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Need help with computer that will not turn on!

Posted on 11/01/2009 3:15:47 PM PST by GregB

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To: GregB

Ditto the motherboard. Have you installed a piece of hardware lately? Sometimes a new hardware install, or something you downloaded, may be incompatible.


21 posted on 11/01/2009 3:23:46 PM PST by rabidralph (http://www.thealaskafundtrust.com/ http://www.sarahpac.com)
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To: GovernmentShrinker

Thanks I plugged it in directly still no luck.


22 posted on 11/01/2009 3:24:32 PM PST by GregB (According to The Constitution Sarah Palin is eligible to be President!)
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To: GregB
Could it be that all the porn you were surfing overloaded your system?

I mean, its kinda like giving viagra to a 20 year old and not expecting some sort of negative results........

23 posted on 11/01/2009 3:24:54 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Who's your Long Legged MacDaddy?)
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To: LukeL; cripplecreek

That was LOL funny!


24 posted on 11/01/2009 3:25:03 PM PST by KansasGirl (I hate the media.)
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To: LukeL

Yep still no luck.


25 posted on 11/01/2009 3:25:29 PM PST by GregB (According to The Constitution Sarah Palin is eligible to be President!)
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To: LukeL

Yep still no luck. Sorry It is a tower.


26 posted on 11/01/2009 3:25:57 PM PST by GregB (According to The Constitution Sarah Palin is eligible to be President!)
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To: LukeL

Yep still no luck. Sorry It is a tower.


27 posted on 11/01/2009 3:25:57 PM PST by GregB (According to The Constitution Sarah Palin is eligible to be President!)
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To: GregB
I would push the button and it would go for maybe 5 sec and then go off. The CPU fan is probably not running. The motherboard shuts itself off when it notices that the fan is running at 0 rpm, to prevent overheating.
28 posted on 11/01/2009 3:25:59 PM PST by TChad
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To: Lancey Howard
Show it this. Maybe this will turn it on.

Pretty good, neighbor- it just needs a garter belt & hose...

29 posted on 11/01/2009 3:26:39 PM PST by backhoe (All Across America, the Lights are being relit again...)
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To: MrsEmmaPeel

No beeps just nothing..


30 posted on 11/01/2009 3:27:25 PM PST by GregB (According to The Constitution Sarah Palin is eligible to be President!)
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To: GregB

Is it a lap top with batteries or other? Is there anything else being fed out of the wall circuit so you can check to make sure it’s hot and the breaker not triped.


31 posted on 11/01/2009 3:27:48 PM PST by deport
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To: GregB

Blow in its audio receptor?


32 posted on 11/01/2009 3:28:54 PM PST by irishtenor (Beer. God's way of making sure the Irish don't take over the world.)
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To: GregB

It sounds like a power supply. They are not that expensive to replace.


33 posted on 11/01/2009 3:29:09 PM PST by NoControllingLegalAuthority
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To: Lancey Howard

Oh! Thats just not right! :-)


34 posted on 11/01/2009 3:29:12 PM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: Hot Tabasco

I hear that if it lasts more then for hour call your doctor well I will call the local newspaper and have a photographer come along..I would be so proud!!!


35 posted on 11/01/2009 3:30:22 PM PST by GregB (According to The Constitution Sarah Palin is eligible to be President!)
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To: Hot Tabasco

I hear that if it lasts more then for hour call your doctor well I will call the local newspaper and have a photographer come along..I would be so proud!!!


36 posted on 11/01/2009 3:30:24 PM PST by GregB (According to The Constitution Sarah Palin is eligible to be President!)
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To: GregB
Yep still no luck. Sorry It is a tower.

You've actually gotten good answers so far, despite the expected kidding.

Since it's a tower, try opening it and blowing everything off with "dust-off" or compressed air.
( You do have your drive backed up, don't you? )

Use the air to see if you can get the fans to spin, and note if they are locked up.

37 posted on 11/01/2009 3:30:51 PM PST by backhoe (All Across America, the Lights are being relit again...)
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To: GregB
Start here....

38 posted on 11/01/2009 3:32:14 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: GregB

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/findbysymptom/ht/pconthenoff.htm


39 posted on 11/01/2009 3:33:12 PM PST by snippy_about_it (Looking for our Sam Adams)
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To: GregB

I will try an old pwer supply, Do I hook everthing up? or just the motherboard? I need to get it fixed this old P3 ia driving me crazy..it is double posting


40 posted on 11/01/2009 3:35:08 PM PST by GregB (According to The Constitution Sarah Palin is eligible to be President!)
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