My computer won't boot up, with graphics card not seeming to be on

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I accidentally turned my computer off and quickly on again, and now no matter how many times I turn it off and on again, it won't BOOT up. My graphics card fans are the only thing that aren't spinning otherwise all other components seem fine and turn on normally it's just that nothing ever initiates the monitor and stuff.

PLEASE HELP!
 
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It's unlikely that powering your system on and off damaged your system these days. UEFI's on modern motherboards control power i/o better than a regular BIOS did due to voltage regulation requirements for modern processors and different governmental energy stipulations. That said, it is possible your UEFI/BIOS settings have been corrupted still. I would read up on ESD if you are totally unfamiliar (the DoD and .gov websites have some great info) and then reset your CMOS. Your motherboard manufacturer should have a manual online for your motherboard telling you how to do this.
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I see. What's a good way to check or maybe fix the problem in this case?
 
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It's unlikely that powering your system on and off damaged your system these days. UEFI's on modern motherboards control power i/o better than a regular BIOS did due to voltage regulation requirements for modern processors and different governmental energy stipulations. That said, it is possible your UEFI/BIOS settings have been corrupted still. I would read up on ESD if you are totally unfamiliar (the DoD and .gov websites have some great info) and then reset your CMOS. Your motherboard manufacturer should have a manual online for your motherboard telling you how to do this.
 
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Right I'll see if I can do that...
 
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Thanks man! It worked! I'm typing this from my computer :)
 
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You're welcome. Glad I could help. There may sometimes be options that will change when you clear a CMOS. For instance, resetting the time in BIOS so Windows matches up again (it won't let you run Windows Update without a fairly correct BIOS time) - although modern UEFIs will save some settings (unless you update your "bios" then even this will likely be cleared - but not always). However, one key thing for some motherboards is that the SATA ports would be reset from AHCI back to IDE or vice versa - which may break your operating system. The trick is to boot using the alternative mode. If you are in IDE mode and would like to switch over to AHCI (which is preferable) you can, by changing a registry key within Windows and then changing the setting in the BIOS before you reboot.
 
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