D7AKE

My pc downstairs (im using my daughters upstairs) b4 u ask wont turn on?

Where do I start?

What could it be?

Si

rik-rs

i had this once, i had to remove the little battery from the motherboard to reset the settings, something had changed and the battery was keeping the setting which wouldnt work...

maybe worth a try..


or maybe fuse gone if it wont even power up...

madmack99

kick it or wind it up with the lever on the side of the computer

Stephen_B

check to see if a keyboard is unplugged. Also, have you made any hardware alterations recently? I know on mine i tryed to swap my wifi card (when i had one) and tv card round so the aerial didnt get in the way of the tv cable, and it refused to boot up. No idea why. Put them back and booted up straight away

D7AKE

Thanx for the replies so far, could it be the power transformer in the pc?

vroomtshh

It could be. Work your way through things in order with a multi meter.
Test your wall socket first, then unplug the kettle lead from the back of the PC and check it. If those are ok, next up is the power supply. If its ok, then motherboard battery or dodgy on/off switch.

Stu.H

Try this:

Take side off PC, so you can see the CPU fan.
Unplug the kettle lead out of the back of the machine, and plug it back in.
Press the power switch on the front WHILE watching the CPU fan, does it move for a split second?

danneth

picky775

my laptop done the same thing,fine the night before,come to turn it on the next night and it wouldnt.Turned out to be the motherboard had fooked

Stu.H

Did you try what I said?