Hi, I'm new here but it looks like a very informative and friendly forum... can you help?
Last night, whilst playing "Painkiller" (I'm 38, don't start!), I had a sudden loss of power to my desktop; without any warning and no jarring to the case, it suddenly died.
Monitor, speakers, external HD all carried on working.
When i switch off the power at the wall and switch back on (UK 240V), there is a momentary flicker of life as the case fans (and leds) flare up for a tiny flicker and then die. It will do this once only... subsequent pressing of power button does nothing, HOWEVER if i disconnect power to the wall and reconnect, it will do the same thing.
I opened it up and the processor, PSU fans all start momentarily and then die.
No other equipment in the house flickered at the time (like lights or TV).
Am I right in thinking it's the PSU that has suddenly died?
(One thing of interest... a week ago I updated my video driver to ATI Catalyst 7.9; this wouldn't run any of my Half life installation so I removed it and reinstalled version 6.
Any help or comments would be greatly appreciated.
AMD Athlon 2.2, running at 3.2
1GB RAM
Radeon 9600 graphics
Onboard sound.
Fancy case.