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26th Jan 2009, 16:07
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Hi,
I was going out of town for a week and powered down my pc and unplugged it to 'prevent' issues with it while I was gone. I came back and went to turn it on and nothing...no fan, no noise, the on lamp on the switch didn't come on. The only indication of life is a small green light on the motherboard that indicates it is receiving power.  Any ideas would be appreciated! 
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#2
26th Jan 2009, 16:20
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My first thought would be 'PSU'.
'the on lamp on the switch didn't come on' What do you mean by this? |
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26th Jan 2009, 16:49
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Thanks, I'll try the PSU first.
The round switch that I push to turn the power to the computer on has a built in light for when the computer turns on. This switch light is dead as well. |
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#4
26th Jan 2009, 17:05
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is everything plugged in?
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#5
26th Jan 2009, 17:12
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Assuming it's all connected as it was and turned on it sounds like you may have had a power surge/power cut and blown the power supply. Even though you get lights, power supply's commonly do this even when broken.
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#6
26th Jan 2009, 17:14
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hesaid it was unplugged for a week.
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#7
26th Jan 2009, 17:22
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And..............?
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#8
26th Jan 2009, 17:55
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Sudden problems of this nature are almost always PSU. Capacitors can go bad even when you aren't using them - if you have a house/apartment that's not heated very well, for example, and heat it back up when you get back, for example, that can push mediocre caps from 'working' to 'dead'. PSU is the cheapest thing to test, so do it first.
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#9
26th Jan 2009, 21:39
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I ddint mean any disrespect Dave i just thought you meant a power surge when it was plugged in. Are you sure no one used your computer while you were gone? The most probable cause is the PSU but could someone have used it?
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#10
27th Jan 2009, 02:26
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I know it was unplugged all week, but at some point it would have need to have been plugged in and the mains turned in order to try and use it.
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