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Jul 18, 2009 Rating Computer Start Failure by: Support Hi Stephen, You have done the obvious by replacing the power supply. So now you need to think about the things that are not obivius. In my Troubleshooting section of this web site I walk you through those steps. Basicly here are the steps: Remove all power from the drives. Remove any add on cards except the video. This procedure is time comsuming and should be done one step at a time - With the case open power up the computer, watch the fans, did it start? If the fans spin up but the computer did not strat then remove power. Reseat the memory, power up the computer, did it start? No go to next step, yes then reconnect all the items you disconnected and restart, did it restart? No go to the next step, yes then power it down and put in one add on card at a time, restart after each one until all add on cards are installed. Did it restart after each add on card was installed, yes done. No the last card installed is the problem. If the memory reseat did not make any differacnce remove the memory and power up the computer, does it beep? If so note the beeps, there will be either short or long or one contious beep. If it beeps then go to the manufactures web site and get the beep code for the error you are experanceing. If you removed the memory and the computer did not beep then either the processor or the motherboard has failed. Hope this helps...

Jul 19, 2009 Rating My computer stopped running and won't start up by: Stephen Thanks for your help. I ran through the exercise of adding one thing at a time to the power supply ubtil I found out what failed. It turned out the graphics card had failed. I replaced the card and everything is fine. Thanks again for your help. You have a great web site. Steve

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