What the fuck is wrong with my computer.

I Love THC

I Love THC

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first of sorry didnt know were else to post this.

i moved my computer the other day and i pluged it back in tryed to turn it on and nothing..

so i take the case off and theres a flashing PWR_SB light.. i got no clue wtf that is .. i call my nerd mate he said it could be the power supply unit is gone.. i change it with my spare one and same thing.. so now i know its not the PSU ..

i dont know much about fixing computers and dont want to take it to a computer guy coz of all the weed shit on it my nerd mare doesnt know whats wrong with it.. i dont know what to do its pissing me off all i got is this shitty laptop.

so if anyone knows what it could be please help me.

thanks.
 
heathaa

heathaa

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if you have a windows disk i would try to reload windows. theres only two things that causes a computer to not turn on. one is bad hardware. the other is a virus or missing software. i would try to add the windows cd and see if it will boot up. if you can get it to boot up i would do a restore point from there. and run an antivirus. after that if it removed any viruses i would try to start it back up and more than likely it will
 
I Love THC

I Love THC

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i took the hard drive out and put it on my other computer and cleaned it for virus and maleware.. my windows doesnt have a disk i have a cracked version on vista. should i try the harddrive back in my other computer?
 
StudioNNNy

StudioNNNy

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Would you mind being a little more specific?
When you say you try to turn it on and nothing, what exactly do you mean? Is there no power whatsoever going to it? As in no fans running etc?
 
ANC

ANC

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You need to check the second power supply in another PC to make sure it is not also faulty.
 
I Love THC

I Love THC

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no fans nothing the PSU fan doesnt even power just the flashing PWR_SB light on the motherboard, checked the PSU in other computer its not faulty.
 
ANC

ANC

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Sounds like a dead asus, any of the capacitors have slightly blown up (like a baloon) apearance on top?
 
ANC

ANC

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There are two fully blown open caps in that pic, its more common to just find bulging..
 
I Love THC

I Love THC

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just had a good look and theres none blown open or bulging they all looks normal. anything else it could be or i could try?
 
djruiner

djruiner

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have you checked to make sure its not the outlet your plugging into...that could be why the psu didnt work on the other unit
 
ANC

ANC

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Ok, try the following, remove everything from the motherboard except for the PSU and CPU, even the ram, see if it gets to the normal eror beeps.
 
I Love THC

I Love THC

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when i connent the plug for the usb ports at the front the PWR_SB light goes for solid to flashing? could that be the issue?
 
blazin256

blazin256

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how old is the mother board? what kind of processor do you have? i was thinking of building a computer and putting an asus in it.
 
G

goldenone

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Kind of hard to explain, but don't pull the motherboard. Inside you will find wires going from the switch to the motherboard, one should be labeled pwr. Unplug the power and hold down the power button for 10 seconds or so. Leave it unplugged. Disconnect the wires from the power panel make sure you remember what wires went where. Now plug in the power, take a screwdriver (small) and short the pwr lead to one next to it for a couple seconds, see if it comes on. What I would normally do first would be to remove the battery for a minute after removing power and holding the power button down, this resets the cmos usually, also most boards have a reset jumper that you can reset it with. This is common with HP and Dell and other name brand pc's, they all use the same shitty boards basically.
 
Dropastone

Dropastone

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I had a similar problem once and it was a fan. When the mother board senses a fan is not working it won't boot up. Especially if you have one that plugs right into the motherboard. What you can do is if you have a spare fan lying around that works, plug that into your motherboard and see if it fires up.

Another friend of mine had a similar problem where his motherboard was frying the fan. He did what I just suggested and the PC fired up but the MB quickly fried it as well. In his case the MB was the culprit and was frying the fan. He got another MB and fixed the problem.

Anyway I hope this helps a little and good luck

Peace.
 
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