Troubleshooting Your Computer That Won’t Turn On

Have you experienced pressing the power button on your computer and your computer won’t boot? This guide aims to help you discover some of the reasons why your computer won’t turn on. As you read through this article you will know important clues as to what might be the problem with your computer. When your computer doest turn on you shouldn’t worry that much because there is still something that you can do. Here are simple steps that you can follow to determine why your computer won’t turn on.

Before anything else, always remember to try to relax! When you are relaxed, you can figure out exactly why your computer won’t start and think of ways on who to get it back up and running. Most users tend to panic when their computer won’t turn on. One reason is, they are worried that all their data is gone forever.

One common reason why your computer won’t turn on is because a piece of hardware failed or causing a problem on your system but that hardware is not your hard drive. Relax because your data is probably safe but currently not accessible.

Try these steps if your computer shows no sign of power at all.

1. Before starting any time consuming troubleshooting process, you should make sure that you actually turned on every power switch and power button on your computer. Believe it or not, one of the most common reasons why a computer won’t turn on is because it wasn’t turned on!

2. Next thing that you should check is disconnected computer power cable connections. Check for any loose or unplugged power cable that you are using for your computer.

3. Try “lamp test” to verify if there’s power coming from the wall. You will instantly know if there’s a power when the lamp doesn’t turn on when you connect it on the wall. By doing so, you will know if the power source is working properly or not.

4. If you already checked the previous items and found out that there’s nothing wrong with them then it’s very likely that your power supply unit in your computer not working. But before replace your power supply, you should test it first just to be sure that it is no longer working. Usually, there’s a problem in the computer power supply when it won’t turn on. You should make sure that its no longer working before you replace it or go to the next steps.

5. In some cases, power button on your computers case is failing. It is also possible that the reason why your computer is not receiving power is due to loose wiring in the power button or because it is already damaged.

6. The worst thing that can happen to your computer is when you need to replace your motherboard. If you already checked and found out that your wall power, power supply, and power button are working then its probable that your PC’s motherboard is damaged and needs to be replaced.

You can check if your motherboard is still working or not by using another motherboard to test your system. If the new one is working fine then you already found the culprit behind your problem. If any of this tasks seem hard for you to do then I highly suggest that you seek a technician’s help to figure out what’s wrong with your computer.