I have 1 of those Ibuypower crappy desktops. its an o.kish PC, with some cheap components. I got it on around Aug 2014, so for 2 years it has been working great. BSOD every now and then about every 3 months but hey stuff happens

Just now, I tried to play WoW on it with the new update. For some fkin unknown reason after the update(i havent played in about 6 months) it put my settings on maximum when i launched it. I told myself no big deal, ill change it. Well, I forgot about that, and then was going to mess around and multibox lvl 20 trial toons (it involves launching 5-6 windows of Warcraft, basically). So I launched 6 Warcrafts on MAXIMUM setting.

The machine kind of made a static noise, the monitor flickered twice and went black. The power to the mouse went out and keyboard. I plugged and unplugged all the power cables I could find, especially the one connecting the motherboard. Replaced the motherboard battery. Nothing.

Do you think the motherboard is toast? What would be some good ones to get? Or wait until Black Friday? I am not sure if I am posting this in the right category. Also I am a college student so money is kind of tight right now, this really sucks. Came home to release stress after exams and then this shite happens ;/

the motherboard is Gigabyte Ultra Durable GA-H81M-H Desktop Motherboard - Intel H81 Chip. Funny thing, the monitor still recognizes that there is a plug(if I disconnect it from the tower it prompts to me reconnect it, but after that it says there is no signal)

Is the motherboard screwed? Wait until BLack Friday to replace? I have a laptop as a backup...

This post was edited by Trickshottr on Sep 27 2016 10:48pm

Could be gpu or psu as well.

Are you using a gpu? Or the default the mobo provides? Also run the utilities program recommanded so we can see the make up of your machine, and note what psu is in your rig. If you can't. What os, processor, ram, psu, gpu is in the machine

http://www.piriform.com/speccy/download

This post was edited by VFW on Sep 28 2016 06:49am

test psu
usually on those you get crappy psu

google power supply paper clip test

i forgot to say, the tower itself powers on, blue lights and everything. but yeah, ill test the GPU when i get home

did the paperclip test, power supply is working

just so everyones aware and clear a paper clip test doesn't prove shit. need voltmeter and even then sometimes it wont help cause you need voltages under load.

first things first. disconnect everything but the bare min
cpu/mobo/ Ram (1 stick in first slot) /psu nothing else should be getting power aside from the gpu if you have no onboard.
If after reconnecting these nothing boots then consider a new PSU then GPU.

If it boots reattach things 1 by one.