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1. WhiteExodite (bleedingphoenix@wolfgirl.bar)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 07:19:35 JST WhiteExodite
   might as well post my PC's current ordeal.
   
   haven't been able to boot since the power surge a couple days ago. i've reconnected the cables and ram and gpu, replaced the cmos battery, and switched ram around (and tried with each one installed alone). all i get is the fans blaring at full power and the two red lights on the motherboard (cpu and dram, respectively). i think i may need either new ram, psu, or both plus some.
   
   lesson learned, power surges are no joke.
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   • Giganova8 :sob2: :nacho_dead: (giganova8@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 07:20:01 JST Giganova8 :sob2: :nacho_dead:

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     @bleedingphoenix
     :senko_hmmmm:
     If the system is reacting at all (lights and fans) then the PSU is probably intact, given that if it were burned up you'd be getting no power at all. When you opened the case, did you smell anything off? Weird as it sounds, that's a surprisingly good way of detecting burnt-out electronics.
     
     Might be worth trying to boot without the graphics card as well, just to see if maybe you can get some sort of output at all.
   • WhiteExodite (bleedingphoenix@wolfgirl.bar)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 07:20:01 JST WhiteExodite

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     • Giganova8 :sob2: :nacho_dead:
     @Giganova8
     all i smelled when i last booted was the smell of when motors go really fast, kinda like a burnt smell but i know that's not what it is. don't recall anything when it was turned off and i had my face in it, though.
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   • WhiteExodite (bleedingphoenix@wolfgirl.bar)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 07:20:02 JST WhiteExodite

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     • Giganova8 :sob2: :nacho_dead:
     @Giganova8 when i plug in the hdmi, the monitor turns on for a second then automatically closes after saying no signal. that's before i try booting or anything, when i do that i get no output, mouse doesn't light up, nothing.
   • Giganova8 :sob2: :nacho_dead: (giganova8@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 07:20:03 JST Giganova8 :sob2: :nacho_dead:

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     @bleedingphoenix
     Well, if you built your computer yourself, you may have not installed the POST speaker (I know I didn't :snale_heh: ), so if you've never heard them then that's not gonna be helpful. You are technically supposed to hear something every time the computer starts up, with the sequence indicating different things that happened during power-on. Does it give any output whatsoever when hooked up? Any lights coming on, peripherals activating, BIOS screen? Or just the two red lights and spinning the fans?
   • WhiteExodite (bleedingphoenix@wolfgirl.bar)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 07:20:04 JST WhiteExodite

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     • Giganova8 :sob2: :nacho_dead:
     @Giganova8
     are POST beeps something you hear with every startup? because i have never heard that ever.
     i'll check for other pci stuff when i'm home, but i disconnected most things when i was testing.
   • Giganova8 :sob2: :nacho_dead: (giganova8@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 07:20:05 JST Giganova8 :sob2: :nacho_dead:

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     @bleedingphoenix
     Are you not even getting POST beeps or anything? Cause if that's not happening, your motherboard might be busted, cause that should happen even if the rest of the system is busted. If you have any PCI stuff other than a graphics card, try removing that too, cause I once had a very persistent system crash that haunted me for a month a half thanks to a shitty PCI wifi card. Might be something else got fried and is taking everything else with it. :zt_think: