So I built my first gaming PC a little over a month ago and have run into my first problem. I was just on Steam when all of a sudden my computer powered off and now I can't turn it back on.
I opened up my case to take a look and make sure everything is connected but still had no joy. When I try to turn it on, the front panel, keyboard and mouse leds all flash, I hear a click sound and then it turns off.
When I turn the power switch off on the PSU but turn the power from the wall on, there is a light on my motherboard so I presume that something is getting through, but I get nothing when I try to turn on the PSU and turn on the PC.
I am using a Corsair RM-650 Gold PSU and Asus Z87-K motherboard.
I hope I've been clear enough and thanks in advance for any help.
Thanks for the reply. I didn't smell burning or anything like that. I also noticed when I completely disconnected the PSU from absolutely everything, that when I put my ear to it, it was consistently making a ticking sound.
As for the shorting method, will I risk my warranty doing this? I have a warranty both with Corsair and Scan.co.uk so I don't want to void these.
So I gave the shorting method a go, unfortunately I got the same results. Just a slight click and then nothing. I hope at least the return process will be smooth. It's not the end of the world but it's a pain in the arse. It's just annoying as I really was careful when picking my parts and this was highly rated then one month later; it dies for the f&*k of it.