Turned the pc off as normal & when I tried to switch it BACK on the next day absolutely nothing happens. Everything is still plugged in & the fuse in the plug is ok. There is still power going to the pc, It just won't switch on. Don't know what to do next, can anyone help?
Let's confirm... When you press the power button, NOTHING happens? No fan sounds? Nothing? Do you have a surge protector? Any power outages or storms recently? If nothing of the sort has happened and NOTHING is happening when you press the button, then I'm inclined to just say that your power supply has gone dead. Don't worry though, you can buy another ONE. Just make sure it's the same wattage as the current one. How old is this computer?

FlameWe bought the pc on 14/7/04 from Carrera, who went out of business shortly after. The pc was called an Octan 64 PRO, the processor is an Athlon 64 3400+ (2.2ghz) with 1.5gb ram fitted. When we press the on/off switch it clicks as usual but absolutely nothing else happens. The pc is plugged in to a Belkin 6 socket anti surge protector. All of the other devices plugged in, ie screen,speakers,printer & scanner are working fine, (well at least they switch on). To my knowledge we had not had any storms or surges? Incidentally this is the same pc I wrote about last month to ask about the high spiking on the system idling. The pc had consistently crashed since we bought it until we replaced the 512mb ram it came with, with new ram (1.5gb) & it has not crashed since, (34 days & counting). I did try to send the hijacked log you asked for as a zipped attachment but THINK maybe I did it wrong & you didn't get it? Anyway other than the high system idle, everything has been GREAT since we replaced the ram, until 2 days age when I tried to switch it on & nothing. Hope this is of some help.Well, I know I'm being a pain, but what do you mean it clicks? Do you hear fans running? Does the power button light-up? (Most of them do these days) So my main question is if you hear fans humming, or do they die?

FlameI mentioned the button clicking to show that the button itself is not broken, but it's just the actual button clicking, usually, as you release the button, the light comes on & the fan starts but at the moment, the pc is completely silent. It's as it would be if it wasn't plugged in, (although it is)Could still use some advice on this, anybody?I think it's a bad power supply, but that's just me.

FlameLook on the back of your computer. Look at the power cord, there might be a switch there on the back. Flip it, then press the power button on the front of your PC.