I'm looking at a friend's computer which hasn't been able to boot up for several days. With nothing else but the power cord plugged in, the processor fan cotninually runs. The computer is completely off, in fact, won't power on, but the fan still runs. Aybody have an idea what the problem could be?
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Jump to PostPlease ask any IT Professional or Hardware Technician before making any such changes in your Computer.
CMOS battery contains information about your computers settings like time and date.
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Jump to PostStag, possibly your PSU standby power supply to the mb has failed [without that you usually cannot turn a pc on], else the mb itself has a problem. Okay, there are two types of sys turn-ons - in the old type the power switch is actually a mains switch which …
Jump to PostJust check the power supply fan if its working or not and than check if the light on motherboard is on or not. If the power supply fan is working fine and if the light on the motherboard is on. Than turn on the computer and see if the power …
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When I turn the tower on, the light remains the standby orange (not the usualy green) the fan runs and speeds up to full. It also won't recognise the keyboard (no lights or response), although the mouse appears to work. There's no output on the …
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