New Computer Help

[RedBull1]

So, long story short 2 months ago I bought a brand new PC (built it yourself type of deal) installed everything, even played AH for a night on it, but the next day it wouldn't turn on, then shortly after there was smoke  

Obviously it wasn't the wiring as I played aces high the night before for a few hours with No problems.

So the ASUS guy said the power supply shorted, ok I bought a new power supply - Corsair 500w yadda yadda yadda, installed it today and I get the green light on the MOBO, all fans on PSU, CPU, and GPU spinning, but the actual power light on the PC won't turn on, and there's no signal to the screen        ???

Anyone here tech savvy that knows what happened, or how I can fix it plz?  

P.S.: Motherboard: ASUS M5A78L-MLX Plus (read it off the box lol)

PSU: Corsair 500w

CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 965 BE 3.4Ghz

GPU: Some old like 9400GT or something

RAM: 8GB of some sort of RAM, corsair maybe

[AAJagerX]

When you power it on, do you hear any beeps?

[RedBull1]

When you power it on, do you hear any beeps?

Nope 

[cattb]

When you booted it up before the smoke did it beep at all when starting it up?

[RedBull1]

When you booted it up before the smoke did it beep at all when starting it up?

I don't recall, it only booted once that day

PS: The light lights up for the DVD Drive, and it works fine, it opens up, put a disk in, closes again, etc.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Unfortunately the power supply can literally fry your components if it goes. It's possible all your old hardware is toasted.

Do you have an integrated vga adapter to your mobo/cpu? If so, try booting with only 1 stick of ram and without the displaycard plugged. Remove also all harddrives, optical drives etc. just to see if the computer boots using the integrated VGA. If it boots then youre lucky and you can start to find the problem from the graphics card (which you would need to renew anyway) or the drives.

If you dont have integrated vga and the computer powers up like you said, try borrowing an another card to try out or buy a new graphics card - you'll need one anyway.

[RedBull1]

Unfortunately the power supply can literally fry your components if it goes. It's possible all your old hardware is toasted.

Do you have an integrated vga adapter to your mobo/cpu? If so, try booting with only 1 stick of ram and without the displaycard plugged. Remove also all harddrives, optical drives etc. just to see if the computer boots using the integrated VGA. If it boots then youre lucky and you can start to find the problem from the graphics card (which you would need to renew anyway) or the drives.

If you dont have integrated vga and the computer powers up like you said, try borrowing an another card to try out or buy a new graphics card - you'll need one anyway.

Nope, don't think I have an integrated card on this MOBO 

[cattb]

Don't sound good, sorry to hear redbull.  The possibility is a few things. You could remove the ram and see if you get a beep when you start it up. If no beep I would guess either CPU or motherboard. I am just guessing.

[AAJagerX]

I'm guessing MB.  Even if you had bad RAM or VC, you should still get a POST code.

[RedBull1]

 

so motherboard now ? 

[MrRiplEy[H]]

so motherboard now ?  

I would first try booting it with everything except the CPU and graphics detached. If it won't even show POST screen, try removing your CMOS battery, reset the CMOS and try booting again.

If even that won't help and the computer won't show POST graphics and there are no beeps your motherboard is probably gone. Perhaps also the cpu/ram too. PSU is the worst place you can blow basically. I've seen a whole computer get toasted in a second when a defect PSU arced with blue flash and smoke.

Basically you can either start a guessing game by buying a new mobo and trying out your old components one by one to see if they work or just get a totally new computer and try home insurance to cover the damage. There is a slight danger that your old components may damage even the new mobo if they got blasted good.

If the PSU was also only 2 months old and it destroyed your computer you should immediately contact the support of the manufacturer and make a claim to them.

[RedBull1]

I would first try booting it with everything except the CPU and graphics detached. If it won't even show POST screen, try removing your CMOS battery, reset the CMOS and try booting again.

If even that won't help and the computer won't show POST graphics and there are no beeps your motherboard is probably gone. Perhaps also the cpu/ram too. PSU is the worst place you can blow basically. I've seen a whole computer get toasted in a second when a defect PSU arced with blue flash and smoke.

Basically you can either start a guessing game by buying a new mobo and trying out your old components one by one to see if they work or just get a totally new computer and try home insurance to cover the damage. There is a slight danger that your old components may damage even the new mobo if they got blasted good.

If the PSU was also only 2 months old and it destroyed your computer you should immediately contact the support of the manufacturer and make a claim to them.

can't find how to remove the CMOS thing without possibly damaging something, im 99.9% sure it's fried gonna buy a new MB I guess... if my CPU/RAM/HD are fried I will honestly just throw this thing out the diddlying window - thank you for your help all <S>

[MrRiplEy[H]]

can't find how to remove the CMOS thing without possibly damaging something, im 99.9% sure it's fried gonna buy a new MB I guess... if my CPU/RAM/HD are fried I will honestly just throw this thing out the uplifting window - thank you for your help all <S>

You have nothing to lose. The CMOS battery is the coin sized silver thingy on the motherboard. Unplug the computer, remove the battery, wait a couple of seconds, insert it back, connect power plug and try booting again.

[RedBull1]

You have nothing to lose. The CMOS battery is the coin sized silver thingy on the motherboard. Unplug the computer, remove the battery, wait a couple of seconds, insert it back, connect power plug and try booting again.

Yea, I can't find how to remove it though, seems in there quite tightly  Afraid (on the .001 chance that it is working) ill break something

[The Fugitive]

According to this page http://www.specsbox.com/1045/asus-m5a78l-m-lx-motherboard-specs.html you DO have an integrated video card. Remove the video you have connect the monitor to the MB video out connector, remove all but one of the ram sticks. Plug in the keyboard and mouse and try starting the computer.

My computer is relatively new, and it doesn't have the old "post codes". Mine has a digital display on the board. If it stops on an error, you check the number, and reference it in the book.