Alright, a couple weeks ago I got a new computer and gave my old one to my little brother. Before giving him the computer, I reformatted the harddrive and reinstalled everything and gave him a fresh start. Now, over the past 4 or 5 months, that computer would not start up right away when I pushed the power button. I would have to flip the PSU switch in the back, press the power button, and anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes later the computer would finally turn on and boot up fine. A problem, yes, but a big deal? No.
Anyways, got the old computer working fine. Then my brother moves it into his room and it won't boot up at all. Has the same surge protector I was using and everything. I'd go through the same procedure I had been doing (flipping the switch, pressing power, and waiting) and the thing would never turn on.
A friend and I thought it must've been the power supply, so we switch it and still the same thing happens, won't boot right away. Then we figured it might be the motherboard. I ordered a new one and finally it came yesterday, I hook everything up.... and nothing happens.
The strange thing is that with the new motherboard, when I flip the switch on the back of the psu, everything powers up and all the fans turn on. However, the thing won't boot at all. When I ordered the new motherboard, I got a processor with it (as part of a combo deal) [plus the new processor would fit the mobo socket, which was different than my old processor] and it was OEM, so it came in this little plastic case padded with styrofoam in the case.
So the setup with the old mobo won't turn on at all, and the setup with the new mobo and cpu (but same HDD and graphics card) turns on right away but doesn't boot. Any suggestions?
It's particularly frustrating because my brother spent a lot of his christmas money on a new monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, and I had everything ready, then the moment I give it to him it stops working. Plus, some of his stuff isn't refundable (I don't know why but that was the policy), so we can't just return everything.
Anyways, got the old computer working fine. Then my brother moves it into his room and it won't boot up at all. Has the same surge protector I was using and everything. I'd go through the same procedure I had been doing (flipping the switch, pressing power, and waiting) and the thing would never turn on.
A friend and I thought it must've been the power supply, so we switch it and still the same thing happens, won't boot right away. Then we figured it might be the motherboard. I ordered a new one and finally it came yesterday, I hook everything up.... and nothing happens.
The strange thing is that with the new motherboard, when I flip the switch on the back of the psu, everything powers up and all the fans turn on. However, the thing won't boot at all. When I ordered the new motherboard, I got a processor with it (as part of a combo deal) [plus the new processor would fit the mobo socket, which was different than my old processor] and it was OEM, so it came in this little plastic case padded with styrofoam in the case.
So the setup with the old mobo won't turn on at all, and the setup with the new mobo and cpu (but same HDD and graphics card) turns on right away but doesn't boot. Any suggestions?
It's particularly frustrating because my brother spent a lot of his christmas money on a new monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, and I had everything ready, then the moment I give it to him it stops working. Plus, some of his stuff isn't refundable (I don't know why but that was the policy), so we can't just return everything.
