A few days ago my PC suddenly died while I was asleep. After 1.5 years of working perfectly it just dropped dead. I woke up and tried to turn it on, but nothing.

My first guess was the PSU, but I tried hooking up an old one I had lying around that I was pretty sure was working, but same thing with that. My next guess was the motherboard, I couldn’t think of anything else, so I ordered a new one. An Epox 9-NPA to be exact.

Got it yesterday, but the same problem persisted. So I ordered a new motherboard in vain it seems. Back to the drawing board. Then I tried fiddling with the PSU again, and it seemed to be dead when I shorted it while it wasn’t connected to the motherboard. Now I just need to test the old one and see if that was dead too for some reason, if it doesn’t work, then I’ll get a replacement for the newest PSU from the warranty, and hopefully that fixes everything. If not… then I have no idea and I’ll just have to get used to living the offline life for a while until I have enough money to explore other components or something.

Being without my own computer is taking its toll on me. I can be without a computer for days or weeks without problems, as long as I know it’s there for me and working when I get back! Having it right next to me without being able to revive it is frustrating to say the least.

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