Question: PC won't boot up - no beeps, fans all work. Bad board or Power Supply? I leave my tower on and turn off my monitor. Last night, I went out and there were storms. Didn't check and went to bed and forgot about it being on.\n\nThis morning, went to turn on monitor and it was locked up. Red and yellow lights on panel were solid. I tried to do a hard reboot (constantly pushing power button) but it wouldn't power down. Had to flip the switch in back. Switched back on, pushed power button, got the lights on, and fans whirred. Monitor made connection, but then went off since no data. No mobo beeps or HD clicks though. Couldn't power down AGAIN, so switched off and looked inside case.\n\nPower supply, case and cpu fans all turn. Yellow light on board comes on. Reset the CMOS jumper, but no change. The board is getting SOME type of power since all the fans are running, but it doesn't seem to be activating anything. Does that mean I've got a bad board, power supply or something else? Everything was plugged into a surge protector, so I'm not really sure what happened.

Answer: In addition to what the other posters have said, it IS possible that your power supply is still bad.  Sometimes, they fizzle out and supply some power, but not the full load.  I had this happen with one of my machines a year ago.  \n\nYou can buy a tester for about 10-15 bucks to see if it is producing the correct power.  It's a good investment to have.    It's the cheapest thing to troubleshoot.  Also, since you mentioned there were storms, that's often the first thing to go, aside from the board itself.  Did you smell anything "burnt?" Assuming that is fine, I'd assume it was a board/cpu issue. \n\nSince you already pulled all the peripherals and didn't get any "beeps" from taking out your ram entirely, either the psu isn't giving enough power to the board to GIVE beeps (especially since none of your drives powered up at all) or your bios isn't working enough to care and your board got fried (maybe taking your cpu with it).\n\nBefore running out and buying ram, a new board, a new cpu and all that, try the tester.  You can also take it to a shop to have it tested.  If you can't find one, a new psu is still the cheapest option to replace if you've got to start buying components.  Just make sure to get one with equal or higher wattage or you might not have enough power to juice up all the components you have.\n\nCheck and see if any friends have a similar wattage psu.  Maybe you can swap theirs in for a minute and see what happens.  Also, for future protection, make sure you use a surge protector on ALL components that run into your machine, including the phone line on your modem.  Some people even reccommend replacing them every year.  Best of luck to you!
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