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PC won't boot but fan spins for 3 seconds then stops

Asked by davidcowler in General Computer Systems

Tags: fan, spins, stops, pc, boot

I have just put my PC into a new case, so no hardware has changed. Now it won't boot in the new case! The fan spins for a few seconds then stops. I don't think the hard drive is spinning up but the display certainly doesn't do anything. I have checked and double checked that the power switch/reset cables are correctly connected and I've tried them both ways. I did have to remove the RAM to remove the motherboard from the original case, so I've checked that it has been reseated correctly.

I found a similar question on here the other day which said something about the power sw/reset sw cables being connected incorrectly would make it not boot. I thought I'd added that question to my personal EE knowledgebase but it's not there so now I'm desperate to get this running!

Thanks.

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