# Ready to throw PC out window **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 26, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-to-throw-pc-out-window/684644 "2014-03-26T23:01:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-to-throw-pc-out-window/684644/21 "2014-04-01T22:26:36Z")
> [@AngelSoft](#): > > Yes I’ve triple checked that. Made sure the arrows match. I just removed the mb from the case just to see if there was a short somewhere. Fans spun, no beeps though. Even without any ram. Thought maybe my PSU was bad after all. Tried an alternate. Fan spun for a sec then stopped. Now plugging in the first psu, fan won’t spin at all. FML. That sounds an awful lot like a short, causing the power supply to shut down. ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-to-throw-pc-out-window/684644/22 "2014-04-01T22:42:20Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > That sounds an awful lot like a short, causing the power supply to shut down. But it wasn’t attached to the case. just sitting on a wood table with only the psu and the speaker attached. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-to-throw-pc-out-window/684644/23 "2014-04-01T22:44:00Z")
I think you need to enlist the help of someone with a voltmeter and some PC-builidng experience… ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-to-throw-pc-out-window/684644/24 "2014-04-01T23:11:20Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I think you need to enlist the help of someone with a voltmeter and some PC-builidng experience… Sigh. My dad has one, I’ll ask him about it. And I used to think I wasn’t a complete idiot with computers ☹ I feel pretty confident in working with them but this has just completely made me feel completely stupid. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-to-throw-pc-out-window/684644/25 "2014-04-01T23:29:00Z")
> [@AngelSoft](#): > > Sigh. My dad has one, I’ll ask him about it. And I used to think I wasn’t a complete idiot with computers ☹ I feel pretty confident in working with them but this has just completely made me feel completely stupid. Well, it sounds like you did all the right trouble-shooting steps. Sometimes it just takes another pair of eyes. Don’t be annoyed when the answer turns out to be something really, really obvious - it always works out that way! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-to-throw-pc-out-window/684644.md?page=1)