my computer wont turn on. i moved housed recently and when i set my computer the power light stays on continously stay on when the computer is plugged in and i can still get power from the usb ports (to charge my mp3 player). i have tried changing the power supply and i have aslo done a board check to see if my motherboard is shorting out because it is touching the case but i still could not get any action from the motherboard. can any1 help me solve my problem please.

andrew benns

andrew benns, March 2006

If you have just moved house, it is possible that one or more of your system components has become unseated during transit.

Try pushing the cpu, memory and other peripheral cards into their sockets, remove the power cable from the PC for 5-10 seconds and try it then.

Preseli Computing, March 2006

have tested to see if its the power switch thats faulty but that is not the problem and i have also tried removing all non-essential hardware butim still not getting any response. does anyone have any more ideas.

andrew benns

andrew benns, March 2006

thank you for your replys but have tryed them and still nothing, i think its now the motherboared or the processor, can you tell me how to test them to see which one it could be thank you
andrew benns

andrew, March 2006

Hi Andrew,

Sounds like a faulty power switch.

Jay, March 2006

try takeing the memory out and also any video cards, modems etc then put memory inside computer and test every time you replace something you had in previous. i may help


hope things work now

sender Duane of scarborough

Duane of Scarborough, March 2006