. Doesn't appear that anything changed. | |
| Jun 9, 2012 at 0:14 | history | edited | Sion | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added second troubleshooting step
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| Jun 8, 2012 at 23:08 | comment | added | Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 | @Sion It's possible. Its could be the difference between a Power-On LED and a Power-Good LED. | |
| Jun 8, 2012 at 22:53 | comment | added | Sion | But now that I am thinking of it. Would such a thing as one connection unseated cause such a power supply issue? | |
| Jun 8, 2012 at 21:58 | comment | added | Bon Gart | only you know if you accidentally unplugged something... and only you can double and triple check all the connections (including Ram, etc) to see what might have been nudged and/or unseated a bit. So... start checking all your connections. | |
| Jun 8, 2012 at 21:49 | history | edited | slhck | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 12 characters in body
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| Jun 8, 2012 at 21:36 | history | asked | Sion | CC BY-SA 3.0 |