I went away for a few days, and when we did, i turned off all power strips going to both computers. However when I came back home, I went to turn on both computers.
One computer had no problems and is the one I’m posting this on. All accessories to the other one did also. Looking on the mobo, there is a little green light that comes on. However when I push the button on the case, it does make the normal click sound, but nothing inside the case turns on. There is no activity, and except for the small light you would think there was no power going to the case, and taking out the power cord produces no more difference than the light goes out.
So at this point, I’m trying to figure out whats going on. Before i left, everything worked fine. All strips were off. We did have evidence of a power failure because of blinking clocks. There are no scorch marks or blown capacitors on the mobo, that i can see. I also made sure all plugs were well pushed in.
At this point, i’m leaning towards the power supply taking a hit. So Im asking if this behavior indicates a bad power supply. I keep thinking it should turn on, then turn off because of a bad power supply. I’ve never had it work enough to turn on a light and nothing else.
for a while i was thinking that somehow turning it off for 4 days would set off some sleep mode.
