I think the power supply is a good suggestion - it has to die some
time, why not after you turned it off at night or when you turned it
on in the morning.  It's not necessarily related to a surge, could
just be a component that failed in the psu when you turned the power
on in the morning.

Tony Mayer



>Hello John
>
>Thanks for your reply. I don;t think my psu is the problem.  The PC was
>working the previous night but when I swiched on in the morning it didn't
>boot up and the monitor was also blank. I have everything covered for surge,
>and I had not moved the PC prior to it not working.
>It has been suggested to me that I might have a problem with the mainboard
>or on board graphics card. what is your opinion?
>
>Dorothy Jones
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Kemp" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 10:58 AM
>Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] No boot up
>
>
>>  Dorothy:
>>
>>  A number of possibilities exist at this point. First, make sure that the
>>  wall outlet is providing the proper AC voltage. Next, eliminate the power
>>  supply unit (psu) as a possible cause - borrow a known good psu with
>enough
>>  watts to run your system. Hook it up and see what h
>
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