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I had to take my computer with me home after finishing summer classes. My computer was working fine before I left, but now that I'm home, it starts up as soon as it gets power to it, the power led is not coming on, and it doesn't seem to be going thru post. The power button cannot turn it off. Its not the power supply or my harddrive, and fairly sure its not my memory. I even made sure that there was nothing short-circuiting the motherboard anywhere. What could be wrong with it that I haven't checked for yet?

Check to make sure that the case didn't shift, it sounds like the button is stuck. You may have to remove cover and check the front cover with the power button, it should snap off.

I checked to see if it was the power button by using a spare button i had and connected to where the original pwr button was. it still acted the exact same way.

Trying changing the PSU next.

already tried replacing psu with no luck. still acted the same way.

sacredbunny246 wrote:already tried replacing psu with no luck. still acted the same way.

OK. Have you tried to remove the following: 1) Sound card 2) Modem 3) And any other cards that are connected to your m/b. Then restart your computer with just a bare minimum of components like your motherboard, CPU, PSU, one memory module, AGP card and just one main drive.

just tried running on bare minimum, no go. i tried to run it with both ram sticks, then 1, then the other. wutever is wrong with it, it doesnt seem like a simple fix.

Have you tried changing your mainboard?

was hoping to find a solution before it came to that... i dont have an extra m/b around so i would have to buy a new 1. any other solutions that ne1 may kno of would b quite helpful. and thanx 2 those who have been tryin 2 help me out. i appreciate it.