PC Troubleshooting question

[DonkeyJote]

About a week and a half ago, I was playing my PC, when it shut itself off. It's done this once before, and after a few hours I could turn it back on and everything was fine. This time, however, it wouldn't turn itself back on. I opened it up, cleaned everything up, and nothing. Basically, the lights on top next to the power button will turn on for about a second, and then everything shuts off. A friend told me it was probably the power supply, so I ordered it, and received it today. I installed it, plugged everything in, went to power on, and it did exactly the same thing. So now I'm at a loss. The pc is barely a year old, so needless to say, this is extremely frustrating.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: PC Troubleshooting question

might be a bad memory stick or sticks

OR

The mother board itself has short circuited.

[DonkeyJote]

Re: PC Troubleshooting question

might be a bad memory stick or sticks

OR

The mother board itself has short circuited.

I can smell a little but of burning as well. I'm afraid it's the motherboard, as I really don't have the money to replace that right now (even after I send the power supply I broke back).

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: PC Troubleshooting question

I would check to see if your motherboard or PC as a whole is still under warranty since it is still relatively still new.

[av7]

CPU also could be hitting high usage temperatures. Did you happen to touch the heatsink to see if it was extremely hot?

[snepp]

Re: PC Troubleshooting question

I'll put my money on a failed capacitor.