Why won't my computer turn on? heeeelp!!
 

One of my PC's won't turn on for some reason. When I press the on button it turns on for literally a split second then goes dead. WTF could the problem be?

:helpme

bad switch?

absolutely nothing has changed... been plugged into the same surge protector for at least a year... it's really wierd that this would happen all of a sudden.

no maybe the power switch is bad and it's killing the current.

your power supply might be fuckt (sp?)

Power supply is fucked

the PC monitor and the laptop i'm using right now are hooked up to the same surge protector and they work just fine. I hope it's nothing serious :(

I would guess the P/S or mainboard

Try another power supply on it. I've had that problem twice before and it was the power supply.

Yeah I guess i'll try it somewhere else tommorow when i have some time... don't need it tonight but it worried me.

probably blew out the power supply

my new wireless keyboard and mouse i ordered finally arrived today and i wanted to try them out... booooo :(

I think he's talking about the internal power supply that you plug the cord into on the back of your computer. That's responsible for distrubting power to your motherboard, fans, and all your drives. I think it could be that or a messed up switch (the actual button you press on the computer to power it on).

first guess, it's your power supply..

Power supply on the box.

that's what i thought he was talking about too after i replied but wasnt sure lol... i just hope it's not going to be too much of a pain in the ass to get this fixed... I might just be better off getting a new PC... all I can say is THANK GOD I decided to back up everything and format it last week... THANK THE LORD!!!! LOL

Thanks for your replies everybody i'll have this looked into tommorow

you can get a new power supply for under $100

cool thanks for all the info :thumbsup

I really don't know anything about computer hardware :)

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....ry&id=cat01073 - $55 + 10 minutes or less to install.

Mine was doing the same thing awhile back...unplug your pc from the surge protector or turn the surge protector off for a couple minutes then try again.

No problem. When you buy one make sure you get 50 extra watts above 350 watts for every 2 harddrives/dvd rom drives you have.

So if you have 2 harddrives and 2 cd/dvd drives you'll need a 450 watt.

Why would a surge protector do that?

power supply probably

power supply?

try taking out the small battery on the motherboard, then put it back in

Yea it's probably the power supply

power supply - though it has been said 1939393 times. :)

so what is it?

Reset you CMOS on the motherboard.

I have no idea...I know nothing about computers except how to use it.

get a new power supply