Hi, all. I'm in need of help. As a preface, recently I discovered one of my RAM sticks was dead, so I ordered two new sticks and just planned to trash the two old ones since I was upping from 4GB to 8GB.
It's been very cold here and my apartment has been a static factory. So unfortunately, when I got my new RAM sticks in the mail, I accidentally shocked my PC when I was swapping out the sticks. I didn't touch any internal components; I shocked the side of my case.
Ever since then, when I turn on the machine, all of the fans come on, but there is no display. I do not hear any beeps from the motherboard either (I can't remember if I ever have before though, I think the speaker has been broken/disconnected). Also, I can not power off the machine using the power button once it's turned on, I have to turn off the PSU.
I've already reset the CMOS, but with no result. I've also already ruled out the GPU/monitors/display cables. An interesting thing I noticed on my motherboard is that there is an OC button that you can press to adjust the OC. This button lights up when you press it to adjust the OC and should turn off when you press it again to indicate that you are finished adjusting. When I turn on the machine, this button LED stays on continuously. This hints to me that there might be something awry with the motherboard.
I realize if the static shock has been the cause, then any one of the parts could have gotten fried. But if someone could point me in the right direction to troubleshoot this so I don't end up testing randomly for days with no results, that would be great.
Thanks!
It's been very cold here and my apartment has been a static factory. So unfortunately, when I got my new RAM sticks in the mail, I accidentally shocked my PC when I was swapping out the sticks. I didn't touch any internal components; I shocked the side of my case.
Ever since then, when I turn on the machine, all of the fans come on, but there is no display. I do not hear any beeps from the motherboard either (I can't remember if I ever have before though, I think the speaker has been broken/disconnected). Also, I can not power off the machine using the power button once it's turned on, I have to turn off the PSU.
I've already reset the CMOS, but with no result. I've also already ruled out the GPU/monitors/display cables. An interesting thing I noticed on my motherboard is that there is an OC button that you can press to adjust the OC. This button lights up when you press it to adjust the OC and should turn off when you press it again to indicate that you are finished adjusting. When I turn on the machine, this button LED stays on continuously. This hints to me that there might be something awry with the motherboard.
I realize if the static shock has been the cause, then any one of the parts could have gotten fried. But if someone could point me in the right direction to troubleshoot this so I don't end up testing randomly for days with no results, that would be great.
Thanks!