Help! PC not booting!

C4nary

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Nov 19, 2014
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When I turn my PC on, the LED goes on and all my fans spin and my GPU fan spins (EVGA GTX 750ti SC) and it looks like it's on, but my monitor says no signal! (Yes, it's on the right input, and yes, the GPU is plugged into the monitor.) Thanks in advance for all suggestions.
 
I might have said your hard drive, but it should still attempt to post and at least reach the bios screen even with a dead hdd. Kind of a long shot, but maybe try turning off the power switch at the power supply (if it has one). Unplug it. Remove the cmos battery and give it a few minutes to make sure the cmos is clear. Replace the cmos battery, plug the power cable back into the power supply, switch the switch in back (if present) and then try to power on.
 
You might need to go to a shop for this one. It's either that or start blindly replacing parts. A good shop will have all sorts of testing equipment, voltmeters, cable testers, psu testers etc to pinpoint the actual problem. Most of the basic problem solvers have been tried already to my knowledge. Without actually hooking up to diagnostic meters and tools, all of these are just educated guesses. Though uncommon, it's always possible there's an internal fault with the psu, a broken pathway on the motherboard somewhere etc and trying to find it without tools is like trying to find a needle in a haystack.