Major Hardware Issue

[Technologic]

So I did a bit of spring cleaning etc, removed all components, reapplied thermal paste, cleaned out the dust, rearranged a little and put them back in. However, now when i power up my computer won't POST, everything is on, all the fans are running but that's it, both monitors show black screen. I resat everything, replaced the CMOS battery, checked for any shorts and tried powering it up adding one component at a time but I'm at a loss. It's not the video card as a tried using another one as a test so i'm guessing it's a mobo problem, the things been acting funny for months so i think it may have just died. Any advice?

[LMS16]

Static electricity I be you didnt wear a static strap? and I bet you just held your mobo, this will have killed your mobo most probs

Lew.

Edited by HotelUser (Forum Moderator): Accidental double post merged due to forum lag.

[Technologic]

My bad, slow browser. Mod delete pls

Nope, i had a strap on

Edited by HotelUser (Forum Moderator): Please don't post pointlessly, thanks.

[AgnesIO]

Nope, i had a strap on

Oh really?

Sorry immature moment.

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Have you double checked all the wires have been plugged back in? Does it keep turning itself off after a while, then powers up again automatically?

[Technologic]

I gave up and got a new mobo

[Rapidshare]

Musta been static, Rmemeber to use static mats and the strap, but I never used either so you got unlucky ;/

[Recursion]

Never used static mats or straps and I just pick motherboards and stuff up with my bare hands, there's no reason for them break (and actually components are a lot more static resilient than you think) unless you're very unlucky. Just make sure you touch your power supply/case whilst it's plugged into the wall next time.

[Stephen!]

I didn't use to use anti-static equipment until I killed 2 motherboards in the space of a month. I'm never touching components without a mat/bracelet again.

[Agnostic Bear]

Never used static anything. Walk on carpet all day w/ no shoes or anything, never broken a component from it ever.

Did once use a bit of metal to try and prop up a graphics card by mistake. The graphics card in question is dead. It was only to try and get PhysX working though.

[Technologic]

Tbh it was all good in the end, the mobo was dying anyways as was the processor, somehow managed to screw £250 off my dad for a new mobo + cpu deal and 4gb of ddr3 memory