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Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
PSU testers can run as little as 6$ online. Always a good thing to have in your test stable (along with a cheap working RAM stick, a backup CMOS battery, and a standalone power switch).
Hemi is right on the money. PSU or Mobo are the likely culprits. I'm more inclined to say Mobo if it's spinning up at all however.
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Motherboard failures are extremely rare though, I've never had one happen to any of my computers, and as long as you get a decent brand it's not something you should ever have the worry about. My hunch is that with the unstable power levels in the city and possibly a generic power supply in caluminate's tower, something inside blew up enough to not get enough juice to the mobo for a proper POST