You have previously indicated that the hard drive is receiving power. Therefore it 
is clear, at least, that the power supply unit has not been damaged.

The LED on the computer's front panel is an independent device, that has nothing 
to do with the power supply unit. It's in fact controlled by the motherboard electronics; 
so if it's not working this pretty clearly indicates a faulty motherboard.

A static discharge into the motherboard might have also damaged the RAM memory chips. 
So yes, they could be irreperably damaged also, but not inevitably.

To determine if the video card is damaged, install it in another Windows computer, 
and see whether it works. You will probably need the installation disks for the card 
in order to do this test.

Likewise, the power supply unit (PSU) can be tested by fitting it in another computer. 
But this does sound like a waste of time. If it's supplying power to the hard drive, 
the PSU *must* be working.

Bear in mind that this is a Windows forum, not a hardware forum. You're pretty close 
now to exhausting my knowledge of hardware! 

The indications are that you have a faulty motherboard. The LED diode is not receiving 
a signal from the m/board, and the monitor is also not receiving a signal from the 
m/board.

Are you getting any indication that either the keyboard or the mouse are functioning? 
Any bleeping or feedback when you use them? Any monitor response?

If both are also "dead" then I must point out that, since they both depend on m/board 
electronics, things look black for your m/board!

Ed







On Friday, April 20, 2007 at 7:38 am, Charles wrote:

>Hi Ed, thanks for the reply, but I did ground myself (at least I thought I did). 

>If I did in fact do some damage as you said, what would it be that I damaged? The 

>power switch light is not going on upon bootup, so do you suspect the power supply. 

>If it was a static issue then wouldn't it make sense the memory would have been 
what 

>I damaged? Do you think it is the video card, since I don't seem to have an input 

>signal? What would be my next step, checking the video card and then the power supply? 

>How would I determine if they are faulty? Thanks for your reply, and your help is 

>most appreciated.

>

>Charles
 

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