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cmkwood

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Well I just got into the idea of building my own computer and decided I would educate myself with an old HP of mine from 07. Well I got it apart and decided to take the whole thing apart. I then decided I would clean it and my dad suggested a vacuum cleaner. I know bad already:( Well I cleaned the whole thing on a carpet with about 75% humidity and attempted to put it back together. It is a HP a6683w and I believe I got everything plugged up right and all good. Next I plugged it up and it turned on and the fans ran the cycle and what not. The problem is that the monitor and I tried 2 reads NO SIGNAL. Now I probably destroyed the whole thing but it turned on fine and the fans, so is something unplugged or in the wrong place??
 
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DragonChase
You most probably have something plugged in wrong, non of us will be able to tell you what exactly. Its just part of building it yourself, it would be best if you had taken pictures step by step how you took it apart.

Here is the thing that mainely worries me... You did everything on a carpet! it is very very well possible at this point that you have passed on static energy into the PC. Here is a fancy quick 2 minute video explaining how to do it properly in the future: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQRIzgEVsjI

The use of the vacuum cleaner may have destroyed more then that, because your PC is old it is well possible that a capacitor in your PSU has popped. If possible test the system with another PSU, borrow one from a friend maybe.
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You most probably have something plugged in wrong, non of us will be able to tell you what exactly. Its just part of building it yourself, it would be best if you had taken pictures step by step how you took it apart.

Here is the thing that mainely worries me... You did everything on a carpet! it is very very well possible at this point that you have passed on static energy into the PC. Here is a fancy quick 2 minute video explaining how to do it properly in the future: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQRIzgEVsjI

The use of the vacuum cleaner may have destroyed more then that, because your PC is old it is well possible that a capacitor in your PSU has popped. If possible test the system with another PSU, borrow one from a friend maybe.
 
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have you tried unplugging all unnecesary, euhmm for example disconnect your videocard, CD drive etc and feed only the motherboard see if fan will turn on. Dont forget that there is another powerplug next to CPU fan.
 
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