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My Computer is Down

My PC is down. It is a 5 year old XP by HP. The drives do not spin up, the light on the front panel does not light up and it does not even run the onboard bios. The fan in the power supply is running but not the one in the computer or on the Chip.

I traded the power supply with a power supply from an old computer that works and nothing changed. Is there something I am missing?

sanjithml

Do you hear a beep sound while turning on the pc? If not, you need to open the cabinet and remove all the cables including the Bios battery, clean it using a blower and reconnect it. I think it must work out.
Check motherboard LED turns on when u power on the system.
Let me know the status.

akbiro

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That is what I did. I changed out the power supply to one I had in an old computer...pulled the battery and put it all back in the computer. No lights, no beep, no disk spin...the only thing running is the fan in the power supply.

THANKS

akbiro

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do you give up...I am willing to try anything you suggest

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akbiro

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OK...I will give it a whirl...thank you very much

akbiro

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If you can believe it, I think my Meter is out as well...but I think you are right. I will get another one, make your tests and then move on. THANKS VERY MUCH

akbiro

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Thank you very much...

sanjithml

sorry for the delay...
you didn't mention it whether the motherboard power LED turns ON when u turn on ur pc. if not try changing the SMPS.
Still not working means there will be capacitors next processors usually.. check any misalignment of capacitors.. then it's mothervoad issue.