Hardware I think my PC just died... HELP!!!!

[Dominator211]

I was doing a little experiment since I had a spare windows 7 install laying around I put it in my Main laptop and see if it would boot. so I'm like "Ok cool" I switch my main hard drive back in and it wont turn on. its completely life less. the only thing i can think of is static shock. but i don't remember getting shocked in the last half hour. Im stuck and IDK what to do im quite livid

 

[ry755]

You mean like the power LED doesn't even light up? I guess it could be static shock. Maybe something else got accidentally unplugged?

 

[FAST6191]

Static enough to make you notice and static enough to kill most electronics is a very different thing.

Anyway I assume you checked wires, checked fuses and took out and reinserted the hard drive.

You say nothing at all as well... sometimes people knock the RAM and have to reseat it but it will usually spin up the fans, some lights and maybe even beep at you as well if it was that. Not to mention most hard drives are not next to the RAM.

 

[Dominator211]

no lights, ram is on the underside of motherboard. i reslly do know how to feel right now its dead

 

[kumikochan]

You moved it while it still had power in it. When you remove a hdd you have to wait a while since most electronic devices store a charge. If you move a hdd while it still has that electrical storage in it it does die so yeah. Maybe you waited a bit but i am assuming you didn't

 

[Dominator211]

I dont even know what to do or think right now. this is all my fault. im so stuck.

 

[supersega]

Laptop? Probably motherboard, not much else can go wrong in a laptop these days.

 

[Ericthegreat]

I was doing a little experiment since I had a spare windows 7 install laying around I put it in my Main laptop and see if it would boot. so I'm like "Ok cool" I switch my main hard drive back in and it wont turn on. its completely life less. the only thing i can think of is static shock. but i don't remember getting shocked in the last half hour. Im stuck and IDK what to do im quite livid

Static destroying modern hardware is rare.

Edit: modern hdd don't die from removing quickly either, (hotswapping)

And when I say modern I mean last 10 years.

 

[Ericthegreat]

I agree you probably unplugged something on accident.

 

[InsaneNutter]

It's easy to knock the switch on your PSU and turn it off.

The jumper from the power switch on the case might have come out the motherboard.

 

[chocoboss]

Hotswap is not a problem since SATA is hot-swappable. Maybe motherboard problem.

 

[ThoD]

If literally nothing is turning on and it's a desktop, it sounds to me like you accidentally pulled out the front panel cables from the motherboard (they should attach to bottom right of most motherboards). Almost all desktops happen to have the HDDs around that place too, so it's not unlikely. If that's not the case, make sure your PSU gives power to begin with (use a voltometer).

EDIT: Reread and I guess it can just be the HDD pins having an issue. Depending on what BIOS your laptop comes with, it may not allow the power to go on without an HDD. Try booting into BIOS without an HDD in and see if that works. Disconnect any USBs/external stuff too and test.

You moved it while it still had power in it. When you remove a hdd you have to wait a while since most electronic devices store a charge. If you move a hdd while it still has that electrical storage in it it does die so yeah. Maybe you waited a bit but i am assuming you didn't

Not true at all, unless it's a VERY bad quality HDD. I literally swap out HDDs even while my computer is running and haven't had any problems with drives as old as 15 years old (even IDE ones). Bad SSDs can die though and I mean very crappy ones.

 

[Dominator211]

Static destroying modern hardware is rare.

Edit: modern hdd don't die from removing quickly either, (hotswapping)

And when I say modern I mean last 10 years.

But i didnt touch anything other than the hard drive. when i press the power button dirctly on the motherboard it gives nothing.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Pull the HDD out, try turning it on. If nothing happens still, then it's either a problem with your mobo or a problem with your battery/charger. Even without a HDD, it'd still at least boot up either straight to the BIOS or give you a "no media detected" error.

Generally speaking, if absolutely nothing happens when you push the power button, the laptop either has no power, or the motherboard is damaged in such a way that it can't boot. Even if RAM was bad it would still at least boot up to a certain point.

I would suggest doing the following:
1) Remove the battery, and try turning it on with just the charger plugged in. If it works, your battery is borked.
2) Remove the charger, try turning it on with just the battery. If it works, your charger is borked.
3) If multiple RAM modules are installed, pull one and see if it boots. If not, replace the one you pulled and pull the other, see if it boots. If it does, one of the RAM sticks is possibly bad, or the RAM slot itself is shorting something (which is unlikely)
3.5) If only one stick of RAM, pull it and see if you get a beep code. If you do, reseat the RAM into the other slot and see if it turns on. If not, then likely a bad RAM stick/bad RAM slot.

That would rule out just about everything beyond the motherboard, or both the battery and charger being bad (which is unlikely both are dead).

 

[kumikochan]

If literally nothing is turning on and it's a desktop, it sounds to me like you accidentally pulled out the front panel cables from the motherboard (they should attach to bottom right of most motherboards). Almost all desktops happen to have the HDDs around that place too, so it's not unlikely. If that's not the case, make sure your PSU gives power to begin with (use a voltometer).

EDIT: Reread and I guess it can just be the HDD pins having an issue. Depending on what BIOS your laptop comes with, it may not allow the power to go on without an HDD. Try booting into BIOS without an HDD in and see if that works. Disconnect any USBs/external stuff too and test.


Not true at all, unless it's a VERY bad quality HDD. I literally swap out HDDs even while my computer is running and haven't had any problems with drives as old as 15 years old (even IDE ones). Bad SSDs can die though and I mean very crappy ones.

Then you had good luck so far since most of the time it is still spinning and you end up damaging it like that. I've had some hdd's die like that

 

[Dominator211]

`the only thing i did was have a little peak in the lid while it was running.... i didnt touch anything. im just gonna save up money for a new one at this point