who is da culprit???

i'm stating a problem what my friend is facing now...
he was using his machine...like casual web browsing, media player, download thru torrent...
suddenly his monitor went blank, hdd led pc power led was not lit by then, no sounds of cpu fans...
upon removing one side of cabinet, no sign of external thing like burn or burnt smell...
after sometime wen he tried to switch it on, no fan movement inside da cpu, no beep sound...nothing.
two things...one was monitor's usual sound after normal switch on...other motherboard's led was visible...
that means there is power in the motherboard but no boot ups

now guyz plz help...who is da culprit?
may b smps/cpu/motherboard/ram/monitor????

one thing he's havin a p4 HT machine with SMPS, no GPU...
if ya need full specs plz ask
thanks in advance for helping
regards

V

cud b corrupted ram. i had same prob once. try changing the ram.

my friend tried all cleaning parts, like cleaning the rams, n all
@varun but there's no beep sound we usually hear in case of troubled ram...

M

yep its ram i suppose

okay mates...so wat to do? check that machine with another compatible RAM???

V

yes remove the ram and try booting it wid another compatible one

cud be the smps is not supplying enough juice on th 12v rail.so mobo led is glowing but pc wont switch on.
try a diff smps.

@assassin is there ne way checkin the smps???

@ saiki
hey i heard this problem hira is facing with his pc, cudn't come up with a solution. very hard to tell without seeing. have to chek all the components individually is my suggestion.

@saikibryan connect a good smps in working condition to that pc.

1st. - Try another SMPS. I think SMPS is the main culprit.
2nd. - Try another RAM.

If not solved then lemme know.

@sys...yeah i told him to do so already...
@assassin n rajat...buddy shall check that also...
will let ya kno the results
tight lines

hey all...thanx mate
smps was gone boom
my friend has changed it...his pc is working just fine
thanx all once again
regards