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did the power supply finally go?

Asked by techempire in Miscellaneous Hardware, Hardware Components

Tags: power, supply

I decided to pick up a new HDD today. I swapped it out with the old one, booted up, did the works, transferred a ghost image. Everything went great. Was in the OS, everything seemed fine. Rebooted etc.

Finally after everything was set, I shut the machine down. I then attempted to power it back on, and it didn't.. Its dead as a door nail. I opened the box up, checked everything that could possibly have been affected. HDD is intact, cables in and around are intact. "power/reset" cable is intact on front of pc and to mobo. RAM/Processor intact.

Wall outlet is fine, I tinkered with the plug at the back of the machine, plugging it in and to make sure it wasnt lose. Two times it powered back up, (black screen, but hdd's/fans going) but now, cant get it to power at all. The two times it did power on, it was spontaneous. I'd unplug, replug, it'd power (black screen).  I'd then unplug, replug, no luck. After about 3 tries, it powered up again. Now it wont power at all.

The PS whistles whenever the power cable is plugged in. In my experience, the processor is one of the few items that will cause a zero power bootup. Rest usually cause POST beeps.

I've expected the PS to go out, its made consistent whining noise in the past, came and went. Frankly, im surprised its even lasted this long. What bothers me is this occurred right after a HDD install.

Does it sound like it finally went poop? Note, I replaced a HDD, I didn't add a new one. I can understand how adding ANOTHER HDD could cause a PS to fail, but not replacing.

Any input/ideas appreciated.

P.S. I just gave another plug-in attempt after letting it sit for 5-10 min. It powered up briefly, then shutdown.
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