PC froze then died

My PC had been working fine for several hours till I tried to sort out a problem with a silent front speaker. The front right speaker (5.1 system) sometimes stops working but can usually be fixed by repositioning or reinserting the plug in the onboard audio module - something that I have often done in the past with this and the previous MB ( I assume that there is a poor connection in the lead or plug)
On this occasion after I had reinserted the plug, the PC froze and was completely unresponsive. I rebooted but there was no boot up sequence - the monitor remained completely blank with no codes at the bottom right of the screen. I tried rebooting again but there was no response to the Reset or Start buttons either on the case or on the MB. I could only stop and start by using the on/off switch
The PSU seems to be ok - the case lights come on, as do all fans and a HDD spins up (the OS is on an SSD)
The only light that comes on on the MB is this BIOS indicator. I've tried switching to the Green BIOS but the only difference is that with this the PC switches off after about 30 secs whereas with the main blue Bios it stays on until I use the main off switch
I've disconnected all peripherals apart from the KB and mouse and cleared the CMOS but without success.
Something seems to have died but I'm not sure what or why. Any suggestions please?

here are the main suspects
if you have another stick of RAM that you know is working you could try that! <--- worth a try just on the off chance that the Memory has gone BAD!
PSU may have gone bad possibly! <--- try another if you can
Motherboard may have just given up and died from a fault on it! <--- this is possible as a motherboard is very complex so there are many parts that can go wrong!
last suspect is your CPU has given out! <--- Rare but can happen

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