Computer isnt starting

[Guest]

I was cleaning my computer 2 days ago. Cleaning the inside and such. After I
finished cleaning, I plugged everything back in place but theres no power. My
computer has not been turned on for almost 48 hours. Its been stuck on Power
Save mode yet no power.(All electrical outlets are working.) Anyone know
whats the problem?

 

[Tim Slattery]

Computer isnt starting after cleaning <Computer isnt starting after

I was cleaning my computer 2 days ago. Cleaning the inside and such. After I
finished cleaning, I plugged everything back in place but theres no power. My
computer has not been turned on for almost 48 hours. Its been stuck on Power
Save mode yet no power.(All electrical outlets are working.) Anyone know
whats the problem?

Check the lines that come from the power supply and should be plugged
into a couple of wide connectors on the edge of the motherboard
(IIRC). It sounds like one of both of them has become dislodged.

Also, don't forget to double-check the simple things: that the power
cable is plugged in to the wall on one end, and into the proper socket
on the computer case on the other, and check the path from the socket
to the power supply inside the case. There might also be a circuit
breaker or something like that inside the case that needs to be reset.

 

[Guest]

I've checked everything from inside and out. I've also replugged everything.
How do I reset the circuit breaker inside?

 

[Guest]

My Feeling you poked and stared a lot in the inside of the case, you may
burnt or made the Mobo useless (the Mobo shocked from being that clean <G>).
If you have another computer, either try to replace the Power supply from
the case or grab the HDD and install it on another machine (same motherboard
preferable) to test if the HDD is dead or not.
Any of the fans are spinning inside the Case, if there are no noise then I
will take the Power supply is dead or the Motherboard.
Did you cleaned it with hover or washed it with hose? LOL.
HTH.
nass

 

[Patrick Keenan]

I've checked everything from inside and out. I've also replugged
everything.
How do I reset the circuit breaker inside?

If there is a breaker, it's in the power supply, which would have to be
replaced.

How exactly did you clean this? If, for example, you used a vacuum, key
components of the system may have been damaged by static, to the point where
they will not turn on.

-pk

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 05:48:00 -0700, Computer isnt starting after
cleaning <Computer isnt starting after

I was cleaning my computer 2 days ago. Cleaning the inside and such. After I
finished cleaning, I plugged everything back in place but theres no power. My
computer has not been turned on for almost 48 hours. Its been stuck on Power
Save mode yet no power.(All electrical outlets are working.) Anyone know
whats the problem?

You don't say anything about *how* you cleaned it, but note that the
inside of a computer is very vulnerable to static electricity. If you
don't ground yourself before touching interior components, it's very
easy to destroy things merely by touching them.

And I hope you didn't use a vacuum cleaner, which is one of the most
dangerous things you can do. Even more than your hands, vacuum
cleaners are *very* likely to destroy components via static
electricity.