Power Supply problem

Hey guys, the other night there was a brown out, and now my system won't turn on. I replaced the power supply (which was going bad anyway) but it still doesn't boot up. Upon hitting the switch the fans will begin to spin but stop after half a second. I know the supply is getting power as there's a red light on the back that turns on when plugged in. The outlet and the surge protector are fine. Can anybody reccomend to me what I should do next? Is there some kind of motherboard fuse or something that could have been blown?

 

It probably fried the motherboard. That is my best guess.

 

A quick and easy check is to look for any blown capacitors.

~Krelian

 

The motherboard probably got burned, mine is slowly dying and recently I started to have troubles with the fans (and I didn't know which was the problem...OH

Thanks a lot for the indirect answer (to a question I was just going to ask:110, and good luck with it Hawanja :thumbsup:

 

Sucks. The motherboard is the shittiest part to fix. At least you have a good clue of what the problem is... unlike my latest debacle.

 

Yeah, there's a blown capacitor.

Sonofabitchbastardfuckingjokedammitwhydoesthisshitalwayshappentome...

Well, thanks guys. It was time to upgrade anyway I suppose. What I had before was this. Anyone have any reccomendations?

 

Just let me know what part you need. I might have a spare lying around at work that I can probably sell for cheap. Just let me know if you're interested...

 

If you're thinking about upgrading your machine, maybe a mobo that supports Core 2 / Athlon X2 processors, SATA2 HDDs, DDR2 RAMs and PCI Express graphic cards can be more than enough, they're also pretty cheap ^_^

 

Yep.
Same suggestion goes for me. But get a 8 W soldering iron first!

 

While very true every motherboard that I've seen with replaced capacitors has something else fail shortly after (3-6 months).
With the age of the board and technology on it I'd probably recommend a modest upgrade to something dual-core with DDR2 and PCI-eXpress (especially since you were going to edit a short film on it yes?)

~Krelian

EDIT: Grammar corrections.

 

Yep. I've done cap replacements and even SMD replacement and the board worked for a few hours, then the same problem reappeared. It's cheaper to get a new motherboard unless you really, really need the same exact motherboard.

 

Thing is though I've never soldiered anything before in my life. I don't even know how to spell it. Plus also the mobo is like 5 years old anyway, I might as well upgrade to something new.