Computer wont turn on

yeesnaw · 10-23-2009, 12:29 AM

basically the problem is i can press the on button twice, flip the power switch at the back and see a quick flash from the computer lights but other than that my computer is a paperweight

ok so i decided to swap my hard drive last night, put it back up, but didn't pay attention to a cable that got in the way of my graphics card's heat sink.

i turn it on, started formatting for windows when i look back my computer is off and i can smell burning plastic. so i assumed its the hard drive swaped them back around and ran it again. all was normal until it shut down again and that was the last time i got it to run.

woke up in the morning and saw that there was a cable in the way, but now nothing works, if i try turn it on then i flip the switch at the back i can see the light flick on and the fan barley turn but thats about all i can do with it. what to do please help me.
yes, i know it was definatley the graphics card but why wont my computer power up! even if i unplugged the graphics card it still dose nothing!

**emosun** · 10-23-2009, 02:31 AM

You probably fried it , either the power supply or the motherboard. Bench test the system and components separately. make sure everything works in other machines

10-23-2009, 12:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
yeesnaw Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 7 OS: XP	Computer wont turn on basically the problem is i can press the on button twice, flip the power switch at the back and see a quick flash from the computer lights but other than that my computer is a paperweight ok so i decided to swap my hard drive last night, put it back up, but didn't pay attention to a cable that got in the way of my graphics card's heat sink. i turn it on, started formatting for windows when i look back my computer is off and i can smell burning plastic. so i assumed its the hard drive swaped them back around and ran it again. all was normal until it shut down again and that was the last time i got it to run. woke up in the morning and saw that there was a cable in the way, but now nothing works, if i try turn it on then i flip the switch at the back i can see the light flick on and the fan barley turn but thats about all i can do with it. what to do please help me. yes, i know it was definatley the graphics card but why wont my computer power up! even if i unplugged the graphics card it still dose nothing!

10-23-2009, 02:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 6,916 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Computer wont turn on You probably fried it , either the power supply or the motherboard. Bench test the system and components separately. make sure everything works in other machines __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list