Need some Tech support

Is your PC still in warranty i'd just take it back...

EDIT: I'M A **** AND DIDN'T READ YOUR POST PROPERLY.

Have you tried with a different monitor? As you said you think it's booting up... when you turn it on are there any LED's on? There's usually one in the Ethernet port, just plug a cable in and if the LED comes on you should be able to tell if there's any power going to the mobo... if it's not your monitor try plugging the monitor into the on-board graphics card (if you have one). If neither of that works then you can deduce what's actually not working.

Is your PC still in warranty i'd just take it back...

EDIT: I'M A **** AND DIDN'T READ YOUR POST PROPERLY.

Have you tried with a different monitor? As you said you think it's booting up... when you turn it on are there any LED's on? There's usually one in the Ethernet port, just plug a cable in and if the LED comes on you should be able to tell if there's any power going to the mobo... if it's not your monitor try plugging the monitor into the on-board graphics card (if you have one). If neither of that works then you can deduce what's actually not working.

I read this and remembered something. There may be diagnostic lights on the back of it or something. If there are, note which ones are on and what color they are. Certain colors in certain orders mean certain things. You should be able to contact the manufacturer to see what they mean.

Have you tried using your hardware on a PC that is working correctly. Try doing the testing you have done the opposite way, that may give you a better indication of what went wrong. I know that it might be a pain, but you could save yourself a lot of money if it was something small and stupid. God luck!!!

You heard a pop? Anything seem to be disconnected? cause pop could mean a wire or something got moved, fried maybe. My family comp died more or less, so I'm looking at what caused the problem, I'm getting a new motherboard, cpu fan, and a new harddrive. Good luck though.

Thanks for your help guys. It's currently going to a family friend who fixes this **** for a living, so he'll find out what is wrong with it for sure. I think I'll probably end up having to buy a new mobo though.

so itl turn on i had a desktop that "popped" when i turned it on. Im in A+ net+ classes so i took it in there and ran some diagnostics on it turns out the power supply was done for replaced it and the thing ran fine try checkin your powersupply. if it is thats not a hard fix at all just make sure you plug up all the cables back into the right spots.

worse than that. my mate finished examining it, seems there was a surge or something, and the PSU failed to protect the rest of the machine from the surge, so it fried the graphics card and the processor. Fortunately it should all still in warranty, so I'll hopefully only have to shell out for a new PSU that wont **** up. It's pretty irritating cause I had the whole thing on one of those surge-protector extension leads, fat lot of good that did.

I actually had the same problem with my computer two days ago. I first changed the graphics card to no effect, so i went back to my normal one. Then i noticed that there was a cable loose on the motherboard, that supplied the main power to it. Being the dumbass i am, i plugged the cable in WHILE IT WAS POWERED with the plug in the wall and the switch on the power supply on. Funny smelling smoke came from my graphics card, so im pretty sure its fried now. Anyhow i put in my old card and now it works fine. Check all your power connections to that area, but dont be the **** i was and unplug the **** thing.

haha XD yeah you've fucked that card. try sending it back to the retailer though, if its new it might be warranty. just dont tell them what you did. but as I posted, we know what's wrong with it now. heh i would have been able to find loose wires on my own :P