I turned on my PC today and nothing happened. Looks completely dead. The only sign of life is that a dongle plugged into the back lights up, nothing else appears to be getting power. I made one change recently, which was to install an m.2 SSD via PCIe3. And last night I installed Linux mint on an old HDD from another computer, just to test it. The computer is a bare-bones job I had built in 2014, by Magic Micro of Cleveland. The new m.2 drive was working fine for a couple of weeks, and Mint installed last night and was running OK.
Here's the specs:
CPU: i-7 3770 Ivy Bridge.
Mobo: Giga GA-H77-DS3H
RAM: DDR3, 4 x 8 GB
DVD RW
(1) SSD 256 GB
(1 ) m.2 -PCI3 SSD 500 GB
(2) 1 TB HDD
On-board graphics
120mm Case Fan, plus usual other fans (CPU, PSU)
PSU: Antec EA500
So, this machine is 8 years old, the PSU may have finally died, but I'm not competent to assess this. I don't know what the dongle lighting up means, perhaps just some residual power? There are no other lights or any kind of activity.
I'm thinking about just buying a new PSU as it seems the most likely culprit. If so, recomendations would be appreciated. Or is it worth pursuing other causes?
Thanks.
Here's the specs:
CPU: i-7 3770 Ivy Bridge.
Mobo: Giga GA-H77-DS3H
RAM: DDR3, 4 x 8 GB
DVD RW
(1) SSD 256 GB
(1 ) m.2 -PCI3 SSD 500 GB
(2) 1 TB HDD
On-board graphics
120mm Case Fan, plus usual other fans (CPU, PSU)
PSU: Antec EA500
So, this machine is 8 years old, the PSU may have finally died, but I'm not competent to assess this. I don't know what the dongle lighting up means, perhaps just some residual power? There are no other lights or any kind of activity.
I'm thinking about just buying a new PSU as it seems the most likely culprit. If so, recomendations would be appreciated. Or is it worth pursuing other causes?
Thanks.