Comp not booting up....

[Jblamp]

OK.   So its a home made comp by myself.  Its mostly a gaming rig and has run just fine thus far.  Its running Windows XP SP2.

I had the Powersupply replaced about 3 months ago, but other then that its solid.

I had it running and was in another room, came back in and the No Input Signal was up on the monitor.  The LED lights on the case were off and it was powered down.  I turned it back on and it powers up the case and MB, fans/ethernet/etc, but does not boot.  I figured maybe my little girl or the dog gave it a shock and it needed to take a break so I powered it down and gave it a break.  Went to turn it back on and still no boot sequence.  There have been no beep codes to note either. 

Any ideas are good ones so hit me up please.

Thanks.

[quaxo]

Do you have another power supply you could try in it? I'd hate to say it, but your power supply may have died again.

Do you see anything when you boot? Even a BIOS screen?

Disconnect all power cables inside, then reconnect them. Something may have come loose.

[Jblamp]

I don't have another power supply no.  As for what I see nothing.  Normally during boot up you see the lights on the CD drives blink and the activity light in front blinking.  This is accompanied by the tic tic tic of the harddrive and whatnot.  None of this occurs.  The fan spins on the CPU and the graphics card.  The ethernet lights start to act up and the thing just kind of idles with no boot sequence.  No feed to the monitor at all during all of this.

I am suspecting the system took a shock from either the dog or my little girl.  I have seen this in the past and with time it restarted, but this time it is being a pain and not coming back. 

[quaxo]

Whether or not the system will boot, when you turn it on with a working power supply, the CD drive and hard drive should start up too. If they're not working, they're not getting power, which makes me think your power supply has definitely gone out (or is on it's way out).

Do you feel you know enough about your computer to remove the power supply and replace it with a new one?

[Jblamp]

Well like I said I just replaced this one like 3-4 months ago.  So yeah I can replace them easily enough.  If it's jacked I am gonna be slightly upset.  Is the shock off of static to the case enough to fry a fairly new Power Supply?  I live in dry high-altitude and my dog is like a freaking battery so anything I might do to keep this from happening again would be GREAT!

[patio]

What brand and wattage is this PSU ? ?

[Jblamp]

As it turns out the Power Supply was fine.  It was the CPU.  As the MB/CPU were socket A and those are scarce to find in this area at this point I am building a new system.

Thanks for all the good advice though

[quaxo]

If you don't mind me asking, how'd you come to that conclusion? Just curious.

[patio]

Likewise...

[Jblamp]

Went to a local comp repair place here and had them test the Power Supply.  Even had them put a different Power Supply on the system and still no boot.  We did the pulling of chips and boards trying to narrom it all down and even tried the ones that could be in other machines.  Everything ran fine down to the CPU/MB arena, and like I said Socket A is INCREDIBLY hard to find so with no visual problems on the MB I blame the CPU.  Could be the MB, but either way My only course is to build a new system. 

Since then I have logged onto my favorite part site and built out a new system starting with a barebone.  Honestly it was time.  Its a pain having to mess with every new game to get it to work on my old pc.

Did I miss anything?

[WillyW]

...I have logged onto my favorite part site and built out a new system starting with a barebone.   ...

Slightly off topic:
Share with us your favorite components site.
Always interesting to learn of another.....

[philk]

If it matters for any future reader, I had the exact same symptoms described here and tried alot.  Nothing worked, replaced the power supply, and everything returned to normal.  that was a few systems ago tho.

I love this line:  "my dog is like a freaking battery"

[Jblamp]

Yeah Philk I had that once too... Too bad it wasn't the case this time as we tried a good Power Supply and no go.

As for my favorite part site I prefer Newegg.  I love their service even if they aren't the lowest price all the time.