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Adrix
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 Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:32 am Post subject: PC wont turn on :/ |
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| so I had this new PC I built for about a couple of months now and its one wired PC. It worked fine until today because I turned it off last night to go to sleep. and this morning when I press the power button it doesn't power up. and I have a external hdd hooked up to it so I know its now the psu cuz the light on the HDD is on. I checked the power connection and it seems to be fine. I don't see how anything could have disconnected cuz I never move my PC. |
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Roach412
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does anything at all happen when you hit the power button? do fans do a pulse when you hit the switch?
any LED lights on the motherboard or anything indicating that it is receiving power?
-Roach
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Adrix
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| Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:57 am Post subject: |
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| no nothing like that happens but my external HDD is connected by USB and the LED is on so I don't think its the psu. this happens one and I waited a couple hours and it turned on but this time it wont |
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Adrix
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| i did the paperclip test and everything ran perfectly so im pretty sure its the case power button but idk. ii took off the top and front panals and checked the power button connectiions and they seem to be fine even the connection to the motherboard is fine because i never changed it and my pc ran fine up untill now |
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Roach412
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try wiggling that button around i guess...
what case do you have? have you looked to see whether other owners have similar issues with that same case?
-Roach
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Adrix
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| Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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| I have the Thermaltake Chaser MK-1 and no I haven't looked if any other owners have.this problem |
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Adrix
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| Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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| I called Thermaltake and they told me it must be the motherboard. wat do u think? |
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evasive
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Take out the video card and test again. Some of those XFX's have been reported with problems.
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littlestraffen
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| Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 12:24 am Post subject: |
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| i had the same problem it was the cable from the power button wasnt connected so well to the motherboard system pannel connecter |
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Karlsweldt
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How good is the BIOS battery? If not putting out a good voltage, the CMOS settings can default.. and the time/date will be wandering.
Pull the power cord from the PSU, attempt a few starts to drain reserves. Then use a digital multimeter to test the battery voltage in-circuit. Any bare metal point on the board fixtures, or a black lead terminal, is the negative. The top of the battery is the positive. You should note a minimal 2.9 volts to 3.1 volts reading. If any lower, then the real-time clock and other circuits may not be active, and the system timers will not respond.
The battery is only a fall-back source, for when no power is entering the PSU. The PSU has a +5 volt stand-by source which powers the USB ports and other circuits such as the clock and CMOS, even when the PSU is 'off".
But look closely at those capacitors on the board. If any show domed tops or signs of leakage, they are bad. Check www.badcaps.net/ for photos and more info.
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