Question PC Will Not Turn ON!!

[vRuzzix]

I bought an Acer Veriton x2631G a few days ago and it was working fine. I did play around with the pc components a little and after tried to turn it on but it didn't turn on. I didn't hear a beep and the pc was not indicating that it was on.

I tried changing the PSU but it didn't help, I even took out the power connectors and put them back in but still, the pc wouldn't boot. I researched, and it said that the problem is probably with the PSU or the mobo. ( I am quite new to building PCs)

Specs: i3-4130 3.4Ghz
GPU: Intel HD 4400
PSU: LITEON 250W PS-5221-9AB
Ram:4GB Crucial+4GB Kingston
HDD: 500GB

 

[TheeCatalyst21]

Best to check if the original psu is faulty first.

(Please be careful when doing this)

You can test out a psu with a paper clip, turn the paper clip into a U shape and use pliers to remove both ends of the rubber cover of the paper clip.

You can follow this vid.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixcWCrYpw3Y


Once again please be careful.

 

[TheeCatalyst21]

Also you did mention you "played around with the pc components a little" Can you elaborate further?

Like did you take out the motherboard and stuff like that.

 

[Eevvaann6]

If you messed with the PSU you could have killed it and made it fry your entire PC storage and everything.
Or you could have broke the board by accident.
Its possible that you put something in backwards and fried it.

 

[TheeCatalyst21]

Best case scenario is that OP just plugged in the headers wrong.

 

[Eevvaann6]

on most boards you cant plug the PSU in wrong

 

[Eevvaann6]

or even anything in backwards

 

[TheeCatalyst21]

on most boards you cant plug the PSU in wrong

Just the front panel headers, because the on switch isn't working.

 

[Eevvaann6]

On my PC the front panel cable cant go in backwards and would assume thats true on lots of boards. You missed the post under the one you quoted.

 

[vRuzzix]

I just tested the power supply and it works

 

[vRuzzix]

Also you did mention you "played around with the pc components a little" Can you elaborate further?

Like did you take out the motherboard and stuff like that.

I removed the PSU and the hard drive and also the CPU fan, I think that when I was putting the hard drive back in I might've broken something but I didn't see any issues except a small scratch on the motherboard.

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[vRuzzix]

If you messed with the PSU you could have killed it and made it fry your entire PC storage and everything.
Or you could have broke the board by accident.
Its possible that you put something in backwards and fried it.

I think i put in the OBR, The C_Intrusion and the SYS_FAN Connectors in backwards

 

[vRuzzix]

My Motherboard Is The Acer H81H3-AD V:1.0

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Your first picture (Top one). If that copperish colored area in the bottom center is the area you referred to as "a small scratch" then you are wrong by a wide margin. Zooming in on that area I see missing and misaligned components. Looks like someone ran a chisel over it. It's no wonder it won't power up.

 

[vRuzzix]

Should I Buy Another Motherboard Of The Same Type

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Should I Buy Another Motherboard Of The Same Type

Well, the one you have is not repairable so the decision is already made. Whether or not you go with the same make/model is entirely up to you.

 

[Eevvaann6]

Should I Buy Another Motherboard Of The Same Type

Depends on how much the board is, If its too much just buy a new one of those

 

[TheeCatalyst21]

You could probably find a cheap ITX broad replacement and keep the ram, psu cpu, hdd & case or since it's newly bought, you need to check your warranty.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

..... or since it's newly bought, you need to check your warranty.

Warranties don't cover user caused damage such as this.

 

[vRuzzix]

I might just get a new pc tbh i didn't really like it that much