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A couple days ago I booted up Left 4 Dead, but then heard a pop and my computer turned off. It smelled like dead electronics so I unplugged the computer. I figured it was a power supply failure, so I ordered a new Corsair HX520 and tried to install it today, hoping that was the only thing that needed replacing.
However my computer most emphatically did not work. Case fans turned on, a few motherboard lights and optical drive power lights turned on, but neither my GPU fan or my CPU fan turned on. Also one of my hard drives sprayed a few sparks from its underside and a bit of smoke came from it. I figure that one is dead. There was also no signal to the monitor or beep codes. I quickly turned the computer off to avoid any potential CPU overheating and tried with only 1 stick of RAM and no hard drives and got the same result.
What does this mean? Does the GPU fan not turning on mean the video card is shot? What does the CPU fan not turning on mean? Is the motherboard dead as well, or the CPU, or both? Should I just spring for a new computer at this point?
(edit) Also, can a power supply failure hurt your RAM?
Sigh... I'm living through the first half of this story. Replacement Psu arrives tomorrow. – Basic – 2015-01-05T09:37:34.603
Are you 100% sure that both the CPU fan and GPU have power? In other words that you've connected the CPU fan to the MB and connected your GPU to your PSU if it requires it. – lyarwood – 2009-08-20T00:49:14.373
Yes, I've hooked up the power to them. For the GPU I swapped cables and made sure the connection was firm, and for the CPU I tried both the 4-pin and 8-pin CPU power connectors. – RandomEngy – 2009-08-20T00:57:06.460
I live in a country where power failures happen regularly. The interesting thing is my Asus laptop, without the battery (died a year ago) works perfectly even after a power failure... I wonder if there are any desktop components equally resilient. – None – 2013-01-06T11:12:38.080