Dead PC

[Lemur]

Ugh. Just at the start of the weekend, too. Little lemur boy will be crushed that he can't play Left4Dead.

Here's the deal: Can't get to POST. Press the power button, nothing happens.

Power supply seems to be fine; plug it in and the LED on the mobo lights up. I suspect the mobo is also okay, but can't prove it. Maybe something went out in the wire between the power button and the mobo? The PC was in hibernation mode, not shut down, when it went black.

Ideas? This is rural Wisconsin, so I can't hope to get it into a shop before Monday, which suxxors.

[Husar]

Try taking out the RAM sticks one by one? Could be that one failed I think.
Otherwise I'd suspect the mainboard since it should at least try to start if the RAMs are okay and there is a working graphics card IIRC.
RAM and graphics card are what I'd check first anyway.

Hope you can work this out.

[Lemur]

Yep, tried the RAM. No dice. Suspicion drifts toward the motherboard ...

[Beskar]

Is the power button broken? Tried resetting CMOS ?

[Lemur]

Good idea with the CMOS. I'll go give it a shot right now.

-edit-

Popped the battery, then put it back in. Still no joy. I think the fact that it's not even reaching POST means some sort of catastrophic hardware failure, likely the mobo. Hmm, I wonder if this means it's time to put a low-end I7 in the case? Hmmm. Nah, that would mean new RAM as well as mobo and proc. I guess I'll see what the problem is before I decide.

[LeftEyeNine]

Lemur, why not trying to remove the screws of the motherboard, place some static clothing underneath and trying to run the PC?

I for one experienced that myself.