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Old 12-29-2012, 10:06am   #1
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Default Dang, shut my big main computer off...
Was going to be gone for a couple of days, shut it down, it was doing updates when I left, and this morning it won't power on at all, as in dead.
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Old 12-29-2012, 10:57am   #2
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Damn thats not good. Sorry to hear about that. I can't really offer you any constructive help. Oh by the way that same shit happened to me. I had to get the 14 year old from down the road to fix it. I don't know what he did but he got it up and running. Good Luck
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Was going to be gone for a couple of days, shut it down, it was doing updates when I left, and this morning it won't power on at all, as in dead.
Since it's your main cpu you must have a backup on it....right?

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Old 12-29-2012, 11:04am   #4
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Data is backed up, it's just the power supply. This will give me a chance to make it quieter. Some of the fans are almost hard to turn by hand.
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Old 12-29-2012, 11:05am   #5
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Was going to be gone for a couple of days, shut it down, it was doing updates when I left, and this morning it won't power on at all, as in dead.
Make sure there is 110V getting to the power supply. Some power supplies have a indicator light on the back, otherwise you will need a test light or a multimeter. If all is good there you should check the power switch on the front of the tower. I have seen some where the switch is just snapped into a hole in the front of the case to line up with the button on the front bezel, the switch can end up getting pushed inside the case if the button is pushed too hard. The button still "feels" normal, but it is not actually making contact with the little microswitch any longer so nothing happens when you push it.

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Nevermind, just saw your latest post.
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Glad you have your stuff backed up, but scenarios like this are making a really good case for keeping my stuff on the cloud.
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Old 12-29-2012, 11:20am   #7
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Shit, the power supply tests out ok on the bench. Now I have to tear into it. I built the thing four years ago but I did not want this today!
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Old 12-29-2012, 11:34am   #8
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Throw it to the curb and buy a new one.
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Old 12-29-2012, 11:56am   #9
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I think the fans drew too much current at startup and killed the 5V supply but its just a theory. Trying stuff.
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it got all messed up from you downloading gay porn...most likely.


It got da aids...
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Old 12-29-2012, 2:11pm   #12
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Check the system board for any "over full" capacitors.
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it got all messed up from you downloading gay porn...most likely.


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So says the voice of experience...
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How's the battery?
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How's the battery?
Mine won't power up if the battery is dead.
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There is no battery! This is a desktop with four SATA drives and whatnot. I've narrowed it down, if you can say that, to:

Power Supply
Motherboard
Processor

Sigh. I'm just going to build a new one and get everything upgraded. This is running XP and it is getting long in the tooth anyway. Looking back I probably built it in 2006. It was robust enough to last all this time. This is going to be a complete pain in the ass.
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There is no battery! This is a desktop with four SATA drives and whatnot. I've narrowed it down, if you can say that, to:

Power Supply
Motherboard
Processor

Sigh. I'm just going to build a new one and get everything upgraded. This is running XP and it is getting long in the tooth anyway. Looking back I probably built it in 2006. It was robust enough to last all this time. This is going to be a complete pain in the ass.
Really? While I haven't had a desktop tower in a few years, they all had a small 3 volt, 123A lithium battery on the motherboard.

YMMV
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That battery is just for mobo settings and the internal clock it will boot with no juice in it.

Try pulling the processor and resetting it with some new thermal paste on it. Unplug all of the drives and stuff hooked up to the mobo. See if you can get it to boot without all of those accessories.
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Look who it is.

Any idea who that is in your avatar?
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The mobo should have a CR2032 or similar flat battery. It's for the CMOS.
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