Evening all,

Got home last night and went to turn my pc on. Pressed the push button and bang. Whole house went dark. I reset the CB and pc won’t turn on. No lights on motherboard at all. For context, the PC was used in the morning with no obvious issues.

I’ve tried a known working cable to the power supply and no luck. I don’t have a spare PSU to try to test the rest of the PC. I also don’t have another PC to see if the PSU is fried or just motherboard. I also don’t have a multimeter.

If I go and purchase another PSU to try with my PC is there anything I should check before just plugging it in and potentially blowing another supply?

Thanks in advance

  • d0ctorschlachter@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Also re-reading your post, the circuit breaker to the outlet was tripped when this happened. Do you actually have power at the outlet you are using?

    Make sure the outlet is grounded, and use a surge protector between the outlet and your PC just to be safe,