PC woes... [no more!]

[Ionias]

I have always built my own computers and I run into these problems all the time. Here is what you do…

Turn on the computer. Does your Power Supply’s fan start up? If not then this is probably your problem. Does your motherboard have any LED indicators that it’s getting power? If no then you’ll have to assume that it’s getting power based on the PSU’s fan running. Turn off your computer and find your motherboard manual, find out which jumper you need to use to reset your CMOS. Sometimes a MOBO’s CMOS will get corrupted and resetting the CMOS might help. Now turn on your computer w/ the reset CMOS. Any luck? If you’ve still got nothing chances are your motherboard is dead.

This is actually good news because this item, while painful to change out is only about $100 (www.newegg.com) and it means that your files on your hard drive are all safe.

[Akatosh]

As I said, there's absolutely no indication that anything whatsoever happens when I press the power button. No fan starting, no booting noises, no flashing LCDs, no beeping, just... absolutely nothing.

About the CMOS reset... well, I have tried taking out that battery (the one that powers the BIOS, I think), but I haven't tried locating a reset switch yet. That's up next, though - thanks for the advice. I hope it works, since this stupid barebone doesn't seem to use a standard-sized PSU (although I might be wrong here, I suck at hardware issues) and I don't want to go through the pain of replacing the mainboard. Wish me luck...

Oh, and I don't mind the jokes... especially because I keep my porn firmly located on the Interwebs. 

[InCreator]

Then it's PSU.
To be really sure, try another power cable. They tend to break near the plug (that end that goes inside case).
If no luck with cable, replace power unit.

I seriously doubt that you need to change mobo... Power fan goes around even if motherboard is toasted.

I know this from whenI toasted one on my 486DX/66 (sob!) when taking out RAM while computer was working (Forgot to turn off).
I saw sparkles and really bad smell, but power fan kept on spinning.
Then again, new technologies might work other ways.

Because, for a long time, I thought my air intake fan was broken on new Intel case, just to find out that's it is auto-controlled by motherboard and spins only when temperature exceeds some specific limit.

[Akatosh]

Turned out, it was PSU. I exchanged it for a similar model some minutes ago, and everything is working like a charm again. 

[Snake]

Thanks for your help, people!

Oh bugger off

--EDIT--
Added a smiley to reinforce my intent.