Recent content by sickleandsuckle

It indeed was the motherboard that shorted out. The new one has brought the PC back into commission. Thank you everyone for your help!!

Thankfully the motherboard was only $90, which was around the price of the PSU. I'll just go refund the PSU I had just bought. Assuming that the other components weren't harmed. I'll see how installation goes this weekend. Just out of curiosity, If a short circuit goes through the...

Unfortunately I don't. This was my first build, and was working for 1 month before I shorted it out. Though since a new PSU is coming in the mail I might as well test that too. If that doesn't work.... Well I guess it's time for me to drain my debit account for another motherboard. And...

So I got the PSU tester to see if my PSU might be a damaged component. And it turns out it still works...but when plugged into the PC, it doesn't: I know, like you said, that dead PSUs do not mean that no electricity follows through them. The -5 V LED is not lighting up (but apparentely...

Does that mean that the block jumper might give a false positive, and that I should get something like this? (I had already ordered it, so if that is true I will have a better tester at the ready). https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005CTCD6S/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 That...

No, I haven't tried doing that screwdriver method. Are there any significant risks to this? I don't want to (further) damage the components. The PC does not boot even with the LED strip disconnected. The PSU tester essentially does that, it's not a voltage reader or anything, just a jumper that...

Hello everyone, I made a horrible, horrible mistake and was doing some modification to my PC interior WHILE the computer was running. I installed a case light for my PC, and was trying to move it around while the lights (and thus the PC) were on. It was connected to a 4-pin connected directly...