When I push the power-on button only the fans and neon fan lights go on for
a second and then everything is dead. A little bulb near the memory modules
stays lit, though. Nothing happens then when I push the on button again
until I push and hold it for about 5 sec. This makes the "memory light" go
off. I guess at this point the power is completely off. Pushing the on
button again repeats the whole process.
After numerous ons and offs and disconnections of power cord and hard
drives, etc the power may suddenly turn on and everything starts spinning
(all the fans and drives) but the machine wouldn't boot at all. The screen
is blank and there's no indication of power going to any of the peripherals.
The impression is that only fans and the drives work (spin).
Well, I did have some hardware changes (added a new sata drive) and I also
flushed my bios 2 times. First one was unsuccessful (wrong bios file), but I
didn't have a problem because I have dual bios. Second time (with the right
bios file) the flush was OK and the system booted nicely a few times. So I
don't think the bios is at fault here.
I do think something might be wrong with the power supply ( FORTRON SOURCE
FSP530watt-60GNA).
Even before the hardware changes I remember on couple of occasions not being
able to turn my computer on. It took then a few flips with the power switch
in the back to turn it on.
One more thing to mention. We have frequent power outages in the
neighborhood and my computer stays on at all times. Could those power
outages eventually have damaged the power supply. Unfortunately, I don't
have an APS unit, only a surge protector.

Thanks a lot in advance for any help.

First, your problem is cause by aun-reliable power source. The surge
protector may now have the "surge protection" fried. Since a surge may now
have gotten thru, you may need to replace the "entire" PC. A surge
protector is only good for "one" surge.

However, before you replace it, get a UPS with an extra level of protection.
These are know as "online" UPS and will "filter" the power going to the PC.
If you do not, you will keep "frying" PCs.


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> When I push the power-on button only the fans and neon fan lights go on
> for a second and then everything is dead. A little bulb near the memory
> modules stays lit, though. Nothing happens then when I push the on button
> again until I push and hold it for about 5 sec. This makes the "memory
> light" go off. I guess at this point the power is completely off. Pushing
> the on button again repeats the whole process.
> After numerous ons and offs and disconnections of power cord and hard
> drives, etc the power may suddenly turn on and everything starts spinning
> (all the fans and drives) but the machine wouldn't boot at all. The screen
> is blank and there's no indication of power going to any of the
> peripherals. The impression is that only fans and the drives work (spin).
> Well, I did have some hardware changes (added a new sata drive) and I also
> flushed my bios 2 times. First one was unsuccessful (wrong bios file), but
> I didn't have a problem because I have dual bios. Second time (with the
> right bios file) the flush was OK and the system booted nicely a few
> times. So I don't think the bios is at fault here.
> I do think something might be wrong with the power supply ( FORTRON SOURCE
> FSP530watt-60GNA).
> Even before the hardware changes I remember on couple of occasions not
> being able to turn my computer on. It took then a few flips with the power
> switch in the back to turn it on.
> One more thing to mention. We have frequent power outages in the
> neighborhood and my computer stays on at all times. Could those power
> outages eventually have damaged the power supply. Unfortunately, I don't
> have an APS unit, only a surge protector.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance for any help.
>