so for the last few weeks, i have been giving up on trying to get a computer i have been using in the past for fs2004 flights and stuff and recently there was a power outage that seemed to have stopped it from turnming on so i tried to fix it with online tools/vids but gave up after a few days and went over to another computer and used it for a while
let me rephrase that, one afternoon the power went off and the computer stayed off, i then tried to reseat
then after a few weeks (yesterday really) i tried to make it work again and can you guess this, i made the computer turn on and am now talking to you using that computer
I tried
*note- some of thse fixes only fix things partially so try any of these out befiore coming to the abnswer that fixed it... try some of these if others work
*note-if you cant get the green light of the led for the PSU to stay on ior is faint then go get a hairdryer and bliow air into the fan (might need to keep your head back whilst blowing) and watch the littel greren light become lit stronly and that should save you a new psu and anything you can think of
all of this i did running back and forth from anopyher room on a laptop so i had aklot of excerse!!
-moving the voltmeter from 115v to 210 and tried to start it and found it to be "UNSUCSESSFUL" (only will change anything if you are having a psu issue)
-unhooking up the vga cable and rescrewuing up the bolts that came loose to be "UNSUCESSFULL" (shouldnt hurt the computer if the small bolts that yiou stick the vga cable to suddenly comes loose and try to tightren them with a tweezers or needle nose pliers, but that didnt change anything)
-taking out what i thoiught was the GPU (graphics) port, looking at the part i took out and realized its not the GPU but the SCSI modem port and resinking/seating it..."UNSUCESSFULL" (for this issue we are looking at the electricl part of the computer and so this may not need to come up unless something probes it to!!)
-tried hooking up the computer with all the keyboard and simple essential perifrials and still "UNSUICSESSFUL" (keep it simple here but it may not work youll just have to test it out yourself)
- then i tried seating and reaseating the CMOS battery and did that about 4 times to test..(this is a rather necessory idea to check and make sure its seateed because of the sense we are dealing weith an electricval uissue and idicator light gets power from the cmos battery so its really good to check. *note, you can replacve them with a regualr CR2032 battery)
-watched a vbideo on a simple way to fix black screen of death and that was to hit ctrl-alt-del while computer is loaded and to no use "UNSUCCESSFULL" but should work if the keyboard is hooked up
- then i came upon a video which made me look at the computer and realize that one of my memory sticks/ram sticks was not hooked up propperly and i reseatted that and realiezed (at the same time) another ram stcik was seated but the latches on one end were not pushed in!! ... so i set the little tabs up, double checking to make sure that they are seated rigth and ready to start computer and tried starting the computer up and WOOOOOT baby it works!!
Try to consider saving time by having to check that everything is seated and correct (may have to just hold on to them and jiggle to see that they are seated proprely) and once you are done that jump to focusing on just the memory sticks if all others are tested and work well!.
You might have just seen where the latter of some of these techniques would save you some money and there is some money to be saved by realizing that most comp[uter tech nerds/helpers on thr net and in stores will tell you to get a new motherboard and a new psu if all else matters ad its possibly good to do that once and a while, BUT!! it doesnt have to be fixed or sold or get a new one... you can just do the ones that are elecectrically based of the ones ive listed and voila you have saved at least $250 or so (in any currency).
Congrats you have gotten this issue sorted out!!
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