My computer just died on me

yu gnomi

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I was internet surfing, when my computer rebooted on it's own. When it restarted, I got the event code from the event viewer and was searching the internet for info. That's when it really died, screen went black and it apparently shutdown.

Now, when I attempt to start it, the hard drive indicator led turns on and the DVD drive spins up, but the fans do not come on and there is nothing displayed on the monitor.

Did my motherboard just die?
Any ideas of what I should do now?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    Intel i5-4590
    Motherboard
    MSI h97 PC Mate
    Memory
    Kingston Valu Ram 2 x 8 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon r7 265
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic 22" flat display
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 250 gb 840 evo SSD,
    WD Blue 1 TB HD,
    Fantom 2 TB ext HD
    PSU
    Corsair 600 W
    Case
    Antec 1
    Cooling
    stock CPU cooler, 4 x case fans, GPU fan and P/S fan
    Keyboard
    HP ps/2 keyboard
    Mouse
    Logitech Trackman Marble
    Internet Speed
    50 mb/s
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Norton Security Suite
Most painless thing to do is to try another, known good PSU. Recheck all the power connections and reseat all the cards including RAM and disks connections. That MB and CPU have video of their own so you can try without GPU, just to discount possibility of it being bad.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD
Yeah, try another PSU, another GPU (use internal graphics or another PCI-E graphics card) and remove all ram modules except one and try all of them, one at a time. You can also disconnect all not mandatory components like HDDs, PCI-E cards, optical drives etc. in order to make sure the problem is not caused by a short-circuited component. If all fails you are down to 2 possibilities: CPU or mainboard. Since nowadays a CPU failure is extremely unusual (unless you overclocked and overvolted your CPU recently) there is a high probability that the mainboard is the reason for the failure.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Update 1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    self built
    CPU
    AMD FX-8350
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 Rev. 3
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Zotac GTX 770 Amp 2 GB
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    GDATA Internet Security
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