My computer has an ‘on’ button on the front and a green LED on the back. When working properly, the ‘on’ button lights up blue when the computer is turned on. When the computer is off, the button is not lit. The LED at the back is constantly lit while the computer is plugged in.
BUT
Last night I went to turn on my computer and I noticed that the ‘on’ button was flashing blue, and the computer was making a very faint ‘clicking’ noise, and the bastard wouldn’t turn on. I looked at the back of the computer and the green LED was also blinking. After checking all the obvious things (is the computer properly plugged in, etc), I decided that there must be something wrong internally – maybe the computer had been bashed and something inside had been knocked loose or whatever.
I’m no stranger to opening up a computer and tinkering inside, so I unscrewed the case and went in to have a look. There was nothing obviously loose or disconnected, but just to make sure I unplugged every cable one by one and made sure they were reconnected properly.
When I unplugged and reconnected the main power cable (the big multicoloured one that goes from the power supply into the mother board – don’t know the correct word) I thought I had been successful because the LED stopped blinking and returned to it’s normal constant glow, and the on button also stopped blinking and returned to it’s normal unlit state. However, when I tried to turn the computer on, nothing happened. I tried again to disconnect and reconnect the main power cable and now the on button is unlit but the LED is flashing, and the computer still won’t turn on.
I am at a total loss – does anybody have any ideas?