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Originally Posted by ianfreddie07
Well, the PC won't turn on. For some reason the lights don't flicker and the PSU fan doesn't turn on.
You think the PSU failed? And I'd also like to ask how long they last.
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The first culprit to check is the PSU. Second is the motherboard. Third - and last - are the hard drives (more specifically, the diodes used as surge protection on their circuit boards - once shorted, they prevent the whole machine from powering on).
How long a PSU lasts is dependent on too many factors to give a definite answer - some can be okay after a decade and a half (the 200 watt AT PSU from my first computer? It's still in use, powering my mother's Win98 system), others can blow in less than a year (several not so glorious examples I've had to do with).