Help: PC Won't Even Turn On :(


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Hmm, not much to go on but I've had similar things happen before but usually when I was putting machines together. You could open it up and see if anything has come loose/disconnected (memory is a favorite with me), with the usual precautions to prevent electrostatic damage. They get warm so I wouldn't think that's the problem unless you could fry eggs on it.

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Okay I'll check internal connections (I have one of those wrist thingies, so that's okay), but I don't see how anything could have become disconnected if the case was stationary and I was in bed... :ermm:

Thanks for replying.

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Disconnected everything, checked connections (which were fine), and reconnected everything. Still doesn't power on :(

It's weird, never seen it before - pressing the button causes no response whatsoever... when I've seen something refusing to boot it at least gives POST responses so you can decipher what is wrong.

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Originally posted by Napalm

Okay I'll check internal connections (I have one of those wrist thingies, so that's okay), but I don't see how anything could have become disconnected if the case was stationary and I was in bed... :ermm:

Thanks for replying.

Hey, good luck. Probably not the kind of think you want to said, probably more interested in advice, but paulladle said the same thing I would have said, so I can't really think of any more advice.

One thing you could try is if you have any mates close by, go borrow their PSU and whack it in yours. PSU's sometimes go out with a bang, or sometimes they just stop working. It's worth a try.

Keep us updated on what happens.

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Originally posted by Napalm

Disconnected everything, checked connections (which were fine), and reconnected everything. Still doesn't power on :(

It's weird, never seen it before - pressing the button causes no response whatsoever... when I've seen something refusing to boot it at least gives POST responses so you can decipher what is wrong.

did you play with the bios??? if so you have have over clocked it beyound a stable range and it wont bot. look on the web site find the cmos clearing solder joints. ths is a pair of solder joints that you use a screw driver and it shorts the bios clearing the cmos then go into bios reste everything back to the normal and try to boot up

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Hmm I guess it could be the PSU...

I have a PSU sitting right next to me on THIS PC, but I don't want to put it in mine as I'm more of a software person, not hardware. I wouldn't know if I'd installed it properly, etc. I can't risk blowing my board or chip...

Guess I'll have to get knackered when my dad comes home and hope he can fix it. :ermm:

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Originally posted by Cansokid

did you play with the bios??? if so you have have over clocked it beyound a stable range and it wont bot. look on the web site find the cmos clearing solder joints. ths is a pair of solder joints that you use a screw driver and it shorts the bios clearing the cmos then go into bios reste everything back to the normal and try to boot up

I haven't touched the BIOS, my system runs as fast as I want, I wouldn't want to overclock it. Last CPU I overclocked was a 300A Celeron to 450MHz...

The problem just 'happened', with no intervention from me whatsoever.

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Originally posted by Napalm

I have a PSU sitting right next to me on THIS PC, but I don't want to put it in mine as I'm more of a software person, not hardware.

In true Who Wants to be a Millionaire style, phone a friend! (who's knows his hardware) :)

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Replacing a PSU is not as hard as you think. Just make note of which wires go where, disconnect all power connecters, unscrew, replace the new PSU, and set the right voltage (220V usually) and that's it!

Give it a try before your dad is back =)

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Is the problem might be a cable problem ? switching Power to other electric slot might help.

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I did think that it might be the PSU but as it's showing a LED on the MOBO I'm not sure that's the problem. If you've got a spare PSU it won't hurt to try it out (assuming it's man enough for the MOBO/CPU?). Just a though have you tried the reset switch as I've come across machines that wouldn't start unless you pressed reset?

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I had the same problem. I would turn the comp on and nothing would work, just the little green light would go on. What happened to me is that my bios got fried when I tried to update it, don't ask how because I don't know... It was my first computer, damn Acer crap.

But then I played with the BIOS and you didn't...

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One time my older PC did not boot because of a pressed reset-button. Somehow the button was locked. If you often use the reset-button you should check it.

Otherwise there is a hardware failure, which will have to be repaired by the PC service or by someone who knows a little about hardware.

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ive had this kinda problem before with exactly the same symptons, so i took out each bit of hardware one by one eg. sound card, modem, ect. It tuned out to be a broken network card. hope this helps :)

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Its definately not the PSU and oh 1 question was the heatsink on the CPU Hot? Cuz if it was then i'm putting BIG $$$ on a fried CPU.

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I just remembered my brother's machine did this and when we took it apart the last bit we removed was causing the problem. The sound card, I think it was shorting across the PCI slot and he'd not touched it since the last time he used it. Try re-seating all the cards and see what happens.

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they're right, if the heatsink fan was put on sloppily or came loose or whatever an athlon can fry in seconds but do as someone else suggested and first try to clear the cmos. I had an ASUS A7v and it sometimes just ?lost? the settings. With the screwed up bios I would get the led power but the board would not start. Give it a shot. CPU and PSU are the main bets though.

GL

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