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Deleted member 157129
My computer shut down randomly this morning and now it won't come back on - there's no sign of power whatsoever. No fans sounding nor lights showing when I hit the Power On button. Obviously, everything is connected properly as I haven't touched a thing, I just attempted to switch it back on when it died. I then proceeded to test the power output on the wall, which is working correctly. Basically, the situation is that the Power On button, and any other button, on my computer appear to be dummies, they have no action. This has lead me to believe my PSU dropped dead without saying goodbye.
A little story that needs to be mentioned:
I was browsing YouTube, streaming various music videos when suddenly it started loading some obscure URL and the CSS was killed, leaving a one column, no style YouTube that couldn't load videos. I closed it down and went on to other business thinking some idiot over at YouTube had accidentally removed the CSS or that they were getting hacked.. either way, it didn't take long after that before my computer died. Thus I'm wondering whether a virus can, theoretically, achieve enough access to somehow ruin the PSU?
Next step is that I went to get something to drink and when I got back I switched on the light, it seemed to 'cause some electric bug as that was the exact time of which the computer turned itself off - basically, it looked like the power ran out in the building, but I failed to notice if the monitor switched off and back on or if it was just the computer. At least the power is working, but my computer is not.
So yeah, either one of those stories explain why my PSU (or some other hardware causing similar symptoms) died - or it was all utterly random.
What I need to know is if there's some easy way to test whether it is the PSU or not, 'cause it would seem rather vacuous to replace the PSU if it is in fact working and the motherboard is to blame.
Any advice?
A little story that needs to be mentioned:
I was browsing YouTube, streaming various music videos when suddenly it started loading some obscure URL and the CSS was killed, leaving a one column, no style YouTube that couldn't load videos. I closed it down and went on to other business thinking some idiot over at YouTube had accidentally removed the CSS or that they were getting hacked.. either way, it didn't take long after that before my computer died. Thus I'm wondering whether a virus can, theoretically, achieve enough access to somehow ruin the PSU?
Next step is that I went to get something to drink and when I got back I switched on the light, it seemed to 'cause some electric bug as that was the exact time of which the computer turned itself off - basically, it looked like the power ran out in the building, but I failed to notice if the monitor switched off and back on or if it was just the computer. At least the power is working, but my computer is not.
So yeah, either one of those stories explain why my PSU (or some other hardware causing similar symptoms) died - or it was all utterly random.
What I need to know is if there's some easy way to test whether it is the PSU or not, 'cause it would seem rather vacuous to replace the PSU if it is in fact working and the motherboard is to blame.
Any advice?