I put the computer to sleep mode, and then I went out for an hour. I came back and tried to wake it up to a blank screen. I forced a hard boot, and got a blank screen again. Then, I took it apart to essential parts and noticed the fan wasn't moving in the slightest. I took out the motherboard to isolate from the case and it didn't help. Removing the 3v mobo battery, and draining power via power button while disconnected didn't work. Letting it sit for 8 hours with drained power didn't help.
No POST.
No fans.
Only LED that turns on at power button press until I remove power jack turns on, otherwise nothing else to note.
Only CPU, 1 of 2 RAM, screen, power, cpu fan, and power button are connected. Motherboard isolated.
I figure it's the motherboard, but I can't afford a new PC. I'm willing to work out the components and read volumes if I need to, and maybe buy inexpensive tools since I could do with the extra technical skills and economic opportunities that such tools provide. I'm currently studying a book to help fix circuit boards, but any online resources on the subject of circuit board repair will still be appreciated.
I have to be honest: I got awfully paranoid that maybe someone online hacked my BIOS and corrupted it, but is that even a thing? I was running a trial of EVE Online just before I put the computer to sleep, and often click the random links I find on people's profiles. Some guys were trying to troll me and I did click on some links in their profiles. Also, a family member handed me their laptop to fix that I haven't had the chance to work on, but I was told they had the same symptoms. This was just a week before my computer went out, so I thought maybe there was such a thing going around--it would be a new reality to me, but conceivable.
I didn't include the specs in this post because I thought that it isn't particularly applicable.
No POST.
No fans.
Only LED that turns on at power button press until I remove power jack turns on, otherwise nothing else to note.
Only CPU, 1 of 2 RAM, screen, power, cpu fan, and power button are connected. Motherboard isolated.
I figure it's the motherboard, but I can't afford a new PC. I'm willing to work out the components and read volumes if I need to, and maybe buy inexpensive tools since I could do with the extra technical skills and economic opportunities that such tools provide. I'm currently studying a book to help fix circuit boards, but any online resources on the subject of circuit board repair will still be appreciated.
I have to be honest: I got awfully paranoid that maybe someone online hacked my BIOS and corrupted it, but is that even a thing? I was running a trial of EVE Online just before I put the computer to sleep, and often click the random links I find on people's profiles. Some guys were trying to troll me and I did click on some links in their profiles. Also, a family member handed me their laptop to fix that I haven't had the chance to work on, but I was told they had the same symptoms. This was just a week before my computer went out, so I thought maybe there was such a thing going around--it would be a new reality to me, but conceivable.
I didn't include the specs in this post because I thought that it isn't particularly applicable.
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