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Custom desktop PC won't boot or POST after power outage

After a brief power outage the other night, my custom desktop PC won't display anything even though it's plugged into a surge protector. The power turns on (the LEDs and fans activate, keyboard light ...
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Desktop computer won't boot after BIOS changes

I have an iBuyPower desktop that is a couple years old. I was doing windows updates and it notified me that my computer didn't support windows 11 due to no trusted platform module. (Warning, idiocy ...
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Freshly Built PC Won't Post

I am having an issue with the PC that I'm building: it's not posting and there's no video output. When I turn on the PC a yellow/orange light appears on the motherboard; there are no beeps, the fans ...
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Can a water damaged motherboard or power supply ruin a functional CPU?

I found half of a desktop on the side of the road the other day. It included a 430 watt power supply, DVD r/writer, ASRock B250M-HDV motherboard, Pentium g4560 CPU, as well as a case with both side ...
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PC POST issue four beeps and no video signal

in last week i had a problem with my pc. In POST step i haven't received no beeps and no signal video. I tried to start it without HD , video card, resetting bios, no of this steps had solves my ...
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No POST, no video on startup after BSOD

I have an Alienware X51 desktop running Windows 10 and it won't power on anymore after I got a blue screen of death (code DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL; with the new windows BSOD this is all the ...
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Computer will not boot at all, even into BIOS

I asked a question a few months ago about my computer randomly shutting down, but not powering off, i.e. the fans were running but no input was taken and the screen didn't come on. It happened again ...
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Why would a computer stop POSTing only temporarily after a crash?

The other night, I was playing a game on my desktop PC when the graphics started stuttering and, eventually without warning, the entire display froze and the speakers emitted a constant buzzing sound. ...
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Computer won't start, just blinks on and off

I had a computer that was working fine for over a year, then suddenly it started to shut off, it got so bad that I press the power button and in around 30 seconds while booting Windows it would shut ...
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PC will POST whenever feels likes it

I'm really sick of my PC and I'd love to throw it off the 5th floor but unfortunately I don't have this luxury right now. The issues started when I moved to a new house about 2 months ago. I didn't ...
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New desktop won't POST

I've just built a PC, and for some reason the motherboard won't POST and boot the OS. I can hear/see everything get power and but nothing happens. I have pulled the RAM to see if it's bad and it ...
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